Automotive Shipping
Industry Trends
The automotive industry is currently facing tough times with a global car crisis and a drop in sales leading to an overall vessel capacity surplus. Moreover, trade patterns change as production and consumer areas change.
Fluctuating supply and demand forecasts of car volumes to be shipped complicate the efficient allocation of cars among vessel types and fleet optimization. To maximize resource utilization, minimize operational costs, and confidently deal with last-minute supply chain disturbances, car carrier operators need the operational flexibility and agility that can be gained only with Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) and Supply Chain Optimization solutions.
The Quintiq Solution for Automotive Shipping
Alongside the generic planning capabilities of Designing Optimal Fleet Network, Capacity Optimization and Voyage Scheduling & Revision Management, the Quintiq solution is able to:
- work with reliable overviews of forecasted, reserved, booked and open capacity,
- compare the impact of changes via What-if scenario planning,
- make a planning based on costs and revenues,
- calculate consequences on your supply chain,
- optimize vessel schedule schemes.
Managing configurable decks, defining most profitable cargo-mix and time charter in-out decisions are also included.
Furthermore, the Quintiq APS platform can also optimize Car & RoRo Terminals and Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) operations in an integrated solution.