TJ Transport Ltd is a leading bulk haulage provider, serving the construction, building materials and waste industries. For over 20 years, TJ Transport Ltd has operated through a network of quarries and wharves around the UK, providing an all-encompassing service for commercial customers.
ERA does the heavy lifting for TJ Transport, delivering impressive results across a number of categories
TJ Transport Ltd is a leading bulk haulage provider, serving the construction, building materials and waste industries. For over 20 years, TJ Transport Ltd has operated through a network of quarries and wharves around the UK, providing an all-encompassing service for commercial customers.
John Gosling, Managing Director and Barry Curtis, Finance Director of TJ Transport met with ERA to scope a programme of work with the potential to deliver substantial cost reductions over a number of areas of the business.
The immediate priority was Fuelcards and Utilities due to their level of spend and imminent contract maturity.
It was important to maximise TJ’s leverage in the market by bringing all contracts towards common end dates such that all requirements were tendered at once. This process was undertaken in a couple of stages that resulted in the alignment of all contracts. The subsequent renewals have allowed ERA to buy TJ’s utilities at opportune moments (when the markets are low), and well in advance of contract maturity.
The programme then moved on to reviewing Tyres and Merchant Cards Fees. Duncan used his experience in this area to review tyres.
Download the full TJ Transport case study today to learn more about how ERA helped this business, including details of the specific savings which were delivered and from where.
TJ Transport Tyres Project: ERA uncover the road to significant savings
As a part of a programme of work being undertaken by ERA Group to support TJ Transport in long-term and sustainable cost reduction, ERA were asked to review the provision of tyres and tyre-related services.Tyre service provision was one of the largest areas of expenditure for TJ Transport with any downtime resulting in a loss of revenue. Additional repair costs to vehicle bodywork were also being incurred through tyre blow-outs.
ERA were able to:
- Substantially reduce the annual costs
- Deliver commonality of tyre brand across the fleet
- Enhance the vehicle “up-time” through improved supplier service and tyre husbandry.
To find out more about the specific tyre focus had for TJ Transport, download the specialist case study today.
"ERA has demonstrated a clear understanding of our requirements from a product, service, and quality perspective in all areas they have reviewed. It’s clear they have the expertise and in depth understanding of the cost areas and have been able to put forward sustainable value adding solutions for our business." [Barry Curtis, Finance Director - TJ Transport]
Download the full case study today and discover the range of valuable benefits delivered by ERA including restructuring of fuel purchasing to increase value for money, alignment of utilities contract end dates and buying in ahead when market rates are low, reducing Tyre costs, improving on the road time through improved tyre husbandry and working with TJ’s IT contractor and TJ to reduce Merchant Card Fees.
