Transport Cost Optimisation

Effective transport cost optimisation with a method and system significantly reduces your freight costs.

Significant potential for cost savings is often found in optimising transport costs. This applies to all types of transport no matter whether you mainly use full lorries within Germany, transport sea and air freight around the world or send time-critical express deliveries. The key is the right approach for each transport method.

We combine system-based analyses with many years of consulting experience

With the aid of our COLUMBUS system we therefore first analyse your transport volume and then check the individual segments for potential optimisation. We identify these on the basis of alternative rates from our comprehensive benchmark database, which is updated continuously, by using bundling effects or options from our past experience. It goes without saying that the potential for improvement is documented transparently.

Without a methodological approach and systemic support, the optimisation of transport and freight costs is a massive challenge due to the high complexity and lack of transparency. The thicket of different freight tariffs with various formats and cost elements also makes comparing the quotations and therefore selecting the most cost-effective transport rates difficult.

Our service

Structured freight rate analysis:

• Tool-support comparison of all available freight rates and shipment types.
• Calculating the key optimisation approaches, including within the stipulated conditions

Comprehensive freight rate comparison:

• Detailed benchmark for your freight rates with comparable profiles from our database, which is updated continuously.
• And/or freight rate query using anonymous shipment profiles with relevant service providers as an additional benchmark.

Detailed shipment profile optimisation:

• Tool-supported analysis of the best possible freight rates per shipment Specific recommendations and simple tools for ideally-priced transportation

Your benefits:

• Initial savings even after a few weeks
• Visualisation of all the results
• Specific recommended action and support to achieve the savings identified.
• Software-supported analysis for sustainable optimisation through the use of the best possible freight rate per shipment
• Sustainable savings of up to 40% for air freight and over 50% for express deliveries
• No risk for you as work is mainly undertaken on the basis of performance!