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Transportation (supply chain) Cleansheet

Transportation Cleansheet aims to provide end-to-end cost estimation by existing database of 10,000 port-to-port and 10 Million road connections

Transportation Cleansheet

Transportation Cleansheet aims to provide end-to-end cost estimation by existing database of 10,000 port-to-port and 10 Million road connections

What it is

The Transportation Cleansheet database contains cost estimates for transportation between all major cities, including truck, ocean, and rail. The cost estimates can be used when optimizing supply networks or in negotiation of transport costs. The database contains more than 5,000 cities and 20 million different lanes

Highlights discrepancies among lanes – within one distance segment as well as across distance segments

Identifies savings potential​ and prioritizes efforts​ accordingly

Changes the approach – from asking the market for a price to having a target-based strategy

Enables fact based discussion with suppliers and focus on exemplary lanes to negotiate rate tables (for all lanes)

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Transport Cleansheet takes a structured approach to quickly assess and identity saving opportunity for ​ transportation cost. Learn more…

How it works

Typical approach to run a Cleansheet analysis and ensure impact
Data collection

Send data request template

Review populated data request / run sanity checks

Conduct working session with data providers for clarification and refinements of provided data

Assess “fair price” for transport costs

Review current contracts and calibrate Cleansheet model accordingly (e.g., adjust fuel cost and time for loading / unloading)

Run Cleansheet analyses and identify lanes with potential

Alignment of results

Prepare report and schedule in-person meeting with key stakeholders

Run working session where results are presented and key assumptions reviewed

Define roadmap to capture value

Develop understanding how savings can be materialized (e.g., re-negotiation or new tender)

Understand ongoing contract durations and next opportunity to re-tender

Procurement support

Develop and send RFP

Analyze returned supplier quotes

Perform target based negotiations based on Cleansheet insights

Re-negotiate rates with current carriers leveraging Cleansheet gap insights

The Transportation Cleansheet model calculates benchmark prices for lane-by-lane transportation services, providing cost information for major economic regions and transportation modes, including country specific factors in the cost benchmarks

70+ countries included covering 95% of the worldwide GDP

All major transportation modes included

Granular bottom-up cost calculations based on 40+ country specific factors for road and rail

The database interface visualizes routes easily

Easy input
  • The user can easily choose which of the 64 included countries (and the 5,000+ cities) they want to calculate cost for
  • Additional input on type of goods and transport mode can be chosen

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Visual output
  • The result is visualized on a map to easily figure out which ports and roads are used
  • Beside the total cost of the transport, you will also get road distance, cost per segment, and cost breakdown per segment

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The Transportation Cleansheet approach is well tested with over 450 projects and large-scale tenders across all continents and industries

Regional split

Industry split

Here are some client examples

Cleansheet showed 3% savings on freight rates identified and additional 5% in demand reduction opportunities

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Cleansheet showed 6.2% saving on freight forwarding rates and 5.1% though demand reduction opportunities

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