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Logistics Automation to Reduce Cost-to-Serve and Enhance Customer Satisfaction
We help our clients streamline their logistics operations, optimising transportation management processes from order management to financial settlement, making a positive contribution to financial, customer service and ESG goals.
We bring together the best of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Transportation Management, Yard Logistics, Extended Warehouse Management and Business Network For Logistics to deliver transportation-led benefits:
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Vehicle fill rate improvement
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CO2 reduction
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Transport cost saving
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Reduction in transport charge errors
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Customer Journeys - Our Case Studies
Streamlining and automating ambient B2B food final mile delivery services
Deploying Rocket Logics mobile logistics management & ePOD saved approximately 200 hours per week of manual, paper-based administration. This improvement also allowed invoicing 7-10 days sooner, enhancing cash flow. Additionally, this helps save around 4,000,000 sheets of paper per annum!
Reduced logistics cost-to-serve and improved customer service levels
One of Europe’s largest and fastest-growing technology distributors partnered with us to implement SAP EWM, HANA, and Fiori. The solution optimised logistics for 350 brands and 22,850 customers, cutting costs, boosting profitability, automating processes, and enhancing real-time insights and decision-making.
Automated transport planning cutting plan time by 35% optimising electric van usage
We implemented SAP Transportation Management to optimise the transport and logistics operation, supplying over 800 trade kitchen supply depots across the UK. Vehicle fill rate was improved along with process efficiency gains, supporting growth. Increased supply chain agility and proactive management information are helping improve customer service.
22% lower transport spending with charge updates and settlement improvements
We streamlined the supplier invoicing process for logistics service provider charge items, enhancing visibility and control over transport costs. This led to a 20% reduction in freight settlement rework. Simplified charge updates and dispute management procedures resulted in improved cost controls and a 15-20% time saving from reduced administration.
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SAP Transportation Management Automating, Optimising, and Managing All Logistics Operations
Rocket streamlines your transportation processes, from order management to financial settlement, with SAP solutions such as Transportation Management and Extended Warehouse Management on S/4HANA. We transform manual, data-heavy tasks into automated workflows with real-time insights for proactive decision-making.
Our solutions boost efficiency, lower costs, and enhance customer satisfaction while ensuring compliance and supporting sustainability through route optimisation and emissions reduction.
Learn more on our Comply page about how we help businesses meet regulatory requirements and achieve sustainability goals.
Transport Planning
We help leading businesses automate their transport route and load planning to save time and reduce costs, whether optimising their own fleet or working with a logistics service provider.
By integrating transport plans with warehouse processes, Rocket helps improve logistics efficiency, reduce costs, and minimise environmental impact through better load utilisation and route optimisation.
Tendering
Rocket will help you take advantage of the competitive carrier subcontract network by automating your tendering process to quickly select the best carriers and rates; Improve negotiation power and reduce transportation costs.
We will enable you to create more sustainable and agile logistics by using vehicles with capacity available rather than planning new vehicles. Extend opportunities for third party backhaul.
With transparency and control over the tendering process control is in your hands to hit deadlines, avoiding the time barriers associated with manual tendering.
Transport Execution, Tracking and ePOD
Execute transportation plans with precision. Monitor and manage shipments in real-time to proactively manage exceptions, ensure on-time delivery and enhance customer trust. Paired with real-time visibility, mobile delivery and returns management, tracking and electronic proof of delivery (ePOD) to accelerate cash flow, reduce disputes and automate delivery and shipment management.
Manage temperature controlled logistics and additional supply chain integrity monitoring with IoT sensor data to further enhance customer service and brand protection.
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Integrated Charge Management and Financial Settlement
Be on the front foot by automating your settlement process to reduce administration overhead and improve accuracy. We can automate your charge calculation, easily handling all modes including fuel surcharges, bunker adjustment factor (BAF) and terminal handling fees. We will help you simplify contract management, easily importing and validating LSP rate tables. Charge discrepancies are minimised with any disputes managed easily to avoid delays or potential late payment penalties and improving invoice match process and supplier relationships; Enabling accurate freight billing to your customers and automated freight settlement, accruals and analysis.
- Average of 22% lower transport spend: Achieved through greater control and accuracy.
- Achieve 10%-20% fewer invoice errors: Reduced manual rework due to calculation errors or anomalies, improving the invoice match rate and reducing required administration.
Reporting, Management and Analytics
Our approach ensures you gain financial visibility and control with real-time cost tracking and reporting, providing real-time data and analytics to make informed decisions and monitor KPIs such as on-time delivery rate improving operational efficiency and reducing transportation costs.
We will help to understand contributory sustainability impacts in line with emission targets and reporting requirements from across the supply chain – Scope1, 2 & 3
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Driving Sustainability Across Your Supply Chain
We help businesses align with their sustainability goals by optimising logistics processes to reduce emissions and improve resource utilisation. By streamlining routes, enhancing load efficiency, and adopting eco-friendly transport methods, we minimise CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption. Our solutions support Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions reporting, providing businesses with the tools to track and reduce their environmental impact.
With real-time data and analytics, we enable smarter, sustainable decision-making, helping you achieve your environmental objectives while boosting supply chain efficiency.
