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www.go2UTi.com Importance and Management of “Transit Times” including >> Supply Chain Solutions that Deliver
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www.go2UTi.com Why Focus on Transit Time? Delivery Fulfillment Profitability Global Competition Customer Expectations Client Retention Transit Time
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www.go2UTi.com Roger says … Our purpose as a company has been reaffirmed ? “We deliver competitive advantage to our customer’s global supply chain”. We have also validated the following guiding strategies: Global Growth, Predictable Performance, Hustle, Intelligent Information, and Supply Chain Solutions Roger MacFarlane, Sept 2001
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www.go2UTi.com ………. And one more thing! “We are especially pleased with our performance in this tough economic environment” Roger MacFarlane: 5 September, 2001
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www.go2UTi.com Set Standards Commit to Standards Measure Report Improve Performance Management What we Tell our Clients
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www.go2UTi.com Goal To differentiate UTi by meeting and exceeding customer expectations on transit times and predictability.
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www.go2UTi.com Global Top 10 The ABC of Transit Time Management Dow Corning DaimlerChrysler Ashanti Estee Lauder GM/Delta Bayer BASF BMS Johnsons Controls Sara Lee DE – US DE – ZA HK – US US – ZA US – HK US – DE US – GB GB – ZA AU – NZ DE – JP A.Focus on major routes Plus all of us EVERYONE B.Focus on major customers C.Create performance culture A B C
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www.go2UTi.com A. Major Routes Shipment Count A
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www.go2UTi.com l QC focus groups n Global and local n Cross Functional l View process as a whole l Set Standards l Set up cross functional teams l Measure and review n Sample when volumes are too high n Action issues with the most impact (pareto analysis) l Action How do We Manage Performance? Springboks n Think of Rugby, think of the u Each person to willingly accept and pass the ball u The more passes the more tries!
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www.go2UTi.com Courier Docs Contact Supplier Arrange Pickup Print HBL Pre Alert Queries Issue Release Receive/check process docs Register UTRAC prealert Issue SOBS Docs to depot Docs to line Invoice charges To inv clerk Print & Sort Messenger for Delivery File from releases Split & Photocopy Invoice Costing Quality Check To Imports From Customs Rec from Imports Allocate Capture To Customs Quality Check Batching O/Seas OfficeInvoicingEntriesDegroup ClientShipping LineCustomsImport Channel Congestion Issue OBL Weather Late Sailing Late documents Original BIL Late instructions Permits Release Rejections Delays Stops /Detains Exams Contact client for instructions Original BIL Receive and register documents Fax client Split for entries From customs To releases From invoicing POD RV
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www.go2UTi.com Ocean Routes No of Days Transit Days (RV to DC) Ocean Shipments
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www.go2UTi.com Average OK, but predictability not
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www.go2UTi.com Air Routes No of Days Transit Days (RV to DC) Airfreight
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www.go2UTi.com US to ZA (Av = 6 days, PI = 10.5)
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www.go2UTi.com USA to SA Gateway Alliance l 11 Carriers down to 1 DTD - BA 90% l Transit time 10-20 days down to 6 days l 35 Offices down to 5 Gateways l Costs $4.50/kg down to $1.70/kg l Net Savings in one Year $2.6 million l Grow the Business from 80 tons – 200 tons per month
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www.go2UTi.com What Next on US to ZA? How do we show continuous improvement? Move the goal posts – get a new transit target of 6 days and consistently achieve shipments below this target
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www.go2UTi.com Airfreight Shipments: Germany - USA No of Days Transit Days (RV to DC) Airfreight
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www.go2UTi.com DE to US (11.9 days, PI = 96)
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www.go2UTi.com DE to US
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www.go2UTi.com DE to US
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www.go2UTi.com DE to US (5.9 days, PI = 10.8)
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www.go2UTi.com Learning Points : Major Routes l Focus on data quality l Make someone responsible for editing obvious data capture errors l Institute QC focus groups to manage performance
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www.go2UTi.com B. Major Clients l Dow Corning l DaimlerChrysler l Ashanti l Estee Lauder l GM/Delta Motors l Eveready l BAYER l BASF l Bristol Myers Squibb l Johnson Controls l Sarah Lee l Dimension Data B
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www.go2UTi.com What does Performance Management Say to our Customers? l It says we care about their business l We are committed to improve our business l It is also about improving our customer’s business l It is a service over and above daily operational tasks l It builds partnerships and relationships l It is a proof statement about our performance
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www.go2UTi.com How do We do it with Clients? l The same process as for major routes except that we n include both UTi and client people in the cross functional performance management team n Include small routes as well as big ones l The SOP drives the commitments l We identify KPIs with the client’s guidance l The Account Relationship Manager (ARM) should drive the process
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www.go2UTi.com Tetrapak l Tetrapak a major client on the Sweden to SA route wanted to: n Reduce the number of flash shipments (lower cost) n Ensure that flash shipment moved with 3 day transit time n Establish a predictable transit target for consol shipments A cross functional performance management team was set up with the client
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www.go2UTi.com The Targets for Flash Shipments were Achieved by the Team
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www.go2UTi.com We Met our Customers Expectations No of Days
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www.go2UTi.com Learning Points: Major Customers l Start with SOP and ARM l Create QC focus groups including the client and leverage off major route performance teams l Include small routes l Develop KPI’s with client
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www.go2UTi.com C. Performance Culture l Everyone should be familiar with and use the exception management tools that we have l These allow us to pro-actively manage the quality of our service on a daily basis l Every office and every manager, no matter how small the office is, should be doing this C
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www.go2UTi.com What are these tools? l HB’s at AR status (or invalid POD status) but not yet POD’d l ROS dates against vessels ETA (actual Shipment details)! l Forward Planning Report – selects PO’s with ERD date for two weeks ahead And more …… generates exceptions reports that focus on transit performance. For example:
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www.go2UTi.com Excel Spreadsheets (Expected Orders) Attachment to e-Mail
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www.go2UTi.com Reports (Outstanding POD’s)
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www.go2UTi.com Fig 1.1 Fig 1.2 EXCEPTION REPORT Email and SMS (ROS vs ETA)
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www.go2UTi.com Learning Points: Performance Culture l Everyone must be included l Use uTrac exception reports l Take pro-active action
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www.go2UTi.com Get This Right Win every time …
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www.go2UTi.com Win Every Time Become World Champions
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