Ensuring vehicle availability as per shift requirement by developing suitable transporter for each sector .
Interaction with vendors for forecast w.r.t availability of fleet in next shift and decisions related to change in execution plan as per forecasted availability.
Fleet diversion from one sector to another to meet customer requirements and marketing priorities.
Gathering of market intelligence w.r.t. sect oral availability of fleet and expected seasonal trends.
Responsible for primary movement from plant to mother hub and secondary movement from hub as per customer requirement.
Overall responsibility of truck yard in terms starting from truck registration, prioritization of movement of truck to plant, loading priorisation in the plant etc. as per customer requirement
Cost Management
Market intelligence on freight trends of peer units, commodity freights and arrival patterns.
Analysis of various inputs and recommendation to PLH for desired freight corrections and duration of freight hike to minimize impact of incremental freights based on market demand of fleet.
Recommendation for swapping of modes/ use of multi modes to optimize logistic cost.
Monitoring of fleet efficiencies as agreed in Cost plus calculations and discussion with vendors to control cost by improving fleet efficiencies and vendor profitability.
Analysis of GPS output for lead validation to optimize cost and also areas of improvement by analyzing truck turnaround cycles.
Achievement of defined Customer Service Levels
Providing the visibility to vendor w.r.t qty, delivery window schedule & priorisation and scheduling for loading and giving desired inputs to shift for maintaining the desired service level.
Vendor Management
Proving feedback to the transporter on the actual performance and working jointly for vendor performance improvement.
Use of inputs from GPS and Performance manger for targeting the inefficiencies at loading, unloading and in transit for improved asset utilization.
Creating and updating vendor profiles operating in the cluster w.r.t own trucks / attached truck / fleet , financial credentials etc.
Providing operational support for better turnaround time / maximization of no. of trips / getting timely acknowledgement / payment etc.
Providing inputs & further discussion with existing transporter w.r.t their transportation model, integration with Mfg, fleet development, fleet dedication, etc.
Developmental Activities
Evaluation of infrastructure available for truck loading with type and allocating a loading time window sector wise depending upon transit time and other barriers.
Performance Indices
Updating & analysis of performance of road logistics operations & improvement trends w.r.t freight , vendor lifting sector wise, direct vs. stock transfer dispatch, type of fleet used, order pattern etc. & providing necessary inputs to PLH for further corrective steps.
