solution taking into account cost and service requirements.
Technology Company - Road Freight Tariff Simulation & Calculation
Customer Profile
The client is a leading global supplier of technology and services in the areas of automotive, industrial, and building technology as well as consumer goods, With over 300 subsidiaries and regional companies in more than 60 countries, the client’s 275,000 associates generated sales of 38.2 billion euro in 2009.
Customer Challenge
With an annual volume of approximately 4.9 million euro, The customer was looking for a forwarder to provide a European wide service for groupage shipments, such as LTL (less than truck load) and FTL (full truck load), and more.
To that end, Agility was asked to provide the German subsidiary a European tariff solution with some special requirements; one of which was to provide one tariff between every 2-digit zip code in Europe. This means the calculation of more than 30 million potential connections, all based on Agility’s last offer. It was important for the customer to have one tariff for all divisions, branches and factories to make the lookup of transport costs easier and more visible.
Agility Solution
Agility Germany, together with its Road Freight team, decided to use its modern IT solution for complex logistics requirements.
We analyzed the historical shipment data to identify the customer’s business expenses to introduce new logistics solutions and a new tariff structure.
Twelve weeks after the first meeting, with 4 weeks of preparation and 72 hours of computer simulation and calculation, the job was done. Agility was able to surprise the customer with a fast and effective experience.
Agility used this challenge to create and invest in an IT solution for the future of Agility and its clients’ needs.
Special Services For The Customer
- Analysing and highlighting existing commodity flows
- Benchmarking the actual transport expenses with Agility’s new Proposal
- Creating and implementing a European Road Freight tariff solution