Improving transport productivity in equipment rental business
Christiansen, Tapio (2013)
Christiansen, Tapio
Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201301161477
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201301161477
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The goal of this project was to find ways to improve the functionality and profitability of Ramirent Finland Oy’s rental equipment transports. Other goals of the project were to define the transportation process and to find best practices that could then be implemented also in other
countries where Ramirent works. In the theoretical part of this thesis, different transport optimization methods, purchasing strategies and pricing methods were studied. The actual project which took place in the company was
executed in less than one year. The reason why the project was started was the losses what Ramirent made with transports sales in year 2010. The project resulted to major changes in the company’s logistics organization and also in the working methods of transport coordinators. The result of the project was that transport profitability was improved, and also the information flow of the transports was improved. This thesis will not include the sales processes of equipment rentals, but there is a short description of the transport selling process and also the selling arguments of transport sales. The rental processes are described as technical process flows were
the different phases between starting the rental and returning the equipment are explained. Some of the information related to this project is confidential, and this information is not included in the thesis report.
countries where Ramirent works. In the theoretical part of this thesis, different transport optimization methods, purchasing strategies and pricing methods were studied. The actual project which took place in the company was
executed in less than one year. The reason why the project was started was the losses what Ramirent made with transports sales in year 2010. The project resulted to major changes in the company’s logistics organization and also in the working methods of transport coordinators. The result of the project was that transport profitability was improved, and also the information flow of the transports was improved. This thesis will not include the sales processes of equipment rentals, but there is a short description of the transport selling process and also the selling arguments of transport sales. The rental processes are described as technical process flows were
the different phases between starting the rental and returning the equipment are explained. Some of the information related to this project is confidential, and this information is not included in the thesis report.