We specialize in just one thing: transportation, covering all modes. To make your strategic transport management choices clearer. We’ll analyze your modes and destinations, from the Americas to Europe to Asia Pacific and beyond—then we’ll help you execute a process to choose the freight company that’s best for you.
Why Transport Solutions
World-Wide Experience
We have tons of experience in all world regions. We can create a model to tell you how shipping costs will vary with different global sites and site combinations. Our experience in the field combines well with objectivity and vast quantities of transportation data to enhance your operational efficiency.
A Focus on Groups of Companies
We know how to do bids for groups of companies. As transportation specialists, TSL provides you with an excellent return on investment. Even global firms typically do not have 100% of the expertise needed for complex transportation analysis. We give you the peace of mind of knowing you have optimized your freight management.
What We Do
Freight Optimization Assessment
TSL has extensive global expertise in helping companies get the most out of their chosen freight companies. Our unique assessment process will find your opportunities for improvement, both externally (how to buy smarter) and internally (how to ship smarter).
Freight Negotiation and Implementation
Once your carriers are selected, Transport Solutions can work with your staff to support implementation. This helps our clients begin to realize benefits sooner and more comprehensively. Even if you buy well, you can still be wasting significant dollars.
Site Location and Landed Cost Studies
We assist companies in evaluating their current and potential site location networks in the Americas, APR and EMEA. A variety of “what if” scenarios can be evaluated with precision. We have a clean and clear approach to quantifying relative cost and service considerations.
Benchmarking Studies
We use historical data and our library of worldwide freight rates to perform analysis of how competitive your rates are. We have a broad- based collection of actual rates as well as a good understanding of all the parameters necessary to make apples-to-apples comparisons. Rate-to-rate comparisons are not really accurate unless you understand how they are applied, which varies significantly in the freight arena.
Monthly/Quarterly Reports
TSL can generate highly customized analysis and report formats to help you monitor actual transport cost levels. We use a variety of source data ranging from billings to carrier data to your internal system data files. We will work with you to develop a means of tracking volumes, costs and other metrics for graphic display of resulting trends. This means you will always be on top of your business.
Freight Payment Company Selection and Management
Transport Solutions knows a lot about freight payment companies because we operated one successfully for about 18 years before divesting in 2006. We have the inside track on pricing, services, who the reputable players are and how to ensure quality. We are especially adept at making sure the data captured can be databased and used for data mining.
Need Solutions for Your Freight Issues?
Contact us today! We’ll develop a tailored plan designed to help you buy smarter and ship smarter.
Core Team
Rachel Hayes
Her data analysis expertise runs deep. Rachel’s skill set includes databases, heavy excel and TSL’s proprietary software. She has done hundreds of TSL customer projects over the past twenty years
Phil Ramsdale
Multi-national companies trust Phil’s expertise. His team at Transport Solutions has worked on projects that have saved these clients millions of dollars while improving their services.
Triona Lonergan
Broad-based supply chain skills, including import-export compliance highlight Triona’s skill set. She worked on the customer side while based in Europe and has stong expertise in APR and the Americas.
A Few of Our Clients
LSA
NetApp
Bosch
The Gores Group
Western Digital
Hampton Lumber
Broadcom
Seagate
Logitech
Testimonials
Transport Solutions “allows me to work without internal staff where otherwise I’d have to hire 3-4 highly trained staff and maintain them as fixed staff. In the end, I probably spend at most one quarter of what I’d have to spend on internal staff, and I get a deeper level of experience and I get a better business mentality than I would otherwise.”
Sr. Director of Worldwide Logistics
Computer Peripherals Manufacturer
“I was wearing many hats and had overall responsibility for most of my companies’ support functions with transportation being a new area for me. I had to rely on someone to help me sort out our current logistics situation and develop/implement a strategic direction. Phil (Ramsdale) did that for me! We did an RFQ last year, and what TSL did for me was to save $2 million on just one year’s freight.”
Director of Transportation and Compliance
Large High-Tech Manufacturer
Transport Solutions “allows me to work without internal staff where otherwise I’d have to hire 3-4 highly trained staff and maintain them as fixed staff. In the end, I probably spend at most one quarter of what I’d have to spend on internal staff, and I get a deeper level of experience and I get a better business mentality than I would otherwise.”
Sr. Director of Worldwide Logistics
Computer Peripherals Manufacturer