Digital Operations
TMS Consulting
Efficient transport processes with the right TMS
Use the full potential of your transport logistics. With the right transport management system (TMS), you can reduce manual effort, create transparency along the entire supply chain and sustainably reduce your freight costs. At the same time, you benefit from more efficient transport planning, on-time deliveries and greater responsiveness in the event of deviations or delays. As part of our TMS consulting, we support you from the selection of the right TMS through to successful implementation and ensure that technology, processes and requirements fit together perfectly. In this way, you create the basis for more efficient transportation, well-founded decisions and long-term competitive advantages.
TMS selection
Our TMS advice will navigate you through the provider jungle!
The selection process for a transport management system confronts companies with the question of which TMS is best suited to the company’s requirements. However, a large selection of software solutions on the market and a large number of possible implementation partners lead to a level of complexity that should not be underestimated.
So that you can make optimum use of the transport management system, we compare the functions offered by the software providers with your company-specific requirements as part of our TMS consulting. With our expertise in logistics and transportation management, we guide you through the entire TMS selection process in a structured manner. First, we analyze your existing transport processes and define the system requirements. We then guide you through the process of selecting the right TMS and implementation partner to help you achieve successful transportation management.
Our service packages:
- Include existing transportation management processes
- Define requirements for the future TMS
- Create tender documents and specifications for system and supplier selection
- Evaluate software providers and implementation partners and support the selection process
- Develop recommendations for action and a roadmap for implementation
Your benefit:
- State-of-the-art process definition of your transportation management
- Security and transparency throughout the selection process
- Objective basis for decision-making instead of provider dependency
- Roadmap for the introduction of a TMS
Philipp Carl
Senior Manager Logistics
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TMS introduction
The key to success: the right building blocks for your TMS
With the successful selection of a suitable transport management system and implementation partner, you have passed the first milestone in the implementation process. At the same time, however, this also means the start of the actual, often much more complex implementation project for your company. Careful planning is required to master this complexity. The TMS must be configured according to your requirements, the various parties must work together efficiently and resources must be available on all sides. This is the only way to ensure a successful go-live.
Our TMS consultants will help you to successfully master this and are your partner for the smooth introduction of a transport management system. We take over the planning and management of the project for you. At the same time, we enable your organization to live the new processes and ensure that the go-live of your transport management system is a complete success.
Our service packages:
- Controlling project and stakeholder management
- Develop target processes and derive organizational and procedural change requirements
- Support with professional change management and transformation management
- Support business integration tests with processes
- Compare implementation successes with the defined requirements
Your benefit:
- Efficient and targeted project implementation
- Lean and sustainable transport processes
- Reliable implementation of the defined requirements
- Early involvement of key users and process owners
Process consulting
TMS as an opportunity: Optimize your transport processes now!
Your business processes are the key to your success. This also includes transportation management processes. Your transport processes are subject to constant external influences, such as adjustments by transport service providers. They must therefore be flexibly adaptable to ensure the long-term success of your company. However, this adaptability also harbours the risk that transport processes are not aligned with the overarching goals of your organization and that inconsistencies arise at interfaces.
Our process experts at Rothbaum optimize your processes and prepare them for the future transport management system. We put your current transport processes through their paces and derive targeted target processes from them. In this way, you gain transparency about your current processes and develop future-proof end-to-end processes.
Our service packages:
- Record actual processes with key users
- Developing realistic target processes
- Derive use cases for the beauty contest of provider selection
- Designing end-to-end processes for the future TMS
Your benefit:
- Transparency about the status quo of your transport processes
- Sustainable and value-oriented process landscape
- Clear process requirements for the implementation partner
- Optimization of your processes for a state-of-the-art TMS
Organizational development
Optimized transport management for a successful and sustainable organization
Process changes cannot be implemented overnight and also entail structural changes. The introduction of a TMS has a significant impact on the organization and, in particular, on the areas involved in transport management. When a transport management system is introduced, the organizational structure in distribution logistics, inbound logistics or in the warehouse is often adapted. The appropriate organization must be further developed or redesigned in order to take full advantage of the TMS.
At Rothbaum, we support you in developing the right organization by setting up or restructuring departments. To this end, we carry out a comparison between the new process requirements and the organizational structure. Responsibilities are clearly defined and tasks are assigned to the relevant departments. Work with us to lay the foundations for a vibrant organization in the field of transport management.
Our service packages:
- Designing structural elements with your teams
- Develop a goal- and solution-oriented management culture
- Develop role and profile descriptions in transportation management
- Guiding teams through change and development processes
- Establishing agile ways of working and thinking in the organization
Your benefit:
- Clear organizational structure with unambiguous responsibilities
- High level of employee acceptance and motivation
- Sustainable anchoring of the new processes in the organization
Change management
Master the TMS introduction with targeted change management!
The introduction of a TMS is an extensive project for companies and therefore also means a major change for the organization and its employees. When introducing a transport management system, this particularly affects employees in transport management. Working and dealing with the new software, but also with adapted and new processes, is often a major challenge. It is therefore important to involve your employees in this change process right from the start. This promotes acceptance and motivation to drive the change forward as an organization as a whole.
Our TMS consulting supports your company in every phase of the TMS implementation. With customized change management, we work with you to develop the right measures for communicating and training your employees. This enables us to ensure the appropriate involvement of your employees right from the start and prepare your entire organization for the changes of the TMS introduction.
Our service packages:
- Develop a change management concept
- Designing communication strategy and communication measures
- Develop and implement training and empowerment concepts
- Derive and support measures to accompany change
- Evaluate and track the effectiveness of the measures introduced
Your benefit:
- Efficient and effective introduction of the new system into the organization
- Early involvement of your employees and sustainable development of expertise
- High motivation and acceptance throughout the entire change process
PMO
Strategic project management: Designing project success unerringly
The introduction of a transport management system is a complex project for companies. During the course of the project, at least a large part of your organization is usually involved. But the boundaries even go beyond those of your own company: external partners also need to be integrated into the project. Careful project management is therefore essential in order to successfully master the TMS implementation. Common project goals must be agreed, the progress of the project must be transparent and the risks must not be ignored.
At Rothbaum, we support you right from the start with the introduction of a new transportation management system. We help you to develop a stringent project plan and implement optimum cooperation between the individual stakeholders. During the project, we monitor progress and develop appropriate countermeasures if risks arise.
Our service packages:
- Define project goals and milestones
- Create a detailed phase and milestone plan
- Derive tasks, roles and responsibilities
- Develop a collaboration model for all stakeholders
- Monitor project progress and assess risks in the event of schedule deviations
- Set up agile project management frameworks (e.g. Scrum or SAFe) if required
Your benefit:
- Reliable adherence to time, cost and quality targets
- Minimized project risks through early control and escalation
- Reduced internal coordination and management effort
- Successful and predictable implementation of the TMS rollout
