3. Elemica’s Logistics
Management Suite
Road Transport Execution
Ocean Transport Execution
Time Slot Booking & Optimization
Terminal and Warehouse Visibility
Freight Invoice Management
4. Agenda
• The Need for Time Slot Management
• The Elemica Solution
• Quantifying the Value
6. Time Slot Management:
“The Burning Platform”
Business Need
• Detention is the largest unplanned expense in transportation
• The threat of a driver shortage is real
• Wait time is non-value-added (waste) and increases uncertainty
Business Value
• Large opportunity to reduce detention charges
• Eliminate uncertainty on inbound loads -> decrease working capital
• Reduces variability of delivery performance
• Smoother arrival schedules means optimized site labor
Feasibility
• Time Slot Management is one of the most impactful solutions and the most
feasible to implement
7. Superior SCM Delivers Value
Across the Organization
Improvement Area Range
Delivery performance 16% - 28%
Inventory Cost Reduction 25% - 60%
Reduction in order fulfillment cycle time 30% - 50%
Improvement to forecast accuracy 25% - 80%
Increase in overall productivity 10% - 16%
Lower supply chain costs 25% - 50%
Improvement of fill rates 20% - 30%
Improved capacity realization 10% - 20%
Source: Stephens Comparative Study Pittsburg, USA
8. Average (Un)Load Times
Source: “How to reduce time spent by drivers on site and improve their treatment: Recommendations for loading
and unloading sites”, ISSUE 1 DECEMBER 2009, ECTA, Responsible Care, CEFLC
• Based on Data from
47 sites in different
countries, involving
20,000 loading or
unloading
operations
• Assume ~60
minutes to load a
full truck
• Rough estimates for
wait times:
• Liquid – 2 hrs
• Dry – 1 hour
• Packg – 2 hrs
2-to4
hours
2-to3.5
hours
1.3 to 2 hours
9. (The Myth of) Driver
Shortages
• It’s a Myth
– Shortage calculations based on
dubious math
– Made for lobbying against HOS
regulations
• It’s Irrelevant
– There is a shortage of pay
– There is very high turnover
• Experience levels decreasing
– Drivers usually don’t get paid for
detention
Bottom line: Time Slot Management
benefits the drivers – enhances your carrier
relationships
10. Reduce Uncertainty
Inbound
• Enforcing unloading appointment
times with your suppliers’carriers
provides visibility to schedules
• Use the ASN to start the process
• Provides even more value for VMI
• Can modify slots to align with
production schedule JIT
• Lowers working capital
Outbound
• Enforcing loading appointment
times with carriers improves delivery
estimates to your customers
• Use the LTM to start the process
• Increases efficiency of load
operators
• Lowers detention charges
11. Optimize Site Resources
Peak Arrivals Before TSM
Peak Arrivals After TSM
15% reduction in
Site Labor Costs
Source: Analysis based on Elemica data
12. Agenda
• The Need for Time Slot Management
• The Elemica Solution
• Quantifying the Value
13. 13
Elemica Time Slot
Management
• Collaborative Platform for Shipper and
Carrier
• Obeys constraints for locations, times,
resources, blocked times
• Security of data in carrier view
• Allows create, move, delete
Appointment Planning
• Tracks shipment statuses
• Applies visual cues on
calendar
• Provides carrier performance
reporting
Appointment Execution
Loading DayShipment Booking
or Notification
Planning Horizon (Release Time) Frozen
to Carrier
Modify Appt
Create
Appt
Modify
Appt
Loading Loading
Complete
Weigh-Out
Arrived
Weigh-In
In-Transit
Modify
Appt
ASN
Accept Shipment
Tender Shipment
15. Shipment Structure
• Provide location
constraints at
shipment header,
stop, or product
level
• Provide timing
constraints at
shipment header, or
stop level
Shipment
Apollo
DN1
DN2
DN6
ODi, Product A,
19-Sep-2012
ODi, Product C,
19-Sep-2012
ODi, Product A,
19-Sep-2012
ODii, Product A,
19-Sep-2012
Stop 1, Pickup
DN1
DN2
DN6
ODi, Product A,
20-Sep-2012
ODi, Product C,
20-Sep-2012
ODi, Product A,
20-Sep-2012
ODii, Product A,
21-Sep-2012
Stop 2, Deliver
Stop 2, Deliver
Plant Code | Storage Location | Shipping Point | Loading Point
Plant Code | Storage Location | Shipping Point | Loading Point
Plant Code | Storage Location | Shipping Point | Loading Point
Plant Code | Storage Location | Shipping Point | Loading Point
Plant Code | Storage Location |
Shipping Point | Loading Point
Plant Code | Storage Location |
Shipping Point | Loading Point
Requested Pickup Date/Time Start/End | Requested Delivery Date/Time Start/End
Requested Pickup Date/Time Start/End
Requested Deliver Date/Time Start/End
Requested Deliver Date/Time Start/End
16. Time Slot Management:
Booking Appointments
16
The solution is integrated
with Road Transport
Execution.
