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Case Study: Transportation – Air Canada Cargo
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Air Canada Cargo
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Headquarters: Quebec, Canada Serves over 32 million customers annually Air Canada Cargo services over 150 destinations Air Canada Cargo trucks to an additional 155 global destinations
Client Profile
Business Challenge Gain visibility, standardization and lower costs in Air Canada Cargo’s global ground transportation network.
SaaS Solution LeanTMS® leverages a SaaS technology platform behind the LeanLogistics Transportation Network to improve service, reduce cost and gain complete visibility into transportation processes.
Air Canada Cargo’s Results • • • • •
Improve visibility Increase collaboration Reduce carrier overcharges Improve global standardization Reduce freight costs
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AIR CANADA CARGO IMPLEMENTS LeanTMS TO GLOBALIZE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ®
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www.leanlogistics.com P 866.584.7280 A Kewill Company
Air Canada is Canada’s largest full-service airline and largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, Canada-U.S. transborder market and international market to/from Canada. Together with its regional partner Jazz, Air Canada serves over 32 million customers annually and provides direct passenger service to over 170 destinations on five continents. Air Canada’s cargo services division, Air Canada Cargo, provides direct cargo services to over 150 Canadian and international destinations including Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. On top of that, Air Canada Cargo trucks to an additional 155 global destinations, making the trucking network as big as Air Canada’s flight network.
Business Process and Problem Definition Since the primary business of Air Canada is an airline, oftentimes the trucking part of the business is simply considered an extension of the cargo network. However, trucking is becoming more vital to the company as the economy truly becomes more global and Air Canada goes farther to get cargo. So the Air Canada Cargo trucking network expands along with growing boundaries. In fact, the trucking portion of the business at Air Canada Cargo is growing at about 20% per year. Along with business challenges that growth presents, Air Canada Cargo faced many ground transportation challenges, including a lack of stability within the transportation network. Also, a lack of standardization throughout the organization caused problems – a procedure in North America might be followed differently in the UK and a totally different way in the rest of Europe. In addition to standardization and stability problems, headquarters had poor visibility of logistics information into all the different regions of Air Canada Cargo. Settlement disputes with trucking companies were common, which often put long holds on payments and required a lot of manual intervention to resolve the issues.
Case Study: Transportation – Air Canada Cargo
Process Improvement – SaaS Solution Air Canada Cargo reviewed TMS vendors to revamp its global ground transportation strategy and chose LeanLogistics LeanTMS® to gain visibility, standardization and stability across its global ground transportation network. LeanLogistics LeanTMS, utilizing true SaaS technology, allows scalability across multiple divisions, across country lines and continents around the world. It enables a single global ground management center for Air Canada Cargo in Toronto to have real-time visibility, accurate cost information for reporting and the ability to expand beyond traditional TMS functions into the transportation procurement side of the business as well. Air Canada Cargo implemented LeanLogistics LeanTMS for a global approach to ground transportation management while gaining key global features, including multiple languages, units of measure, and multiple currencies. LeanLogistics WebSettle® technology helps Air Canada Cargo with complete pre-payment audit and freight payment capabilities, so Air Canada Cargo has clear visibility into trucking companies and when the trucking companies are paid. Trucking partners are much happier since payments are much faster with the LeanLogistics solution, due to audit quality rates housed in the system.
“Thanks to LeanLogistics, Air Canada Cargo experiences a significant reduction in vendor overcharges. Prior to LeanLogistics, there were many disputes with vendors, and now there is very clear visibility into the trucking network.” Global Surface Transport Manager, Air Canada Cargo
Additional benefits of LeanLogistics LeanTMS to Air Canada Cargo include: • Increased savings of transportation spend • Reduced carrier overcharges through visibility and more accurate records • More fully loaded equipment • Improved productivity and time savings due to more automated processes • Lower cost mode selection
Value Delivered With LeanLogistics, Air Canada Cargo’s ground transportation is managed with SaaS technology, providing faster implementation, better coordination and control, all at a lower cost. Collaboration, visibility and standardization are a few of the key benefits Air Canada Cargo gains from LeanTMS.
LEANLOGISTICS INNOVATION MET THE GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT NEEDS OF AIR CANADA FROM A SINGLE LOCATION
Thanks to LeanLogistics LeanTMS, Air Canada Cargo experiences a significant reduction in carrier overcharges. Prior to LeanLogistics, there were many disputes with carriers concerning charges and now there is very clear visibility globally into the trucking information. Trucks also depart stations more accurately loaded because of the greater visibility within the transportation network. Air Canada Cargo saves time due to the more automated process, especially in the accounting and billing processes. Carrier procurement negotiations are greatly streamlined, down to one-fourth the time taken previously. The benefits Air Canada Cargo continues to receive from LeanLogistics include: •
Improved Visibility
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Increased Collaboration
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Managed Globalization in Single System
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Increased Financial Benefits
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