Synchromodal Planning
WhitepaperFor optimum planning scenarios, resulting in emission reduction & high-cost savings
1. The Puzzle
The logistic chains between deepsea and hinterland locations via ports are characterized by volatility, limited transparency, inefficiency and unclear choices for onward transportation. Making the right onward modality choice depends on a myriad of factors, and making the best decision can be quite challenging. This is when the idea of Synchromodality comes into play for your supply chain. With the right Synchromodal solution in place, planners are put in a position to make the best SCP&O decisions every time based on KPIs.
“Making the right onward modality choice depends on a myriad of factors, and making the best decision can be quite challenging.”
2. The Challenge
Planning in a Synchromodal network involves geographical expertise & the ability to easily access all relevant planning information – in practice, this ability is often lacking. Ideally, planning involves multi-modal transportation from origin to destination. Due to many planning variables, the optimal solution is highly dependent on soft, heuristic knowledge of expert planners & the availability of scattered, diffuse planning information. With new regulations and restrictions on Co2 emissions on country and regional level and via partners in the supplychain the challenge will increase.
3. The Solution
Our Synchromodal Planning Solution combines available geographic and planning information shared between operations, sales and purchasing. With our solution, planners can easily analyze and compare different scenarios, decision support and select the best (i.e., most logical and most profitable) fit for their organization, based on KPI’s (e.g., cargo availability, capacity utilization, delivery time, cost, CO emission, etc.). This enables purchasing, sales and operations to focus more on the strategic decisions that will drive profitability within your Synchromodal network.
Key Benefits
- =Optimum Planning Scenarios
- =Significant Modal Shift
The Ab Ovo Planning Solution
Our solutions have proven to be beneficial for companies with Synchromodal networks as they have provided Operations with a clear presentation of planning information, supporting better planning choices. It has also enabled Sales to offer more competitive solutions and purchasing to focus on strengthening the SCP&O network. Our comprehensive solution presents specific transportation information per carrier, per modality, considering demurrage, detention, free hours, loading, CO emission, etc.). Finally, our solution has resulted in a significant modal shift from road to barge and train, reducing CO2 and other emissions. As one can see, the convergence of the benefits afforded by our solution serves to optimize your Synchromodal network.
