Aberdeen Integrated Transportation Management Systems Report

Despite technological advances and new levels of trading partner collaboration, only about 15% of companies are able to reduce their transportation spend year-over-year.

Additionally, approximately one in four companies is able to maintain 97% or higher levels of on-time deliveries.

Best in Class Companies View the World Differently While most companies are consumed with reducing freight spend as a line item in the budget, Best-in-Class companies view transportation management as a key to achieving a more wide-ranging supply chain success.

Top companies understand that:

• If inbound lead times were more reliable, they could carry less safety inventory.
• If customer service representatives were more certain of when an inbound order will arrive they could accept orders for the goods that are in transit instead of having to refuse orders or create back-orders.
• If the warehouse had better visibility of inbound and outbound shipping schedules they could reduce labor requirements and use space more effectively.