Transportation Services

In today's competitive business environment, transportation is no longer simply a method of transporting goods, but rather the most vital element in effectively managing and operating the supply chain. Top tier companies have realized that an average of 6% to 10% of revenue is being spent on transportation services. Therefore, these same companies are making major investments in transportation services optimization to reduce cost, improve levels of service, and gain competitive advantage.

The pressure to stay competitive and profitable in this new environment is enormous. A dynamic marketplace is pushing for profitable business strategies driven by several key factors, including alliance expansion and integration, aging infrastructure, consolidation, cost containment, and yield pressure.

Transportation is the glue that holds the supply chain together. With its increased difficulty and growing expense, significant benefits can be achieved by investing in programs to better understand, manage and control overall transportation spending. This is where opportunities in the value chain are most rewarding. Companies that invest in transportation sourcing programs that improve their transportation management practices will undoubtedly generate strategic benefits for themselves and their supply chain partners, enabling them to reduce costs, improve service, and increase their competitive position in the marketplace.

With years of experience in the aviation and surface transportation sectors, we've got the insider's perspective to help you accelerate in today's challenging transportation services market. Specifically, our transportation consulting projects are mainly designed to lower direct costs, eliminate non value-add activities, increase customer response times, and utilize resources more effectively. TMG can help you pave a new road through this changing business environment.

We look at 5 main workstreams:

• Strategy - selecting the network structure, modes and business partners
• Operations - managing day-to-day transportation activities
• Administration - monitoring, analyzing & improving
• Finance - develop Return On Assets capital budgets -run function(s) as profit centers through cost reduction, cost avoidance, and revenue growth
• Technology - use technology to enable above functions