Transportation Consultants for Freight & Carriers in the UK

Bisham’s transportation consultants provide transport consultancy for national or regional setups and incorporate all forms of transport. We also work with local authorities and advise on public transport.

Bisham has a flexible approach. We can help from a ‘light touch’ to ‘heavy lift’, depending on your needs. As experienced transport consultants, we can carry out a health check to review your strategy and find out what the pain points are and how to overcome them.

In general, our clients call us in if they can say ‘No’ or ‘Not sure’ to at least one of the following five questions:

Do you have a published transport management strategy?
Is that strategy consistent with the overall business objectives?
Are you satisfied that your present freight spend is fully optimised?
Do you feel fully in control of your present freight spend?
Are your logistics service levels meeting your customers’ requirements?

We think the results we achieve for our clients speak for themselves.

Bisham’s clients enjoy transportation savings of typically between 8% and 25% on delivery cost savings alone.

Transportation efficiency: making a difference.

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Transportation Efficiency: Making a Difference

Our Transport Consultancy services start with a health check of existing transport planning arrangements.

Are appropriate modes in use, and are management processes robust?
Are service requirements defined? More importantly, are they being met?
Is the transport network cost and service fully optimised?
What is the data collection like? So here we look closely at all available data, KPIs, financial reporting & budget reports.
Check legal compliance for own fleet operations and/or subcontracted operations
Have all the sustainable transport options been fully explored?

Transport management strategy.

Adapting to change is very important because of new markets, new products and new sourcing.
Retaining procurement flexibility but also leveraging global spend.
In-house capability versus outsourcing. We look at 3PL or 4PL solutions to improve performance and reduce costs.
INCO terms for inbound and outbound shipments.
IT assessment of TMS, FMS or in-cab related systems.

Transport Network Optimisation.

National or regional network design.
Impact of improved planning, mode changes, routing changes or infrastructure rationalisation.
Improved vehicle utilisation and load-fill.
Scenario modelling and total cost comparisons.
Cross-border flow efficiencies.

Transport Procurement

Tender management, domestic road transport, to global freight forwarding.
Fleet management, including procurement, leasing and maintenance services.
Selection of appropriate potential suppliers through an RFI.
Design, structure and detailed specification for a formal RFQ tender.
Analysis of bid responses to ensure the best fit.
Contract and service level agreement support.

Project Management & Implementation

Project management support for operational changes.
Accompanying IT requirements, such as TMS.
Change management planning.
Measuring the savings made.
Ongoing advice on transport arrangements.
Interim transport management or recruitment support.

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UK Transportation Consulting: The Client Benefits of Good Transport Planning

Measuring the success of transport consultancy projects is vital, and we ensure all improvements are carefully monitored on all of our transportation projects. Bisham clients have enjoyed some or all of the following long-term benefits:

Cost-saving delivery of between 8 and 25%. This has been achieved through:

Optimising transport networks and improving fleet utilisation
Improving planning processes
Ensuring effective procurement of transport providers and improving audit processes for carrier charges
Creating an internal function that can deliver continuous improvement in transportation

Improving supply chain visibility through:

Shipment status updates.
Proactive exceptions reporting.
Introduction of improved supply chain IT.

Improving supply chain responsiveness and flexibility through:

Process re-design.
Organisational changes so that we can maximise efficiency.
Delivering IT improvements.

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Improving reliability and customer service levels through:

Introduction of proper performance management regime.
Producing service-level agreements (SLAs) with carriers.
Key performance indicator (KPI) implementation, so we can measure performance.

Improved financial management of freight spend through:

Visibility of costs at the shipment or transaction level.
Providing cost-to-serve information.
Improved budgeting processes.
Accurate monthly reporting of freight spend and explanation of variances to budget.
Improved freight bill audit and checking processes.
Risk identification and mitigation

Transportation consultants at Bisham Consulting can make a significant difference to the efficiency of your organisation. To see how we can improve your business, contact us today.

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Our Clients

From corporate offices to large-scale events, our clients trust us to deliver reliable and professional security solutions tailored to their needs. Drawing on decades of experience, we benchmark our approach against leading supply chain consulting companies to ensure clients receive measurable, world-class outcomes