transportation resource scheduling tool overview and quick tour
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Overview of a Resource Scheduling Tool for truck leasing companies, 3rd party logistics providers, logistics consulting companies, and private fleet operations.TRANSCRIPT
Transportation Resource
Scheduling Tool (TRST)Overview – March 2012
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About Paradox
� Established in 1998 as logistics consulting company.
� Major consulting assignment with Ryder led to recognition of specific types of operational software not available in the marketplace.
� Developed Transportation Resource Scheduling Tool (TRST) to help fleet operators estimate tractor, trailer, and driver requirements to support their operations.
� Suite of products include routing and scheduling, continuous move planning, discrete resource scheduling, and fulfillment planning solutions.
� Customers include 3PLs, Supply Chain consulting service providers, shippers, and carriers.
� Continue to enhance products, primarily from user feedback, with two major releases per year.
� Besides supporting traditional perpetual licensing model, Paradox also offers software on subscription basis which carries no upfront license fees, annual maintenance or implementation costs.
� With the subscription model, you simply download the software and subscribe for the period of time you need it.
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About TRST
� TRST is a fleet sizing application that works off route and vehicle information considering DOT regulations and customer service requirements.
� Accepts data input in ASCII flat file formats such as tab delimited, comma delimited, and fixed width or entered directly into TRST.
� Uses powerful optimization algorithms to generate resource schedules in seconds resulting in maximizing resource utilization and lowering costs.
� Offers many features that allow visibility to operational data for planning and operational improvement.
� Facilitates “what if” analysis with a few mouse clicks.
� Available On-Demand from ParadoxSCI.com.
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Solutions for Logistics Problems
� Minimize number of vehicles and drivers and improve delivery/pickup schedules to reduce fuel costs, capital costs and fleet expenses.
� Managerial tool that provides valuable and needed data to establish appropriate fleet parameters such as size, type, and mix.
� Allows for base lining (existing) and generating ‘should-be’ (optimal) operational views for comparison.
� Provides Gantt charts, schedule reports, and exports to your other applications.
� Periodic “fine tuning” of your current operation by allowing import of changed data.
� Works with routing applications and onboard computers for automated route schedule downloads.
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Some Customers
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“TRST has been a great addition toExel Integrated Logistics DesignGroup’s tool set. It is the only standaloneresource optimization tool that fitsthe requirements of many of our fleetsolutions.
TRST is a user friendly, shortlearning curve program that producesexcellent results. The resourcebalancing works extremely well to even the work requirements, in turn creating operationally effective equipment and driver schedules."
Paul Bugenstein Director, Logistics DesignExel
About the Overview
This overview covers the following six areas:
� Case Study Scenario
� Setup and Data Requirements - what data needs to be collected?
� Managing Your Data - how is data entered into the program?
� Setting up the Problem – how to set various parameters?
� Resource Scheduling - optimizing vehicles and drivers
� Presenting Your Results - how to view charts and reports?
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� Grocery distributor dispatching 346 fixed routes weekly.
� Currently experiencing poor utilization of transportation resources.
Currently Operating:
� 60 Tractors
� 269 Trailers
� 60 Drivers
� 346 Routes
After Optimizing:
� 43 Tractors
� 43 Trailers
� 51 Drivers
� 346 Routes
Savings: Elimination of 17 tractors and 9 drivers (one-time asset reduction
savings)
Payback: Immediate
Case Study Scenario
Setup and Data Requirements
� Routes – summary data for routes to be dispatched in the
required planning horizon (days or weeks)
� Other Data – scheduling constraints and DOT restrictions
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The following information is generally required to solve most
problems with TRST and can be entered directly using the data entry
screens or imported from Excel or Access:
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Data Management:
TRST displays summary and detail listings of all your data including:
� Routes
� Departures
� Statistics
You can import any form of
ASCII data using TRST’s data
import wizard. Data can be
edited upon import.
You can import any form of
ASCII data using TRST’s data
import wizard. Data can be
edited upon import.
Managing Your Data
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DOT constraints are set based
on the required planning
horizon
DOT constraints are set based
on the required planning
horizon
Parameters
Setup …
� General
� Driver Scheduling
parameters
Setting up the Problem
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DOT parameters and other
user defined constraints can be
set. Separate rules for Local
and Over-the-road drivers are
supported.
DOT parameters and other
user defined constraints can be
set. Separate rules for Local
and Over-the-road drivers are
supported.
Scheduling Solutions
Select Solve …
� Schedule
All or required resource to build optimal schedule
Resource Scheduling Optimization
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Scheduling Solutions:
In seconds, TRST creates optimal resource schedules considering …
� User constraints
� DOT regulations
and can also provide comparison statistics.
TRST can retain benchmark
statistics to provide
comparison for ‘before’ and
‘after’ optimizing.
TRST can retain benchmark
statistics to provide
comparison for ‘before’ and
‘after’ optimizing.
Resource Scheduling Optimization
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Charts:
Charts include
� Tractor
� Trailer
� Driver
utilization Gantt charts with capabilities to configure display colors and statistics
TRST has built-in charting
engine. Charts are
configurable with options to
select colors, field headers and
widths.
TRST has built-in charting
engine. Charts are
configurable with options to
select colors, field headers and
widths.
Presenting Your Solution - Charts
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Reports:
Reports include
� Route Summary
� Resource utilization
TRST has built-in reporting
engine. Reports are
configurable with options to
select fields and change field
headers and widths.
TRST has built-in reporting
engine. Reports are
configurable with options to
select fields and change field
headers and widths.
Presenting Your Solution - Reports
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Next Steps:
Your next steps are easy:
� Go to ParadoxSCI.com
� Download product datasheet and other information
� Download the full functional version of TRST
� Call us for an authorization code for the 14-day free trial
Help is available via email and phone. Logistics professionals can help you with data setup and modeling to complete consulting services.
Next Steps
Thank You
Please contact [email protected] for more information or visit ParadoxSCI.com for solutions to
your logistics problems.
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