Cost Reduction for Transport & Distribution: Strategic Distribution Planning
 Acthus Logistics Services Strategic Distribution Planning services has assisted companies of all sizes to rationalize their distribution network and achieve the required level of customer service while successfully meeting corporate profitability objectives.
We provide a variety of opportunity assessment audit and reviews services geared toward ensuring that a company's transportation and logistics costs are the lowest possible, while delivering the correct service levels to customers.
Cost Reduction for:
- Own account in house fleets.
- 3PL organisations.
- Contractors.
- Carriers.
- Organisations that use any of the above for their distribution requirements.
Our services have evolved to adapt to pressures such as road congestion, driver shortages and the Time Directive. We can apply sophisticated technology to optimize routes and maximize driver and vehicle efficiency. Fleets and networks are optimized through backhauling and co-coordinating loads across our contracts where possible to eliminate empty running. As well as bringing cost benefits this also helps to minimize environmental impact.
Sectors expertise in the following areas:
- Reduced carrier rates
- Optimized carrier and mode selection
- Maximized transportation system utilization
- Maximized systems and network utilization
- Reduced administrative costs
- Improved shipment tracking and tracing
- Improved carrier performance
- Reduced transit times
| Acthus use proven analytical tools and industry expertise to help you optimize your transportation operations and add value to your bottom line.
A comprehensive transportation assessment will help benchmark transportation operations against current and emerging industry best practices. Our capabilities include the following strategic transportation initiatives:
- Network Optimization
- TMS Selection and Implementation
- Transportation strategy development
- Freight Bids-Inbound, Outbound, Lane and Spot Bids
- Outsourcing-Services and Strategies
- Inbound Freight Optimization (Conversion from Pre-Paid to Collect)
- Best Practice Gap Analysis and Implementation
- Private Fleet Rationalization
- Transportation Modeling
- Transportation Assessment.
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