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Transportation and Logistics



Agenda

� Brief Introduction

� Challenges Faced by the industry

� BI Solution ± Facts and Dimension Tables

� Tools/Practical Session

� Q & A



Transportation and Logistics

� Logistics is the management of the flow of goods andservices between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of customers.

� Logistics involves the integration of information,transportation, inventory, warehousing, materialhandling, and packaging, and occasionally security.

� Logistics is a channel of the supply chain which addsthe value of time and place utility

� Today the complexity of production logistics can bemodeled, analyzed, visualized and optimized by plantsimulation software

Reference: Stevenson

Wikipedia



Tracking

� Real-time shipmentstatus checking

� Exception managementand notifications

Billing &

Settlement � Freight payment

� Taxes

� Customs & AirportFees

� Visibility status

� Direct link fromsystem to carrier

� Loading

Unloading andconsolidation

� TransportationMode

� Route Planning

Planning &

Optimization

Transportation Management At-a-Glance



Comprehensive Transportation and Logistics Mgmt Solutions

Business Pressures

«Impact«Impact

� Transportation costs growing at an increasing rate

� Expansion, consolidation, globalization and outsourcing suppliers

Shipper Pressures«Shipper Pressures«� Meeting shortages -

drivers, railcars, ocean

slots, and ports

� Regulation hours of

service rules

and security procedures

� Fuel costs

� Meeting customer

expectations

� Globalization supply

chains management

� Management initiatives to

reduce errors (Lean)

Carrier Pressures«Carrier Pressures«

Demand f or:



Transportation Execution

� Intermodal Support: Ocean, Air, Rail or Road

� Electronic (EDI), Internet, and wireless communication

� Share forecast, shipment status, delivery confirmation

� Dock scheduling and partner collaboration

Your Company

Provider

Internet: Picked-up

Wireless: En route

Internet: Delivered

Review &

Approve

Shipment

Review &

Approve

ShipmentPick-upPick-up TransportTransport Deliver Deliver



Meticulous Planning

Customer Management

Carrier

AnalysisPerformance Customer

Satisfaction

Consolidate

Loads

Consolidate

Loads

SelectModes & Carriers

SelectModes & Carriers

BookOrdersBook

OrdersTrack &Trace

Track &Trace

Audit /Settle

Payments

Audit /Settle

Payments

Transportation Mgmt System

Transportation

LogisticsFinancials



Solving Using BI



Design Goals

� Supply chains through the integration of intelligentcargo concepts into leading logistic operators

� Cargo Intelligence

± Local decision making by local agents

� Distributed computing environment



$-

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

$60

$70

$80

$90

0 2 4 6 8 10

Number f W r ehouses

C o s t

( m i l l i o n s $

)

T t l st

Tr s rt ti st

i st

I t r st

Minimize the cost of your logistics network

without compromising service levels

OptimalNumber

of Warehouses



Industry Benchmarks:

Number of Distribution Centers

Sources: CLM 1999, Herbert W. Davis & Co; LogicTools

Avg.

# of

WH 3 14 25

Pharmaceuticals Food Companies Chemicals

- High margin product

- Service not important (or

easy to ship express)

- Inventory expensive

relative to transportation

- Low margin product

- Service very important

- Outbound transportation

expensive relative to inbound



Air Transport (Frieght)

� Daily freight consolidations

� Choice of airlines

� Same day, or overnight collections� Customs and other country specific procedures

� Insurance



Sea Transport

� Container services

� Cargo logistic management

� Handling special commodities ± Textiles, raw materials, non-ferrous metals, steel

products, etc

� Bulk materials handling

� Storage and distribution.

� Terminal operation.

� Door to door freight forwarding services (Road)



At Cargo Office

Voyage Departure Date (FK)

Leg Daparture Date(FK)

Voyage_Origin_port(FK)

Voyage_Destination_port(FK)

Leg_origin_port(FK)

Leg_destination_port(FK)

Container_ID(FK)

Commodity_ID(FK)

Consigner keyFK)

Transporter Key(FK)

Shipper_key(FK)

Domestic_Transportater_key(FK)

Leg Fee

Leg_Tariffs

Leg Miles

Date Dimension

Transport_mode

dimension

Container dimension

Commodity Dimension

Port Dimension

Business Entity

FACTSDimensionDimension



Revenue Projection - Example

1010

4747

3030

1212

SpringSpring

Revenue GeneratedRevenue Generated

SeasonSeason

Autumn

Summer

Fall



Customs Duty - example

1010

4747

3030

1212

SpainSpain

Customs DutyCustoms Duty

CountryCountry

UK

France

Germany



Facts and Dimension Tables



BI Solutions

� Oracle Warehouse Mgmt Solution

� http://www.infor.com/solutions/scm/transportation/

± Infor SCM (Supply Chain Management) Transportation and

Logistics

� Transportation Management Software

± http://www.tmwsystems.com/



References

Books

� The Data Warehouse Toolkit Ralph Kimball

� Operations Management ± Russel Taylor

± Terry Hill

± Stevenson

� Operations Now ± Finch

� www.oracle.com

� www.SAP.com

� www.databaseanswers.comImages/Photos

± http://theumeshphotography.com

± internet



Thank You

Source: internet

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