Case Studies

For more than 20 years, Tim Consult has provided specialized consulting to help our clients meet high-priority challenges. With over 1,700 successfully completed projects, we have an uncommon expertise delivering individual solutions to multinational and medium sized enterprises.

Freight benchmarking for ocean transport

Analysis of freight, processes and container transportation networks

Customer: International manufacturer of petrochemical products
Freight volume: 45,000 TEU p.a.
Freight budget: USD 25 m p.a.
500 Port Pairs

Market Intelligence Initiative Global Ocean Transport

Corporate overview of global transport network
Business unit-specific evaluation of freight budget and cost reduction opportunities
Development of realistic target rates for application to the tender tool
Service segmentation with adjusted contract model

Contact: Clemens Schapeler

Optimization of global supply chains

Potential results and actions for global supply chain optimization

Customer: Automobile manufacturer
Optimization of supply networks for global assembly operations
Analysis of all door-to-door process steps

Optimization of costs and delivery time

Impact of procurement and supply chain management on modal costs and process time: road, rail and ocean
Holistic, process-oriented assessment of supply chains
Cost potential of over 20% identified
Potential delivery time reductions of over 40% identified

Contact: Fredrik Händel

Global freight procurement for all modes of transport

Future-oriented strategy for global freight procurement

Customer: Paper and packaging supplies manufacturer
Freight budget: EUR 400 m
80 production locations worldwide
Modes of transport: road, rail, ocean

Supply chain requirements and best practices

Competitive procurement of transport services
Consideration of supply chain requirements and best practices
Re-organization of central procurement
Corporate-wide step implementation over three years
Sustainable cost reduction and service improvement

Contact: Fredrik Händel

Horizontal Cooperation in Ocean Freight Transportation

Comprehensive support for global ocean freight procurement

Customer: Automobile manufacturer
World-wide tender
More than 200,000 TEU/per year
More than 1,000 routes

Web-based decision making support

Validated, reliable data as basis for decision
Results information 15 min after end of tender round
Instantaneous calculation of optimal allocation per business rules and restrictions
Deductive analysis of cooperation packets
Query of several different service alternatives per route

Contact: Thomas Hang

Freight benchmarking for automobile manufacturer

Overview of market prices and target rates for land transports

Customer: International automobile manufacturer
Freight volume: 300,000 FTL p.a.
Freight budget: Euro 170 m p.a.
1,000 transport routes in all of Europe

Market Intelligence Initiative Europe Road & Rail

Market oriented control of freight procurement for different plants
Validation of market prices and internal cost calculations for transportation
Creation of centralized freight rate database
Set realistic target rates for each transport mode
Best practices for process optimization

Contact: Christian Dolderer

Eastern Europe tenders for truck transport

TIM CONSULT provides support for analysis and execution of a cooperation tender

Customer: Chemical company
Volume: ca. 80,000 shipments p.a.
2,500 routes
More than 100 service providers

Allocation scenarios and decision support

Preparation by processing data and pre-qualifying bidders
Automated tender evaluation and calculation of scenarios, simulations and optimization of various business rules pertaining to service, capacity, allocation logic, etc.
Optimization analysis of each service provider offer
Visualization of scenarios and calculation of savings potentials

Contact: Dennis Möbius