Transport efficiency From ideas into implementation

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Transport efficiency From ideas into
implementation

• Marcel Michon
• Head of Department Freight Management
• Partner Buck Consultants International

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Content

• 1 Profile of Buck Consultants International and
  Global Connexion
• Why efficiency?
• 3 Multi client projects joint projects
• 4 Tools and results example Digiscan
• 5 Discussion

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• Profile
• Founded in 1985
• Headquarters in Nijmegen (Netherlands)
• 75 full-time consultants
• Corporate clients and public clients
• Presence within Europe
• Specialized in
• Economic developments
• Locations and real estate
• Logistics and Transport

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Buck Consultants and Global Connexion
Operations
Engineering
Systems
Network
Partners
Strategy
Finance
Aligning supply chain strategy with business
objectives goals
Aligning supply chain strategy with trading
partner strategies
Translating supply chain strategy in optimized
networks
Bridging the gap between the current the future
platform
Tools to support design, management monitoring
of supply chain infrastructures
Design of state of the art manufacturing
distribution operations
Operationalizing the design through planning,
management training
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Content

• 1 Profile of Buck Consultants International and
  Global Connexion
• Why efficiency needed?
• 3 Multi client projects joint projects
• 4 Tools and results example Digiscan
• 5 Discussion

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• Environmental Issues
• Cost Savings for companies
• Improve Accessibility
• Improve Business climate
• Better living conditions

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Three types of projects

• Feasibility
• Pilots
• Demonstration and knowledge sharing
• Program
• Digiscan

• Efficiency and modal shift
• Transport reduction
• Collaboration
• Content

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Organisation

• Joint project team
• Dutch Ministry of Transport
• EVO/TLN
• Intermediates
• Buck Consultants (content)

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Content

• 1 Profile of Buck Consultants International and
  Global Connexion
• Why
• 3 Multi client projects joint projects
• 4 Tools and results example Digiscan
• 5 Discussion

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Joint projects and collaboration
Start up
high
low
Due Dillegence
Analysis
Conditions
Data gathering
Simulations
Pilot
high
low
Trust
Client 3
Go/No go
high
low
Support
Implement
Client 1
Client 2
Evaluate
Time, Trust and Momentum
Structures
high
low
Results

Successful collaboration
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FoodNet

• Consolidation and sharing Food LTL-shipments to
  retailers in 1 collaborative distribution netwerk
  of LSPs

• Starting point 11 LSPs

Who
What
Was
Is

• Significant costs savings (up to 36 in line
  haul) at the same service levels

• Successful pilot!
• Final concept failed, because of
• Only LSPs involved, no food suppliers or
  retailers
• Too much exposure during pilot, ?retailers want
  share of savings
• Diversity of LSPs
• Lack of trust

Before
After
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Effects
Status
Total transport costs
Service levels
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Distribouw

• Regional bundling and sharing LTL shipments in
  building materials

• 4 transport companies keeping their own identity,
  but under one marketing brand

Who
What
Each partner entire market
Focus area per partner
Was
Is

• 19 savings on transport combined with more
  shipments and higher payload

• Very successful
• Increased market coverage and scope
• New bigger clients because of scope
• New collaborative initiative ? one new uniform
  planning system

Effects
Status
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Content

• 1 Profile of Buck Consultants International and
  Global Connexion
• Why
• 3 Multi client projects joint projects
• 4 Tools and Results example Digiscan
• 5 Discussion

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Example of Digiscan

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De DigiScan selects opportunities to improve a
companies operation based on your business
characteristics (based on over 300 company
strategies
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Q and A. Example Modal Shift Containers
Shortsea.
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Potentials as well as an estimation of
implementation opportunities are automatically
calculated.
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Calculation models
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Example modal shift by short sea.
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Not only money savings but also environmental
savings are calculated.
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Implementation plans are provided as well.
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Conclusions1 Easy to use2 Fair
calculations3 Not only calculations but also
implementation plans
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Savings modal shift
Research shows that 60 of the investigated
companies were favorable for an modal shift.
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Inland shipping run
Fuji
Current situation
Alternative situation
Savings up to 25
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Shortsea run
SCA
Current situation
Alternative situation
Savings up to 25
Inland route
Sea route

• Inland route
• rail
• barge
• river/sea system
• road

Port Inlandport/terminal Shipper Client
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Efficiency savings road transport
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Centralizing information systems and operations
Penske
Huborder komt binnen
Klant
Savings 30
Hub
Hub
hub
Afleverpunt

old
new
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Overall Results

• 300 Projects within 6 years
• Reduction of thousands of trucks per day
• CO2 reduction of 1684 kton
• 214 mln road kilometres reduction / year (target
  100 mln)

All included within the Digiscan
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Content

• 1 Profile of Buck Consultants International and
  Global Connexion
• Why
• 3 Multi client projects joint projects
• 4 Tools and results example Digiscan
• 5 Discussion

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