Learn where you stand today
At DSi, we believe that transportation costs can be managed using a well-structured process. This process starts by providing you with an assessment including an executive “scorecard” on how well your freight expense is currently managed. We measure your freight expense against “best practices” and standards specific to your line of business and quantify savings opportunities through our assessment process. A Phase I assessment clearly identifies savings opportunities associated with the different modes of transportation you may be using without supposition or projected changes in your current supply chain and/or distribution model.  Additional savings opportunities in a Phase II assessment may in fact address a redesign of your supply chain and/or distribution model while still preserving the basic business rules required by customer service standards and procedures.

Establish benchmarks
At the beginning of a DSi freight expense management program, we establish benchmarks for measuring success against your historic costs. These benchmarks are used for measuring shipment by shipment savings through a DSi managed program.

Best Practices and Continuous improvement
 Our continuous improvement philosophy insures that the appropriate documentation and controls are in place to manage your costs and that the necessary reporting is available to continually monitor your costs and make incremental improvements whenever an opportunity is identified for additional savings.

Click here to see the documents and controls in place and how the process is integrated throughout an annual cycle.