Unilever

Business Situation

• Unilever looking to build an African Transport Control Tower as it insources its transportation management.
• Control Tower will operate from South Africa to manage logistics strategy and execution into Africa.
• Aim is to build regional capability for transport planning combined with local/in country execution. Strategic objective - to build more loads while travelling less and provide customers with a consistent world class service.
• The Transport Control Tower will support the planning and execution of the new routes to market into Africa defined to increase product range and availability in countries.

Transnova's Role

• The development of an Africa Transport Control Tower encompassing:
  •  Inbound, Local and Outbound
  •  Freight Forwarding & Clearing
• Provide Unilever with buying scale and professional transport management.
• Consolidation of the supplier base.
• Provide expertise on cross border logistics in highly complex African environment.
• Develop a controlled route to market.
• Design efficient logistic solutions that will enable a competitive landed costs in countries.

Client Impact

• Through the implementation of the TMS and Control Tower Unilever was able to improve utilisation (load more) while travelling less (CO2 reduction and cost benefits).
• We were able to consolidate the supplier base and leverage procurement scale to secure top tier market related transport rates for Unilever.
• The Africa Transport Control Tower has provided Unilever with an improved transportation management service thanks to its ability to leverage regional capability and scale.
• Reduced costs and improved customer service levels.
• Absolute detail cannot be provided due to signed client confidentiality agreements.