Consulting

Profitable savings for your company

Prepared for the future with costs in focus.

HDS Consulting GmbH is responsible for cost reduction and process improvement within logistics. We evaluate your total logistics costs and analyse your processes in scope. Through our target-oriented benchmarks of the market and your industry, we reliably identify potential savings and provide you with recommendations for action.

We will be pleased to carry out tenders in partnership with you and accompany you until full implementation of the potential we have identified.

Contact

Market and Industry Benchmark

Benchmark taking into account consignment specifications, quality levels, delivery times and consignee structure
Evaluation and benchmark of ancillary costs such as tolls, diesel floaters and express surcharges
Simulation with alternative tariff models

Deviation and Weak Point Analysis

Examination of the consignment structures for unfavourable tariff structures, e.g. excessively large jumps in weight, disadvantageous splits in pallet prices, postcode areas etc.
Insufficiently measured degressions in the tariffs in the event of an increase in output volume
Lack of consolidation benefits in daily weight aggregation
Inappropriate indices for diesel cost surcharges
Incorrect toll calculation bases due to inappropriate pass-on charges

Invoice Verification and Statistics

Detailed check of all billing data
Claim management
Correction of incorrect invoices
Preparation of logistics key figures
Reporting with periodic comparisons

Location analysis

Analysis and evaluation of the current situation
Preparation of the data base
Calculation of the optimal location in terms of transport costs
Implementation support and, if required, interim project management
Reduction of transport costs
Improvement of transport times and competitiveness

Tender management

Definition of a requirements profile for logistics service providers
Definition of service levels and operational specifics
Market overview and communication
Feedback, evaluation and recommendation for action
Implementation support

Advantages

Creation of transparency and comparability of processes, costs and services
Presentation of realistically attainable savings and possible methods to achieve these
Support in the implementation of the identified potentials
Identification and elimination of inefficient processes and avoidable costs
Permanent monitoring of success and provision of significant key figures
Transfer of know-how and reduction of internal workload in every phase
Sustainable reduction of logistics costs

with Lean and Green

HDS has been successfully accepted into the circle of Lean and Green Tool Coaches and Tool Providers. Please contact us about the possibilities of reducing your CO₂ emissions. Within the framework of Lean and Green, companies can have their success in reducing CO₂ emissions in logistics rewarded. The initiative aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the logistics processes of participating companies by 20 percent within five years.

Would you like to learn more? You can find more information on our blog and contact us.