bonnie ryan - gs1 australia - visibility in an intermodal supply chain – a case study report

Ausintermodal Conference 2015

Visibility in an intermodal supply chain

- Case study report

Bonnie Ryan

Industry Manager – Trade & Transport

© GS1 Australia 2015

Agenda

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• GS1 overview

• What is the problem

• How has it been addressed

• Case study report findings

• Next phase of works


Standard data structures

• Objects/assets identification

• communications protocols around day to day transactions

• data exchange methodologies

• Terminology and definitions (core business vocabularies)

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Critical for effective machine to machineautomation between and across trading parties


Improved productivity through better information flow, greater collaboration and adopting best

practice.

So what’s in it for us?

1% increase in TFP = $2 billion increase in GDP


Demand for end-end visibility is increasing

Customers’ appetite for real time, accurate information

across the entire supply chain;

Customers want their LSPs to have agile systems that are

easy to integrate to;

Open Standards – criteria for LSP tenders

What customers want“Having information as events are happening,

not hours, days or more after the fact, gives you the ability to talk to a customer in a really

informed way”.


Using EPCIS Event Based Traceability standards for end to end visibility of freight as it travels across a

multi-modal supply chain

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Case studies – proof of concept projects


Shipper Transport1 Depot1 Transport2 Depot2 Transport3 Receiver

Pick Goods

Load Goods

consolidateshipments

Load unload train

De-consGoods

DespatchGoods

Receive goods

EPCIS

event data

EPCIS

event data

EPCIS

event data

Where are my goods?

Where is consignment

xyz?

When did container 123

leave the

terminal?

Where is my order?


EPCIS provides protocols for how to commonly & electronically capture, query, record and exchange information about physical events as they happen

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Creating Visibility across the supply chain


Drivers

• Understand variability around pick up times & demurrage

• Need to deliver on the promise to end customer

• Whole of supply chain performance – end to end

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Safely reducing time at these steps reduces cost & improves service

Ensure delivery schedulesCustomer satisfaction & retention

Real time data as goods move from partner to partnerReduce time tracking through 3rd party systems


Benefits of standards based information exchange

Customer

• Low Cost

• No software vendor lock in

• Enables visibility across the T&L value chain

• Access to real time data –anytime, anywhere….

T&L Provider

• Low Cost

• Can be integrated with existing software

• Enables deep visibility into on-forwarder network

• Enables single device


Barriers & key success criteria

• Requires co-operation and collaboration among partners

• Capabilities and willingness to adapt

• First one may be hard – then cost is leveraged with subsequent use

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Solid business case

Create your own capability to manage change

Understand your supply chain partners – up/down stream

Importance of leadership


Project Video

Visibility Project Video_FINAL.mp4


Download the full report

https://www.gs1au.org/for-your-industry/trade-and-

transport/intermodal-supply-chain-visibility-project/

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https://www.gs1au.org/for-your-industry/trade-and-transport/intermodal-supply-chain-visibility-project/


Phase 2 Projects underway

What’s Next

Project completions and report by end 2016

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