Would you like to know how TRANSPOREON can optimize your loading/unloading operations – and how you could reduce idle and waiting times by managing deliveries, loading and unloading? Then take a look at this before-and-after comparison:

Before: long waiting times for drivers at the loading ramps

After: waiting times reduced by 20% to 40% and improved productivity

TRANSPOREON Time Slot Management reduces idle times during loading and unloading. Carriers enter their shipping schedule online by booking time slots. This smoothes out peaks and troughs and reduces waiting times. Loading and unloading takes less time, and productivity is increased by over 20%.

Before: high demurrage charges imposed by carriers

After: precisely timed handling

Long idle times are expensive for carriers, particularly because the "stop and go" nature of operations at the loading ramp mean they can't be considered to be breaks. This results in demurrage charges. TRANSPOREON Time Slot Management reduces waiting times by an average of 30 to 60 minutes – and thus demurrage charges as well.

Before: trucks can arrive all at once, there is no transparency, and their arrival can't be scheduled

After: smooth, predictable capacity utilization at the loading ramps

TRANSPOREON Time Slot Management introduces transparency to loading and unloading operations. You know when which truck is going to arrive for loading or unloading. This enables you to deploy staff as required and optimize loading/unloading capacity utilization – 24 hours a day if necessary.

Before: stress at the loading ramp

After: structured, plannable processes with a clear overview of the resources required

A lack of transparency puts ramp teams under great pressure. Which truck will be arriving at what time at which ramp? When are the peak times, and when is it quiet? When you have TRANSPOREON, you just take a quick look at the screen to see the loading/unloading schedule and then plan and deploy resources accordingly.

Before: chaos in the yard

After: intelligent trailer management

TRANSPOREON Trailer Management also helps to reduce idle times. Trailers can be planned in and parked in the yard easily – ready to be retrieved later for loading/unloading.

"Unlike before, we can now plan our freight transport precisely, thus improving reliability. This gives us a real competitive advantage. Since we started using the platform, 70% of our vehicles arrive on time. Waiting times have been reduced to two hours – by an hour on average. Waiting costs are about 40 euros an hour for a truck, so we've made clear savings."
Matthias Hirschberg, Head of Logistics, ArcelorMittal Hamburg