Transportation Consulting Solutions
Horizon Services Group delivers a team of transportation management professionals with the skill set to quickly diagnose business process challenges and define technology solutions to address those challenges for long-term business value. HSG professionals possess deep supply chain industry expertise from long careers in the transportation industry. HSG delivers the complete solution to clients including business process analysis, custom logistics software development, implementation, integration, training, support and strategic planning. As a Microsoft development partner, HSG is a pioneer in applying new technology to solve transportation inefficiency.
The essence of HSG’s transportation consulting is the vast pool and depth of knowledge and experience within our company as it relates to port operations and intermodal container operations across the globe. Many members of our team are former Sea-Land employees. These individuals provide detailed information about the best-practices in transportation and within this team, there are few questions in relation to container, truck, port, terminal and rail operations that can not be answered. Horizon Services also has great relationships with the Horizon Lines operations organization, including their terminals, ports, and trucking facilities across America and Asia.
Many of our logistics consulting projects are highly complex, covering many components of transportation, operations, government, security, environmental, legal and shipper/carrier based supply chain decisions. We believe that this complexity requires that studies and projects be undertaken by a company with a superior level of transportation expertise.
Over the years, we have found that using generic consulting companies for many transportation studies and projects often produces unfavorable results. These organizations are good at what they do, but they do not have the familiarity with the day-to-day issues facing logistics companies, port facilities, government entities, and other transportation professionals today. We believe that we are a rare breed of company within today’s environment.
Our Transportation Consulting Services
- Systems Assessment
- Feasibility Studies
- System Integration and Implemenation
- Port Improvement Consulting Projects
- Migrate from your Legacy Systems to .NET
- Other Logistics Consulting Services
Systems Assessment
We will deliver a current state analysis of business processes and systems. Using this information we will identify a cost-effective solution to the gaps between your current systems and your vision.
Feasibility Studies
HSG performs analysis and provides recommendations on projects involving all aspects of container traffic throughout the supply chain. From ocean to rail to truck, Horizon Services Group has staff with years of hands-on operations experience.
Recent studies include:
- Port expansion and relocating port facilities
- Cargo process flow
- Port facility optimization, container yard modeling
- Technology implementations and integrations into existing operations
- Studies on cargo volumes in certain areas
System Integration and Implemenation
The System Integration and Implemenation Group consists of individuals totaling more than 75 years of experience within the transportation industry. We assist you by:
- Assessing current work flow and systems in order to develop a customized implementation plan which fits specific organizational needs
- Implementating a support for system set up and training
- Providing change management and education within the customer's organization before, during, and after implementation
- Providing on-going communication for system enhancements, and upcoming software releases, upgrades and new functionality
- Assisting with technical integration between client's Horizon application and external parties - i.e., ports, terminals, rail, other vendors, etc.
Port Improvement Consulting Projects
- Data Collection Operational Surveys
- Port and Yard Operations Analysis
- Throughput Measurements
- Evaluation of Port Access
- Needs Evaluation of the Facility
- Propose New Processes and Cargo Flows based on optimizing the following measurements:
- Maximizing the efficiency of the acreage; Dwell-time of equipment, mixes of grounded and wheeled.
- Trucker turn-time in the yards. Providing detailed trucker plans (TIRS) to drivers at gate.
- Container lifts/hour on/off the vessels. Optimizing use of dual picking.
- Minimizing delays (trucker wait time) at the gates through gate system automation.
- Operates with a high degree of safety and in accordance with the ISPS code.
Migrate from your Legacy Systems to .NET
The new single-platform architecture offers significant benefits including:
- Quicker to market with enhanced IT solutions for your customers
- Much simpler integration with your customers' and vendors' order management systems
- Fewer IT resources are needed to develop software
- Training is dramatically easier for all users especially for new employees
- No more data disparity between systems
- Enhancements and data issues can be implemented and resolved quicker
Other Logistics Consulting Services Offered
- Port, Container Yard and Terminal Facility Start-Up Planning
- Change Management
For more information about our transportation consulting solutions, email us or call toll free 1(866) 268-2157.