Navigate to the applicalbe
stop to determine Slot
Options
The solution shows only
feasible times on feasible
load points
For Optimization, also
feasible wrt resources
User books the slot.
17. The view is defined by
the role: Shipper or
Carrier
The Shipper has more
capabiliites for creating,
deleting, moving
appointments
The Shipper can
manage blocked times,
reservations, product
outages
Time Slot Management:
Booking Appointments
18. The Calendar View
provides visual cues for
actual loading status:
• Orange = InTransit
• Blue = Weigh in
• Green = Loading
User can enter statuses
manually from this screen
Time Slot Management:
Managing Appointments
19. Agenda
• The Need for Time Slot Management
• The Elemica Solution
• Quantifying the Value
20. Potential Benefits
Assumes an average transport journey time of 8 hours per shipment
Source: “How to reduce time spent by drivers on site and improve their treatment: Recommendations for loading
and unloading sites”, ISSUE 1 DECEMBER 2009, ECTA, Responsible Care, CEFLC
If all sites reduce the
time spent on site by
20%, it is estimated
that total freight costs
could be reduced by
8%
If all sites limit the time spent on site to
2 ½ hours, it is estimated that freight
costs could be reduced by 8.5%
If the time spent by a truck driver at (un)loading
sites is reduced from 4 hours per (un)loading
operation to 1 hour, the number of shipments
handled per year by one truck driver doubles.
21. Quantifying the Value:
Reduced Detention Charges
• 90,000 shipments per year
• Detention Charges = $50/hour
after 2 hours of free time
• Load Time = 60 minutes
• Shipments incur detention
when time on site > 180 min
• Average time on site for
shipments > 180 minutes = 230
minutes
• % Shipments that incur
detention BEFORE TSM = 35%
• % Shipments that incur
detention AFTER TSM = 10%
Assumptions:
• Average detention charge for a late
shipment = $41.67
• (Avg Hrs – Free Hrs) * $50
• Detention Charges BEFORE TSM =
$1,312,500
• Detention Charges AFTER TSM =
$375,000
• Savings from reduced detention =
$937,500 ($10.42 per shipment)
Calculations
Average Time on Site (minutes)
Lowest
Observation
First
Quartile Median
Third
Quartile
Highest
Observation
Liquid Bulk 55 120 180 240 300
Dry Bulk 45 80 122 122 122
Packaged 20 117 180 220 303
22. Quantifying the Value:
Reduced On-Site Labor Costs
• 90,000 shipments per year
• Cost per FTE for on-site labor =
$65,000
• # FTEs needed on site = 8.3
• Savings from FTE reduction =
15%
Assumptions:
• Annual Labor Costs for FTEs on-site =
$539,500
• Annual Savings from FTE reduction =
$80,925 ($0.90 per shipment)
Calculations
Total Savings:
> $1.0M annually $11.32 per shipment 2% savings
23. “recent challenges in carrier capacity (and) demands for faster and more-consistent
shipment turnaround (drive) more enterprises to evaluate this technology.
..Pressures to reduce costs and increase productivity have kept interest in (time
slot) scheduling.” Dock Scheduling and Carrier Appointment Management
Dwight Klappich, The Gartner Group, November 2010
Time Slot Management
• Reduces wait times & detention
• Reduces administrative time
• Turns equipment more quickly
• Improves carrier relations
• Optimizes facility resources and
improves throughput
• Eliminates uncertainty
Improving Time Slot
Management: