ACTIVITIES
PostNord developed an end-to-end mid-mile planning software for transport planning, execution and monitoring, which includes:
1. Insights module being executed;
2. 42 Forecast model for:
• Converting items into volumetrics per destination.
• Converting how this volume gets produced at a 15 min interval.
3. Digital application to enable trip creation, update and tracking, and to move away from Excel-based working;
4. Configurable optimizer engine which can generate transport plans in 10 mins aligned with forecast, fill rate expected and multiple other constraints;
5. Live track of ongoing trips with relevant data, eg driver phone number, route compliance and entry/exits;
6. Terminal tower providing insights about incoming trips, load and current target compliance towards ETA, Volume;
7. Frictionless application module to monitor planned vs actual fill rate to enable the transport planning team to re-adapt the plan based on actual utilisation
IMPACT
The solution is not yet implemented but PostNord expects a 5-10% reduction in mid-mile trucks use to the ability to model multiple scenarios and the real-time fill rate tracking.
