Rail freight relies on precision, but fragmented contract data and unpredictable product availability often lead to costly errors and inefficiencies. Shippers must navigate complex carrier contracts, supplier agreements, and transport planning while keeping operations profitable.
The challenge? Ensuring every transport aligns with contractual commitments without unnecessary costs or delays.
Disconnected data, uncertainty, and costly errors
Managing carrier contracts manually or across multiple systems creates serious inefficiencies:
- Lack of visibility: Key contract details, such as routes, carrier obligations, and supplier terms, are scattered across multiple platforms, increasing the risk of misalignment.
- Uncertainty in product availability: Without clear insight into available stock, shippers struggle to meet volume commitments for wagons and transport routes.
- Communication breakdowns: Misunderstandings about required product volumes can result in incorrect orders, delivery delays, and supply chain disruptions.
- Avoidable costs: Unoptimized transport, missing wagons, and penalties for non-compliance add up, eroding profitability.
Smarter planning with digitized carrier contracts
With Everysens' Smart Planning module, carrier contracts are digitized and fully integrated into transport planning, delivering:
- Automated contract management: All agreements are centralized and easily accessible, ensuring alignment between planned transport and contractual commitments.
- Seamless ERP integration: SAP codes enable automatic synchronization between the TVMS and the ERP system, reducing manual input and minimizing errors.
- Always up-to-date contracts: The system ensures that outdated terms are no longer used, preventing costly mistakes and keeping contracts relevant.
- Optimized loading and transport execution: RALF, the transport planning AI assistant, provides real-time wagon data and product weight recommendations, allowing shippers to improve loading processes and minimize inefficiencies.
Digitizing carrier contracts isn’t just about efficiency, it’s about control
By automating key processes and eliminating uncertainty, shippers can:
- Reduce disputes and operational risks.
- Improve profitability through optimized transport execution.
- Ensure compliance with contractual commitments effortlessly.
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