Convoy Case Studies Streamlining Transportation Network: Faurecia's Success with Convoy's Automotive Practice Group

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Streamlining Transportation Network: Faurecia's Success with Convoy's Automotive Practice Group

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Applicable Industries	Automotive Transportation
Applicable Functions	Facility Management Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Autonomous Transport Systems Public Transportation Management
Challenge	Faurecia, a French tier-one auto parts supplier, was grappling with the complexity of its North American transportation network. The company was seeking to simplify its network, reduce costs, and improve service. The challenge was to find reliable carriers who could deliver their high-value automotive freight on time. The truckload carriers that run automotive freight tend to specialize in it and offer dedicated capacity solutions that can become embedded on very regular, repetitive lanes. This made it difficult for non-asset transportation providers to break into those verticals. Furthermore, the specific requirements of the commodities might make them unsuited for digital freight brokerage. Read More
About Customer	Faurecia is a French tier-one auto parts supplier that was looking to simplify its North American transportation network, reduce cost, and improve service. As part of its strategy, the company whittled down its North American routing guide to a group of 30 core transportation providers. It awarded Convoy freight out of its Blue Springs plant (Kansas City, Missouri) and its Spring Hill plant (Nashville, Tennessee). Faurecia needed a solution that could handle the specific requirements of its commodities and provide reliable, on-time delivery of its high-value automotive freight. Read More
Solution	Faurecia turned to Convoy’s automotive practice group to address its transportation challenges. Convoy, the only digital freight network with a dedicated automotive practice group, offered a unique solution. The group, led by Conner Olson, includes operations people solely focused on the auto industry and business development representatives with decades of experience working with auto parts suppliers. Convoy matched capacity for both truckload and so-called milk runs, where Convoy’s carrier would make pickups at multiple facilities before delivering to an original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM’s) assembly line. Convoy’s ability to use its batching technology to offer round trips to carriers made the return of racks and custom packaging to parts suppliers much more efficient. Additionally, Convoy QuickPay’s generous payment terms helped small trucking companies with their cash flow and drove carrier stickiness on complex but regular automotive lanes where familiarity matters. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Autonomous Transport Systems

Public Transportation Management

Challenge

Faurecia, a French tier-one auto parts supplier, was grappling with the complexity of its North American transportation network. The company was seeking to simplify its network, reduce costs, and improve service. The challenge was to find reliable carriers who could deliver their high-value automotive freight on time. The truckload carriers that run automotive freight tend to specialize in it and offer dedicated capacity solutions that can become embedded on very regular, repetitive lanes. This made it difficult for non-asset transportation providers to break into those verticals. Furthermore, the specific requirements of the commodities might make them unsuited for digital freight brokerage.

About Customer

Faurecia is a French tier-one auto parts supplier that was looking to simplify its North American transportation network, reduce cost, and improve service. As part of its strategy, the company whittled down its North American routing guide to a group of 30 core transportation providers. It awarded Convoy freight out of its Blue Springs plant (Kansas City, Missouri) and its Spring Hill plant (Nashville, Tennessee). Faurecia needed a solution that could handle the specific requirements of its commodities and provide reliable, on-time delivery of its high-value automotive freight.

Solution

Faurecia turned to Convoy’s automotive practice group to address its transportation challenges. Convoy, the only digital freight network with a dedicated automotive practice group, offered a unique solution. The group, led by Conner Olson, includes operations people solely focused on the auto industry and business development representatives with decades of experience working with auto parts suppliers. Convoy matched capacity for both truckload and so-called milk runs, where Convoy’s carrier would make pickups at multiple facilities before delivering to an original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM’s) assembly line. Convoy’s ability to use its batching technology to offer round trips to carriers made the return of racks and custom packaging to parts suppliers much more efficient. Additionally, Convoy QuickPay’s generous payment terms helped small trucking companies with their cash flow and drove carrier stickiness on complex but regular automotive lanes where familiarity matters.

Impact #1	The partnership with Convoy’s automotive practice group has allowed Faurecia to keep their freight running smoothly. Convoy analyzed the performance of Faurecia's facilities and routes to optimize for efficiency, ensure on-time delivery, and drive costs down. Consistent, high-quality visibility data has enabled Faurecia to analyze the performance of its own facilities, measure dwell times, and adjust how parts are routed to OEMs so that they arrive on time. Furthermore, Convoy's quick and accurate payment system has helped to improve the cash flow of small trucking companies, driving carrier stickiness on complex but regular automotive lanes where familiarity matters. This has resulted in a more streamlined and efficient supply chain for Faurecia.

Impact #1

The partnership with Convoy’s automotive practice group has allowed Faurecia to keep their freight running smoothly. Convoy analyzed the performance of Faurecia's facilities and routes to optimize for efficiency, ensure on-time delivery, and drive costs down. Consistent, high-quality visibility data has enabled Faurecia to analyze the performance of its own facilities, measure dwell times, and adjust how parts are routed to OEMs so that they arrive on time. Furthermore, Convoy's quick and accurate payment system has helped to improve the cash flow of small trucking companies, driving carrier stickiness on complex but regular automotive lanes where familiarity matters. This has resulted in a more streamlined and efficient supply chain for Faurecia.

Benefit #1	Reduced the number of transportation providers to a core group of 30, simplifying the transportation network.
Benefit #2	Improved cash flow for small trucking companies through Convoy QuickPay’s generous payment terms.
Benefit #3	Optimized efficiency by using Convoy’s batching technology to offer round trips to carriers.

Benefit #1

Reduced the number of transportation providers to a core group of 30, simplifying the transportation network.

Benefit #2

Improved cash flow for small trucking companies through Convoy QuickPay’s generous payment terms.

Benefit #3

Optimized efficiency by using Convoy’s batching technology to offer round trips to carriers.

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Streamlining Transportation Network: Faurecia's Success with Convoy's Automotive Practice Group

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