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Tactical Planning
Tactical planning typically spans a period of 6-12 months or sometimes even years and is crucial in balancing your long-term and short-term business objectives. Smartway Logistics is equipped with cutting-edge tools on the market to provide efficient and effective supply chain solutions, ensuring the successful and sustainable operation of your supply chain. In combination with our TMS, reporting tools, and experienced logistics professionals, you can anticipate and respond to changes in demand, ensuring the timely delivery of products.
Together, we can develop contingency plans, optimise transport routes and fill rate of trucks, and therefore create more efficient transport, ultimately resulting in lower CO2 emissions and freight spend.
We take pride in providing personalised logistics solutions tailored to each client’s unique needs.
FEATURES OF TACTICAL PLANNING
Route Optimization
We continually strive to find the most efficient and sustainable way to transport your goods, utilising a combination of advanced algorithms, TMS features, data analysis, and software tools.
Various factors, including distance, traffic, delivery time windows, load capacity, border crossings, customs regulations, and others, are considered in this process.
The goal is to minimise transportation costs, reduce delivery times, and maximise the use of available resources. For example, when we identify orders in the same area within a delivery window, we can consolidate them to reduce the number of transports. We then ensure the execution of these orders as a multidrop or groupage load.
Using the integral TMS system in place, the required level of standards is achieved by fine-tuning the carrier capacity allocation at the lane, day, or even location level.
FEATURES OF TACTICAL PLANNING
Cross-docking
Cross-docking involves transferring goods directly from incoming trucks or trailers to outgoing ones, with minimal storage time in between. This way, we minimise handling and storage costs, reduce inventory, and speed up the delivery of goods.
An added benefit is that it enhances supply chain visibility by allowing companies to track goods as they transit through the cross-docking facility. This visibility can help to identify bottlenecks and improve overall efficiency.
We utilise cross-docking in the most effective way to support our clients in responding quickly to changing customer demands or unexpected disruptions in the supply chain, or by combining shipments to reduce transportation costs.
By implementing this strategy, you can enhance your bottom line and provide better customer service.
FEATURES OF TACTICAL PLANNING
Freight procurement
We enable companies to streamline their entire logistics procurement process, providing a centralised system for managing freight procurement, carrier selection, document management, and contract negotiation.
We strive for an effective tender process to welcome requests for quotation (RFQ), finding the best possible carriers suitable for the operations by working closely with our customers to understand the type of equipment required, the nature of the goods, and the service standards. This is how we stand apart from competitors like Transporeon, Incore, and Freja.
With a database of over 3000+ carriers registered in our TMS, we offer the most cost-effective and reliable carrier options for your logistics needs. In combination with our SmartWay Analytics, we perform predictive analytics and forecasting to identify trends and opportunities for cost savings.
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Advanced Planning Saves Costs
We calculate the most efficient routes for you. Our advanced routing and scheduling module, based on 244 parameters, can be configured according to customer specifications. The variables are, for example, slot times, transit times, location restrictions, and equipment type. The planning module automatically plans or generates a planning proposal that planners use to create the most effective daily routes.
Our TMS makes it easy to compare different planning scenarios based on costs, transit times, and requirements.
We Plan on Different Levels
On a tactical level, we make distribution and long-distance transport schedules, including various modalities and service types (e.g., delivery time, quality, dedicated car or groupage). It is possible to plan both at the customer and the transcending levels.
Our planning module can also be used to conduct strategic planning, identifying savings opportunities, network optimisations, and modelling future distribution patterns. These planning activities are also part of our logistics engineering service.
Our Services
Tactical Planning is an integrated part of the control tower functionality of SmartWay Logistics. With our in-house experts, we can provide consultancy services or coordinate the carrier process on your behalf.
