SmaRT PLANNING

Match Planning expectations with reality

Increase transport scheduling efficiency by 30% with RALF, our AI colleague, who suggests optimal transport plans for a week, a month or even a year, in less than a few clicks.

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PAIN POINTS

Which pain points do shippers encounter in their transport  scheduling processes?

Slow and inefficient transport scheduling process

Shippers and Carriers still rely heavily on Excel, emails, and fax to schedule transports.

Time-consuming communication modes

Collaboration between shippers, carriers, and loading/unloading sites is hindered by time-consuming phone calls and emails.

Communication gaps

Information gaps between stakeholders emerge due to the lack of timely order updates, leading to delays in decision-making.

Insufficient coordination

Loading schedules are impacted and cause delivery delays for shippers, increasing operational costs.

SOLUTION

Smart Planning transforms your rail transport scheduling management. Here's how:

RALF, the AI-powered colleague

Let RALF, our AI-powered colleague, take care of transport scheduling.

Improved communication

Smoothe communication between shippers, carriers and loading/unloading sites for shipment validation and cancellation through chat, dashboards and notifications.

Capacity management

Allocate loading zones and capacities with just a few clicks, including setting the exact number of wagons that can be loaded each day, on a weekly basis.

Product management

Assign and manage product categories for each loading zone, ensuring that only compatible products are handled at the designated locations.

Agenda View

Use a comprehensive agenda view to oversee and manage the entire scheduling workflow seamlessly with all stakeholders.

Automated, transparent and collaborative: How Smart Planning supports shippers in planning rail freight with all their stakeholders

Digitized CARRIER AND SUPPLIER CONTRACTS

Elevate planning accuracy by aligning transports with clearly defined contracts and products, minimizing errors and preventing disputes in logistics operations.

How do fragmented data and uncertainty in product availability create challenges for your day-to-day activities?
Lack of centralized data leads to confusion in managing routes, carrier details, and supplier contracts.
Uncertainty about product availability and quantities at different locations.
Shippers may struggle to meet contractual commitments on weight and number of wagons for specific routes.
Miscommunication about the quantity and type of products needed, leading to incorrect orders.
Additional charges arise from delays, missing wagons, or non-optimized transport.
Digitizing supplier and carrier contracts brings valuable benefits:
Automate and organize contract details, simplifying transport scheduling.
Use SAP codes for easy tracking and management of contracts between the TVMS and your ERP.
Ensure contracts are relevant and free from outdated terms, aligning with current conditions and needs.
RALF provides detailed wagon information and recommended product weight based on your needs. This helps staff to optimize the loading process.
Digitized Carrier and Supplier Contracts
OPTIMAL SHIPMENT PLANNING

Maximize cost-effectiveness with optimized shipment planning to meet all logistical and scheduling constraints.

Optimal Shipment planning
What challenges do shippers encounter when shipment planning is not optimized?
Difficulty ensuring product and wagon compatibility results in potential loading issues.
Underutilized wagon space leads to higher costs.
Inefficient planning operations and delays due to outdated information.
Lack of visibility on potential delays and incidents.
Shippers benefit from several advantages with optimized transport planning:
Improved  wagon space usage to reduce the number of wagons needed and the related costs.
Optimized resource utilization for better planning by allowing shippers to choose between single-run or rotational scheduling, helping manage costs.
Reduced loading issues and delays by ensuring product and wagon compatibility.
Optimized routes based on carrier availability.
Collaborative scheduling with your customers based on contract dates and loading days.
ANTICIPATE AND REDUCE LATE TRAIN CANCELLATIONS

Get visibility on non-optimized transports in advance and cut penalties for late cancellations by 50%.

Why are late train cancellations not sufficiently addressed today?
No alerts concerning shortages or delays in deliveries.
No tools to follow up on order vs transport coordination.
Insufficient communication between different stakeholders or internal logistics teams.
Not enough knowledge on contract commitments for routes and carriers, and insufficient contract SLA management.
How to anticipate transport cancellations to improve cost efficiency?
Identify recurrent reasons for transport cancellations.
Get a comprehensive overview of orders, their status and their ETA, to identify potential incomplete transports.
Cancel incomplete transports as soon as possible to reduce cancellation fees.
Anticipate and reduce late train cancellations

Impacts and ROIs of Smart Planning on Operations and Strategy

Transport planning
Improved collaboration

RALF improves transport scheduling for shippers

RALF schedules transport based on orders created by shippers’ customers, which include essential details such as origin, destination, product type, and desired dates. RALF then analyzes available resources by checking train cars, routes, and carriers. It evaluates key factors such as the types and number of cars, accessibility of loading and unloading sites, and product availability. Based on this analysis, RALF makes cost-effective recommendations, ensuring the shipper selects the most financially advantageous options to save money.

