3T Logistics and Technology Group has recently been selected by leading Bakery Ingredients company British Bakels to digitise their transport operations and drive down transport costs.
Commercial ingredient manufacturer and distributor British Bakels has invested in 3T’s Digital Transport Platform, EVENT to help streamline their transport processes and drive down costs by using a collaborative multi-carrier operating model.
Led by Andrew Steele (Head of Supply Chain) and Bartosz Kurdziel (Transport Planner), British Bakels are on a mission to modernise their logistics & transport operations and diversify their portfolio of transport partners with the aim of exceeding their customers’ service expectations whilst effectively managing the company’s cost base.
Prior to working with 3T, British Bakels (like many of their market peers) were reliant on manual processes such as communicating with transport providers via email or phone and using spreadsheets. The majority of customer deliveries were handled by a single 3PL however, on occasion, work was subcontracted to other carriers on an ad-hoc basis, but the onboarding and management of multiple carriers was time consuming.
One of the key reasons for selecting 3T’s EVENT platform was its ability to enable the Bakels teams to manage all transport activity centrally. The capabilities of the EVENT platform mean that manual tasks such as keying in customer orders, allocating loads over email and phone, manually tracking and chasing invoices and PODs are now a thing of the past for the team. The automation of these tasks mean that the team can now spend their time on value-add activity, and it provides a sustainable, scalable method of supporting the company’s forecasted growth without the need to increase headcount.
Critically, the EVENT platform also removes the reliance on a single or small pool of carriers through its built-in carrier network, Carrier Store. With access to thousands of approved hauliers across the length and breadth of the UK, shippers like British Bakels can identify and select the best carriers for the job at the lowest rate helping organisations to dramatically reduce transport costs.
After recently implementing EVENT, British Bakels are already starting to see major benefits across their entire business. The warehouse team now has a live view of inbound collections enabling them to better plan their despatch activity. The transport team has significantly reduced their transport administration time and has now has visibility of all deliveries in real-time and in addition, the Bakels leadership team has real-time visibility into their transport spend. Critically, the ability to widen their pool of carriers has enabled them to reduce their transport costs with reductions as high as 30% on some transport lanes being realised already!
Whilst the EVENT platform is a SaaS product, 3T Logistics & Technology Group’s customer success team will continue to work closely with the British Bakels team to ensure maximum efficiency and cost savings are achieved by passing on their knowledge and expertise.
Andrew Steele, Head of Supply Chain at British Bakels commented: “Working with 3T has allowed us to modernise our logistics and transport operations and improve service levels while effectively managing our cost base. With the EVENT platform, we have been able manage transport activity centrally which has had a positive impact across the whole business. The ability to access, review and interrogate transport costs in real-time has been a big step forward. We now feel that we’re better in control of our operation and we are excited to fully exploit the platform and build relationships with new transport partners through EVENT.”
Rob Hutton, Chief Sales Officer at 3T Logistics & Technology Group added: “We’re thrilled to support British Bakels in modernising their logistics and transport operations through our Digital Transport Platform, EVENT. It’s extremely encouraging and exciting to see the major benefits that Bakels have already realised, including reductions of up to 30% on some transport lanes. We’re proud to be working with such an innovative and forward-thinking company, and look forward to continuing to support their growth and success.”
About 3T Logistics & Technology Group
3T is a global transport management technology vendor with a proven track record and enviable reputation in delivering innovative supply chain and transport management solutions. Since 2001 3T has been on a mission to reduce empty running through shipper- carrier collaboration by using technology, and this remains the business’ north star to this day. Through its collaborative digital transport platform, Event, 3T is working with many other midmarket and large businesses within both the shipper and carrier segments to generate significant value for all. 3T has been recognised in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems in 2018, 2019, 2020,2021 and 2022.
3T’s technology delivers significant transport cost reductions and service improvement through automation, optimisation and data insights to businesses across the world. The award-winning digital transport platform enables supply chain digital transformation for businesses of any size and type, any transport mode, anywhere in the world.
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