Learn How Texas Tissue Reduced Logistics Planning Time - Case Study

The Company

Texas Tissue is focused on being the smartest choice for the supply of good-quality tissue paper in Texas.

We have two business areas: 

1. Private Label.

2. Contract Manufacturing.

Our main goal is to be a reliable source of tissue supply by choosing products that represent environmental sustainability.

Their Challenges

We have faced a significant challenge related to the time-consuming logistics management process.  

• Burdensome load planning and posting. 
• Laborious tracking of the operational cycle of transportation.
• Difficulty in organizing and accessing specific load information (we were used to handling the entire operation via email)

How Planimatik Helped With Their Challenges

• Make smarter choices: planning with the Historical Data feature allows us to have an idea of how much the load is going to cost based on previous rates. In the first 2 months from implementation, we saw a 24% savings, which gave us insights into cost estimates based on previous rates of similar loads, ensuring we did not overpay when choosing a provider.
  
  
• Also, we can easily recognize freight volume patterns (to prepare our team and coordinate availability and staff members) to ensure we don’t miss relevant tasks across our operation, which resulted in 40% increase in efficiency using the Calendar View feature.
  
  
• Less time to plan: with Planimatik we take less than a week to plan our freight transportation for the whole month. Thanks to Documentation Templates already created and available to use, we saw a reduction in planning time of 74% per month since we no longer have to create documents for every load we ship manually.
  
  
• Streamlined quotation process: Now our quotation process takes 60% less time, involving just a few clicks, compared to the previous method of sending multiple emails to gather bids from contacts. With Planimatik we get the bids as soon as they have been submitted, and we even receive them according to our preferred filter’s options.
  
  
• Easy access to load information: through the operational stage filters, we have experienced 52% faster access to load details during pickup or delivery stages, significantly enhancing our oversight.

“Planimatik is so simple to use that we didn’t need a full platform-customer onboarding. It is as intuitive as reading and knowing what to do to improve our operations.”

Thanks to Planimatik, we have been able to plan our logistics for 2024 comprehensively; plus, its easy-to-understand visualization allowed us to have a step-by-step operational checklist, facilitating a strategic 30% budget optimization. These insights prepare us for unforeseen circumstances and help us make informed decisions based on monthly organized data provided by Planimatik.