Aberdeen Report - Integrated Transportation Management: Improve Responsiveness with Real-time Control of Execution

The study's findings show that cost control and near real-time visibility to supply chain events at a detailed level are key requirements to weather the economic downturn and remain competitive and responsive. The report examines how Best-in-Class companies have controlled costs and improved responsiveness, proving that they can be both cost competitive and resilient even during the severe disruptions of the current economic market. Our survey of 180 respondents is well represented by enterprises of all sizes, with global and domestic transportation reach. The current study provides insight into how today’s Best-in-Class companies are deploying best practices to achieve real-time control of execution and to create transportation processes that are strategic, responsive, and more cost-efficient than before.

Five Compelling Facts from the Research, Providing Actionable Benefits for Readers:

  1. 82% of Best-in-Class companies reduced their transportation spend year-over-year, versus 40% of all others.
  2. 98.6% of devlieries by Best-in-Class companies are on-time and complete, versus only 81% for Laggards.
  3. Best-in-Class companies decreased their transportation spend an average of 4.44% over last year, compared to a 1.61% increase for Laggards over the same time.
  4. Best-in-Class companies achieved on-time and complete deliveries of 97% or greater, compared to only 22% of all others who reached that mark.
  5. Best-in-Class companies are 1.4 times as likely as all others to control at least 81% of their shipments via pre-existing routing guides.