Case Study: Leading Multiple Overseas Supplier reduces transportation costs and improves container utilization with Expeditors

Balancing Cost and Lead Time Through Effective Origin Ocean Consolidation

Leading Multiple Overseas Supplier worked with Expeditors to reduce transportation costs while balancing the added lead time that comes with origin ocean consolidation. The customer was shipping mostly LCL, underutilizing FCL containers, and lacked upstream visibility and control over bookings, which created operational complexity, excess handling, and concern about missed customer orders and inventory buildup.

Expeditors used its proprietary simulation tool and exp.o Order Management Bookings (OMB) to model scenarios, apply business rules around need-by dates, and give all parties visibility to approve or reject late-order exceptions. Expeditors also optimized container loading, improved supplier scorecarding through exp.o Analytics, and increased consolidation efficiency. The results included more than $450 less transportation cost per container, over 75% fewer LCL shipments, over 15% higher container utilization, and more than 25% lower fixed transactional fees.