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Yard Management and Logistics
With our end-to-end supply chain perspective, we will ensure that your warehouse and transportation operations run as planned, avoiding dispatch bottlenecks and vehicle departure delays by aligning and streamlining yard activities. Dock appointments are made quick and easy with our intuitive graphical time-slot planner. Vehicle check-in and shunting are simplified with mobile execution through the user-friendly Rocket Mobile, which also enables offline functionality, even in areas without Wi-Fi coverage.
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Expand Your Reach with Logistics Networks and Trade Compliance Solutions
Logistics Business Networks
We help you unlock competitive spot rates through a network of pre-approved subcontractors, seamlessly integrated into your transport processes via platforms such as SAP Business Network for Logistics (SAP B4NL). This ensures smooth collaboration, enhanced coordination, and improved supply chain resilience. Expand into new customer geographies with confidence while maintaining operational agility and efficiency.
Trade/Import/Export
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What services does Rocket offer for Transportation Planning and Logistics?
Rocket Consulting specialises in SAP Digital Supply Chain and SAP ERP solutions, with transportation management and yard logistics key focus areas. We provide full range of transformation and project services from business advisory, rapid proof of concepts through to implementation, development and support.
What is SAP Transportation Management and how can it benefit my logistics operations?
SAP Transportation Management optimises transportation processes, reduces cost-to-serve, and enhances customer satisfaction by streamlining logistics operations from order management to financial settlement.
What services does Rocket offer to help in reducing transportation costs?
Rocket helps businesses automate planning to optimise transport resource utilisation and reduce manual tasks and operational costs. We leverage real-time data and analytics to make informed decisions, improving operational efficiency and reducing transportation costs through optimised routing and load planning.
How can we manage our complex loading rules for a wide range of products?
We deploy SAP Transportation Management to handle complex load planning and package building, considering dimensions, weight, fragility, stackability, height limits, loading preferences, stability, and security. We also integrate the package building process into SAP Extended Warehouse Management for optimised packing and loading.
Is SAP Transportation Management only relevant to outsourced third-party logistics fleets, or can it also help run my own fleet?
SAP Transportation Management optimises management for both owned and third-party resources, allowing for carrier-based planning as well as planning for individual vehicle components, such as tractors and trailers.
What is the role of SAP Business Network for Logistics in supply chain management?
SAP Business Network for Logistics enables seamless collaboration with partners across the supply chain, enhancing transparency, coordination, and resilience.
How does Rocket use SAP Business Network for Logistics to improve transport and logistics operations?
Rocket helps businesses extend their logistics service providers efficiently by leveraging SAP Business Network for Logistics to benefit from spot rates and simplified collaboration and visibility of outsourced logistics processes.
How can track and trace capabilities improve my supply chain visibility?
Track and trace capabilities provide end-to-end visibility into the supply chain, allowing real-time tracking of shipments to ensure timely delivery and enhance customer trust. We deploy SAP Event Management to monitor events across the supply chain, providing real-time alerts for transport milestones and deviations from the plan.
What are the advantages of using digital proof of delivery solutions?
Digital proof of delivery solutions improve delivery confirmation accuracy, reduce disputes, and accelerate cash flow by streamlining the proof of delivery process. Solutions like Rocket Logics provide SAP mobile ePOD & Tracking to optimise logistics, offering real-time visibility and proactive exception management.
How can cross-border trade and customs be managed?
We deploy SAP TM to manage the planning of transport legs across necessary modes of transport, factoring in customs clearance activities and import/export paperwork. For automation of customs clearance and trade regulation, we integrate with SAP Global Trade Services for comprehensive trade regulation and execution.
How can we handle multi-modal transport scenarios?
SAP TM can easily manage multi-modal scenarios crossing borders, utilising carrier schedules for air, rail, and sea travel.
How can SAP S/4HANA Global Trade Services simplify trade, import, and export processes?
SAP S/4HANA Global Trade Services ensures compliance with global trade regulations, providing end-to-end visibility and control over trade operations to avoid penalties and delays.
Does Rocket have a solution for transport management to accommodate electric fleets (EVs)?
Using SAP Transportation Management, either embedded within SAP S/4HANA or standalone, we provide optimized route planning, including considerations for electric vehicles, such as range, loading limitations, charging point locations, and charging times.
What solutions does Rocket provide to help run last mile delivery services?
We combine SAP Transportation Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management, and rocket:logics to provide turnkey final mile planning, picking, loading, and mobile execution directly from SAP, improving profitability through logistics efficiency and customer service through higher on-time-in-full delivery.
Does commercial vehicle routing come with SAP Transportation Management?
Yes, SAP TM integrates with all main mapping providers, with our preferred best practices using Trimble.
How can we manage driver hours?
Using SAP TM, we provide driver planning and management to ensure compliance with driver hours and associated rest periods and breaks, adhering to safety regulations.
Can I accommodate multi-drop scenarios?
We help our clients optimise planning and execution of multi-drop B2B and B2C deliveries. Our SAP TM templates fully handle multi-drop milk run scenarios, including trailer swaps in transit, considering any vehicle/location/route incompatibilities.
Can I deploy SAP Transportation Management as part of SAP S/4HANA or only as a standalone solution?
If you are running SAP S/4HANA, you have access to SAP TM directly (embedded). Standalone (or decentralised) deployment is also possible and often chosen where decentralised SAP Extended Warehouse Management is used to handle large volumes and support multiple SAP or non-SAP ERP systems.