Case Studies Fortune 100 Conglomerate Shrinks Incidental Costs by 80% and Drives Shipment Agility

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	Fortune 100 Conglomerate Shrinks Incidental Costs by 80% and Drives Shipment Agility

Fortune 100 Conglomerate Shrinks Incidental Costs by 80% and Drives Shipment Agility

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Transportation
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Fleet Management Predictive Maintenance Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Data Science Services Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	To optimize and enhance the management of massive shipment volumes, our customer had to increase supply chain transparency, reduce freight costs and automate freight procurement operations. Here’s a list of the critical challenges.\n\n• Manual negotiations in freight procurement \n• Increasing freight spend and cost leakages \n• Lack of visibility in shipment execution \n• Manual processes leading to high turnaround times \n• Siloed communication between teams \n• Lack of transparency over market rates and cost deviation \n• Data inconsistency and inaccuracies \n• Multiple tools of communication caused operational complexity Read More
About Customer	Our customer is a Fortune 100 multinational conglomerate and operates across 100 countries. It’s also India’s largest exporter accounting for 8% of the country’s total merchandise exports. Read More
Solution	The customer needed an end-to-end shipment management solution that easily integrates with their current systems. The company wanted to achieve 100% visibility across shipment operations, improve freight procurement processes and drive seamless collaboration across CHAs, freight forwarders, truckers internal logistics stakeholders. Shipsy’s automation-driven SAP-integrated end-to-end shipment management solution catered to all their unique needs.\n\nKey Highlights:\nPortals for creating, floating, comparing, negotiating and confirming freights\nSingle platform for collaboration and communication for effective shipment execution and documentation\nAutomated real-time tracking of shipments with event milestones\nInsightful dashboards with advanced analytics and reporting Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Predictive Maintenance

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Data Science Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

To optimize and enhance the management of massive shipment volumes, our customer had to increase supply chain transparency, reduce freight costs and automate freight procurement operations. Here’s a list of the critical challenges.\n\n• Manual negotiations in freight procurement \n• Increasing freight spend and cost leakages \n• Lack of visibility in shipment execution \n• Manual processes leading to high turnaround times \n• Siloed communication between teams \n• Lack of transparency over market rates and cost deviation \n• Data inconsistency and inaccuracies \n• Multiple tools of communication caused operational complexity

About Customer

Our customer is a Fortune 100 multinational conglomerate and operates across 100 countries. It’s also India’s largest exporter accounting for 8% of the country’s total merchandise exports.

Solution

The customer needed an end-to-end shipment management solution that easily integrates with their current systems. The company wanted to achieve 100% visibility across shipment operations, improve freight procurement processes and drive seamless collaboration across CHAs, freight forwarders, truckers internal logistics stakeholders. Shipsy’s automation-driven SAP-integrated end-to-end shipment management solution catered to all their unique needs.\n\nKey Highlights:\nPortals for creating, floating, comparing, negotiating and confirming freights\nSingle platform for collaboration and communication for effective shipment execution and documentation\nAutomated real-time tracking of shipments with event milestones\nInsightful dashboards with advanced analytics and reporting

Impact #1	From reducing freight spend, ensuring faster turnaround times, and automating manual processes, Shipsy’s solution enabled the customer to optimize end-to-end shipping operations.
Impact #2	Accurate decision making based on data insights
Impact #3	Increased transparency for all shipment stakeholders

Impact #1

From reducing freight spend, ensuring faster turnaround times, and automating manual processes, Shipsy’s solution enabled the customer to optimize end-to-end shipping operations.

Impact #2

Accurate decision making based on data insights

Impact #3

Increased transparency for all shipment stakeholders

Benefit #1	80% reduction in incidental costs
Benefit #2	5 days faster plan-to-ship time
Benefit #3	65% person-hour savings

Benefit #1

80% reduction in incidental costs

Benefit #2

5 days faster plan-to-ship time

Benefit #3

65% person-hour savings

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Fortune 100 Conglomerate Shrinks Incidental Costs by 80% and Drives Shipment Agility

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