Achieve ROI with the following benefits:

Cost savings

Lower transportation costs by selecting the most economical routes and carriers.

Faster deliveries

Achieve timely deliveries through quick scheduling, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Increased competitive advantage

Strengthen your market position by leveraging reliable and cost-effective transport solutions.

Optimize transport processes and stakeholder communication

The Smart Planning module enhances transport planning for shippers by integrating all stakeholders and automating processes, leading to better communication and efficiency.
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Achieve ROI with the following benefits:

Enhanced information flow

Secure the communication process, ensuring all stakeholders have access to the same information, reducing confusion and miscommunication.

Faster transport scheduling

Automate transport coordination, decreasing the time taken to create transports and improving response times. For example, it enables a shift from weekly to monthly planning.

Standardized planning

Allow for consistent planning across different countries, operated by different carriers, making it easier to train new employees and improve operational consistency.

Plan and schedule transports with precise detail and coordination

Set key transport details and collaborate with carriers and loading sites to schedule and finalize each journey.

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Take it from our clients

Meet the driving forces that transform the rail freight industry

Jérôme Becamel
Supply Chain Manager

With Everysens, we are able to transfer more trucks to rail, in order to reduce our CO2 emissions. We have already reduced them by 5%.

Youri Trinh
Refining and Chemicals, Supply Sales and Optimization, Germany

With Everysens' solution, we are digitising a complex process for planning our product shipments by rail, in order to better satisfy our customers while optimising our costs.

Aurélie Xantippe
Logistics Flow Coordinator, Rail Division

Working with Everysens has been a real discovery. Their solution in the field of rail geolocalisation is complete and is a major asset for monitoring our operations.

Amadou Sall
Rail Logistic Coordinator

It used to take me 1 week to know where a wagon was. Now, I can do it in 1 click.

Damien Roussel
Supply Chain Project Manager

We chose Everysens for their expertise in the rail environment, but also for the quality and interoperability of the solution, which allows us to create a single source of reliable data.

Jean-Marc Viallatte
VP Group Supply Chain

The digitalisation of our supply chain is one of the key areas to increase the quality of our customer service: it is one of our priorities. We wanted to be more proactive in managing the contingencies of rail transport which is essential to our customers for safe and responsible transport.

Nicolas Plouviez
Logistics Performance Manager

We’ve increased by 5% our rail operation productivity, and saved 30% of time spent on rail operations

Oetze Dusseljee
Global Category Manager Logistics

Everysens' innovative approach to digitalization has streamlined our shipment planning, making us more proactive in handling the complexities of rail transport. The dedication and expertise of the Everysens team have been instrumental in our Logistics Digitalization roadmap by swiftly delivering a tailored solution, demonstrating the value of genuine collaboration and innovative thinking in logistics.

Yves Antoine
Director Global Logistics Procurement

Everysens improves our service to our customers and provides them with more accurate and faster information on rail transport deliveries.

Hesitations?
Let’s clear them up!

Everything you need to know about Smart Planning.

Can Smart Planning help me forecast product availability and capacity at each loading site?

Yes, Smart Planning includes a powerful feature that forecasts capacity per loading site. By analyzing all transport schedules for a given location, it predicts the necessary product availability, helping you optimize operations and ensure smooth logistics management.

What is the "Wagon Selector" and how does it optimize wagon choice?

The Wagon Selector tool helps users choose the most suitable wagons and wagon sets based on cargo type, volume, usage and other criteria, ensuring efficient use of resources and meeting operational requirements.

Does Smart Planning have the capability to help me stay informed about potential issues in my transport operations?

Yes, Smart Planning offers comprehensive dashboards that notify users of critical issues, such as transport cancellations by the carrier, insufficient wagons, missing departure dates, inconsistent customer orders, unmatched unloading slots, discrepancies between planned and actual products, previous transport delays, etc.

How does RALF optimize transport plans within the TVMS?

RALF integrates the constraints of shippers, rail companies, sites and the entire ecosystem to build the most efficient transport plan.

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Go further with Simplified Operations

After implementing Smart Planning, the next phase is Simplified Operations, designed to bring visibility to freight operations and automate the generation of consignment notes.

Automatically generate  consignment notes

Generate consignment notes including all mandatory fields, external ERP codes and RID.

Wagon loading and issue management

Declare missing waggon issues, the responsible party and the reasons.

Automatically prefill transport information

Reduce manual errors and increase time management of your operators by 30%.

Make your rail freight operations more efficient with Simplified Operations