Case Studies

Data analysis identifies packaging and shipping inefficiencies

One Data2Logistics client is a $6 billion worldwide provider of relational technology solutions to customers in a variety of industries and markets. Pre-Audit, Payment and Reporting Services delivered cost savings to this client through audit recoveries and automation of freight billing processes. In addition, the data analysis tool helped to significantly reduce freight costs.

The client was unnecessarily shipping many products in oversized, lightweight packaging. Using the Pre-Audit, Payment and Reporting Services Web-based reporting tool, the client identified those shipments and quantified the extra freight charges related to packaging. Armed with dimensional weight information and the resulting premium freight costs the client redesigned the packaging materials and achieved a substantial reduction in the cost for each re-packaged shipment.

Data2Logistics’ data analysis tool provided the client with the critical information needed to implement a process improvement resulting in annual cost savings of well over $400,000. Total annual reduction in freight cost from audit recovery, labor savings and process improvements totaled approximately $2 million.