Peter Rhodes Yard Smart Simulation so what YODEL

Peter Rhodes Yard Smart Simulation – so what!

YODEL – BUSINESS OVERVIEW & C 3 IMPLEMENTATION

Agenda • Business Background • Control Tower Implementation • Network Rationalisation • Wednesbury Sort Centre • C 3 Implementation • Simulation • Benefits realised • Future with C 3. . 3

Business Background • Yodel is the new company name for the merged HDNL and DHL Domestic businesses • This took place in March 2010, with Yodel born two months later in May • The new business now has a share in the B 2 C and B 2 B markets • Following the acquisition of the DHL Domestic business, Yodel had two networks of drivers, tractor units and trailers to manage 4

Business Background • The combined Transport network meant that Yodel Transport had to manage: Trailers: c 1600 Trucks : c 600 Drivers: c 600 Fuel: 30 m litres Miles: 60 m • Both HDNL & DHL Domestic had legacy TMS systems in place and investment was required to manage the fleet 5

Control Tower Implementation • Yodel reviewed the market for companies who could provide the following: 6

Control Tower Implementation • Yodel chose to use Isotrak, ESS and DPS software suppliers: 7

Network Rationalisation • HDNL network encompassed two national Sort Centres • DHL Domestic used a Regional Sort network, with 5 Sort Centres in the UK • Yodel Sort now has 4 Sort Centres which sort nationally 8

C 3 Implementation • A Yard Management solution was sought based on: • Large volumes of traffic at the Sort Centres • Sort Centres operating across more than 1 sites • Improved management of client traffic 9

C 3 Implementation - Wednesbury • Yard space at Wednesbury was tight, so a 2 nd Yard was required • Two sites managed by C 3 • Simulation required to review Sort capacities and shunters required 10

C 3 Simulation – What was the purpose? • The objective of the simulation was to understand a “day in the life” of Wednesbury : • Determine how many shunters were needed to operate Wednesbury • The workability of the expected operational flows • Can the planned seal times be met based on different volumes and trailer arrival profiles • Preparation for simulation: • Initial discussion of requirements • Provision of data, storyboard, layouts, etc. • Initial calibration runs of data, processes and key event process / timings • Master run on standard volume and peak scenarios • Interpretation of the stages, recalibration and iterative actions 11

C 3 Simulation - Results • What the simulation did for Wednesbury was : • Confirm the shunt numbers expected (originally calculated from base line manual estimates) • Gave some pointers to the workability / changes to the expected operational flows • Determine where changes were needed to the expected configuration • What the simulation didn’t do for Wednesbury: • Determine the key congestion bottlenecks (as seen by the Autologic movies / simulation) • Take account of the emptying of MT trailers from the campus • Truly determine the average “dead” time of doors following trailer removal 12

C 3 Simulation • Starting point: Yard is Setup for Start of Shift. • Shipping doors: Empty trailers at doors (yellow). • Receiving doors: Doors are empty waiting for loads. 13

C 3 Simulation • Receiving: Doors are full. Inbound trailers (red = National loads) are being parked, then automatically requested to doors. • Shipping: Loaded trailers (green) are parked on both sides of building and gated out. Door Group requests empty trailers. • Parking space on top filling up. 14

C 3 Simulation • Receiving: • • 15 Local loads (orange) are starting to arrive but parked. Priority still Nationals. Door group changed to prioritise local loads.

C 3 Simulation • Shipping: • • 16 Last wave. Release of full trailers. Empty trailers are automatically requested to doors to setup for next day.

C 3 Simulation • Simulation succeeded with 8 Shunters. All trailers were delivered by 03 H 00 AM. • Stats show times where less resources could be used. • The receiving and shipping schedule could also 17 adjusted to even out the shift and reduce times. be rush/peak

Benefits • Improved visibility & control of all trailers in yard • Ability to view all clients / load types and manage on priority, which has resulted in dramatic reduction of client trailers being missed • Ability to review history of trailers and movements • Ability to analyse shunter tasks and performance • Improved shunter productivity • This has resulted in the removal of one AM shunter at Droitwich • Wednesbury could not have operated without C 3 system & it provided flexibility during the transition period 18