Your company is outsourcing quite a substantial part of its logistics. Suddenly, your logistics service provider announces for his North Spain services a volume weight of  332 kg/m³  instead of the up to then usual 330 kg/m³. He will compensate this with a rebate of £ 1.12/100 kg.

The question :

Is this good for your company based on the fact that your company ships around 100-150 shipments per month to that region, with a shipment weight varying between 100 kg and 350 kg?

Time to start calculating … or is it…..?

Initially a scenario like this triggers a number of questions. How can you calculate and compare real, complex freight tariffs over a large number of shipments? What alternatives do you have (different distribution centres, transport companies, transport modes, different packaging and consolidation methods, transit times …) and what is the cost of all these different options?
To analyse this in every detail, Scala supports your decision making process on both operational and strategic level.
Scala is the ideal tool for tender management, especially for those companies that frequently acquire logistics services from the market. But also logistics service providers wanting to present well founded bids make serious use of this solutions.

Scala’s engine calculates “what if” type scenarios using your complete shipment history based on the different options which you have available (like the different strategic options of using different trade lanes, different forwarder rates etc).
Calculations are based on real world factors, using the often complex tariffs with the specifics that we often find in the airfeight, seafreight, road, and warehousing markets.

Perfectly clear analysis and representations will support you during negotiations with logistics service providers.
You base decisions on facts and figures. No longer will you need to use doubtful, over generalised estimates or rough rules of thumb – only well founded arguments.

Find the provider that suits your company best! Use Scala for a structure analysis per provider, region, weight class, distance, packing type etc.  Remember that the simulations can be based on every element of the shipment data to ensure that you have total control.

Scala in a nutshell:

• You import shipment data and tariffs (from a database, ODBC, Excel, SAP …)
• Manipulate the data
• Calculate through different “what if” scenario’s you design
• Evaluate accurately and present clearly. Use the system’s capabilities for graphs, maps and much more!