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Mid to Long Range Strategic Planning,
Operations & Capital Budget Development
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Supply Chains play an integral part of a company's mid & long
range strategy. Aptitude4 begins the process by analyizing
your current operations. Using your historical data we create
a cost analysis of your current Supply Chain. We then determine
if your current Supply Chain operations are on course to achieving
your company's Strategic Planning. The next step in the planning
process is to perform a number of what-if scenarios using your
historical analyis to create a plan/solution(s) for your company
to achieve their Strategic Goals. The result will be an Operational
& Capital Budget & a Mid to Long Range Strategic Plan.
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Inbound Supply Chain Process & Cost Savings Analysis
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Have you ever wondered what makes up the total that is
displayed in your General Ledger Freight/Transportation
Account? Aptitude4 will analyize your existing Inbound
Supply Chain using your historical data to create a detail
report of what is happening today. A carrier performance
report is generated using standard market rates to create a
basis for you to rate shop. Secondly, Aptitude4 we generate
a report to show you how cost savings can be generated through
transportation optimization. Transportation optimization is
achieved by altering your purchasing/delivery cycles, vendor
order consolidation, & improved transportation lanes to name
a few.
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Have you ever wondered what percentage of the line item
charge is covering the prepaid freight cost from your
vendors? Aptitude4 will analyize your existing Inbound
Supply Chain using your historical data & standard market
rates to estimate the prepaid freight costs that are
included in your line item costs. Next we will reorganize
your inbound freight using a variety of Transportation
Optimization methods to create an estimate of the collect
freight cost to you. The difference between the estimated
vendor prepaid freight cost & the your estimated collect
freight cost is the potential savings from doing an
"Inbound Freight Program". For a detailed description of
an "Inbound Freight Program"
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Transportation Management
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Aptitude4 Inc. provides a full suite of transportation
management consulting services. Our services help
companies optimize their transportation activities
assets and resources. We support companies with the
movement of goods through all modes of transportation
helping them use the most efficient and cost effective
method to move shipments using Ocean, Air, Rail, Full
Truckload, Less-than-Truckload, Small Package and Private
Fleet.
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Our solutions include managing the transportation
information process including cost effective carrier
selection, tracking and routing through EDI.
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Freight Audit
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All freight payable files contain overcharges and
overpayments.
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It is vital in today's economy to be sure you
are retaining every possible dollar. Despite the
increased role of technology in freight management
(and sometimes because of it) carrier overbillings
and client overpayments are still very much a fact
of life.
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The outside audit of paid freight invoices by an
experienced freight bill auditor is simply good
practice for shippers and receivers, large and
small, including those with in-house Transportation
or Logistics Departments.
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The Post Audit step has become quarterly, or every
six months, because of mid-1990's changes to many
carriers' tariff rules and/or government regulations
that reduced the window for recovering over-billings
to only six months, from the historic three years.
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There is no up-front cost to you. Our fee is simply
50% of the monies recovered and returned to you. There
are no other fees or obligations whatsoever.
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Post Audit is simple and easy. You provide us the last
three or six months freight payables files and copies
of your carrier quotations and we do the rest:
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A letter of non-disclosure will be provided to
protect your sensitive information.
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We scrutinize your files and identify the overcharges
and overpayments and issue Overcharge Claims to the
carriers, describing and documenting the refunds
claimed.
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We follow-up with the carriers until the refunds
are in our hands. Our Overcharge Claims request
that refund cheques be issued payable to you, in
order to ensure the security of your refunds.
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We forward the carriers' refund cheques to you
attached to our invoices for 50% of the value of
the refunds recovered.
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Transportation Management Software
Specification, Selection & Installation
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Have you got the Transportion Blues? Are you considering
implementing a Transportation Management Software (TMS)
Package? Aptitude4 can help. Prior to the selection of a
TMS system, Aptitude4 can provide you with the information
needed to make an educted descision. The first step in the
process is to determine your historical data accuracy which
includes your article master & analyize your current inbound
and/or outbound freight moves. After determining your current
freight moves an analysis is prepared with the needs & benefits
that would be achieved by using a TMS system. Based on the
needs, Aptitude4 will evaluate a variety of TMS packages that
best fit for functionality & budget. Finally, Aptitude4 will
participate in the installation & implementation, ensuring
that the TMS will integrate with your customers, vendors &
your existing systems.
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Distribution Centre Operations Productivity Assessments
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