Transportation Opportunity Assessment

In evaluating the health of your transportation processes or the need for a TMS, it is important to begin with fundamentals, but also to extend the analysis and system selection into vision and strategy.  In disruptive times, effectively leveraging and investing in your TMS contributes to profitability and viability through lean times. 

Our advisors provide clarity in assessing capabilities relative to industry peers - identifying opportunities for improvement and differentiation.  We bring perspective to challenge organizational norms and help to re-envision how your supply chain can benefit from a TMS that brings value and differentiation as a strategic asset of your company. 

Our Approach 

  • Stakeholder Interviews 

    Interviews with the client leadership team and key stakeholders to define the existing pain points and areas of concern often set the tone of innovation and operational improvements.  SCT selects a cross-reference of stakeholder affected by transportation practices and visibility across operations, inventory, customer service, and finance. 

  • Process Reviews   

    SCT performs deep dive process reviews with key users to identify bottlenecks and blind spots preventing operational excellence.  In the process, we will document critical capabilities and evaluate the key business processes including load building, rating, carrier selection, tendering, tracking, and freight audit, and perceived enhancements while discussing potential challenges from the business and potential impacts to the customer organization.   

  • SCT Point of View on Best Practices and Technology Trends  

    In contrast to hearing from clients where they think the opportunities are, SCT provides an educational update on the latest trends relative to software and best practice in the transportation ecosystem.  Recent disruptions such as real time transportation visibility providers, digital brokerages, dynamic pricing, RFP management and min-bids, and AI in freight auditing offer real opportunities for customers.  The PoV allows SCT to align on the greatest value of these for our customers.   

  • Opportunity Impact Evaluation 

    The culmination of the opportunity impact assessment comes together during the evaluation exercises.  SCT will review the comprehensive listing of opportunities with operational stakeholders, combining the complexity of implementing the improvements with the likely impact on the organization in order to develop a sense of urgency.  Further considering the bundling and interdependencies of the initiatives allow a sequenced grouping of opportunities for recommended implementation.      

  • Business Case Justification (As Needed) 

    If justification is required for the funding requests, or if leadership simply wants directional guidance on likely savings from the implementation of recommendations, SCT will develop a business case for review inclusive of key improvements that will result in savings – whether it be improved freight utilization through improved consolidation, better route planning, improved controls over tendering decisions, more accurate freight invoices, or improved service, SCT will translate the improvements into defensible cost justifications to ensure your transportation program gets the attention it needs.