| Client |
Industry |
Solutions |
Benefits |
| Benteler |
Automotive |
- Full suite of logistics services provides real-time data from suppliers, including web-based system that integrates with SAP materials release
|
- Inventory reductions
- Carrying cost savings
- Increased time to focus on operations and continuous improvement instead of “chasing freight”
- Increased visibility
|
| BrandsMart U.S.A. |
Retail |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage provides the skilled personnel and reliable equipment to meet fluctuating delivery commitments
|
- Superior customer service
- Efficient street-level routing
- Ability to accommodate “emergency” customer deliveries
- Effective and reliable product installations
|
| Columbus Serum |
Retail |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage
|
- Network optimization
- Improved customer service
|
| CVS Pharmacy |
Retail |
- Transportation Management, including Dedicated Contract Carriage and KPI’s to support outbound store delivery operations
|
- Increased on-time delivery
- Increased Fleet and driver reliability through close monitoring and preventative maintenance
|
| Do
It Best Corporation |
Retail |
- Shift from in-house transportation management to Dedicated Contract Carriage left control with the customer but shifted transportation responsibility to the expert
|
- Reduced labor costs, routing and scheduling expertise
- Innovative solutions partner
|
| Duluth
News Tribune |
Media (newspapers) |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage provides control and visibility needed to widen distribution and new geographic areas
|
- Distribution increased by up to 10%
- Reliable service and on-site transportation manager frees customer to focus on core competency
|
| Eagle Steel |
Metals & Mining |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage program provides the control needed to make tight delivery windows
|
- Happy customers
- Reliable fleet at predictable price
- Clean, safe vehicles
- Skilled drivers
- Flexible vehicle and driver resources
- High-quality dispatch capability
|
| Gibraltar Industries |
Construction |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage, route optimization and backhaul utilization
|
- Imrpoved order to delivery time
- Reduced costs and increased flexibility through network optimization
- Improved levels of customer service
|
| Havertys Furniture |
Retail |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage gives Havertys next-day delivery capability
|
- Greater customer satisfaction
- Higher warehouse productivity
- Enhanced inventory efficiency
- Lower freight costs
|
| McJunkin Corporation |
Metals & Mining |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage package cures woes at the curb, supplemented by a preventative maintenance and roadside service
|
- Service reliability improved from hub to branches and from branches to customers
- Growth needs were accommodated and ownership hassles eliminated
|
| Meritex |
Leisure (hotels) |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage provides on-site transportation expertise and driver management
|
- Excellent on-time delivery record and transportation expertise
|
| Metaldyne |
Automotive |
- Centralized, strategic Inbound Logistics arrangement
- Full suite of procurement, contracting, routing, planning, tracking, compliance and payments for expanding international supply and manufacturing
base
|
- Significant transportation cost savings
- Ongoing visibility and control of N. American plants allows management to focus on long-term supply chain strategies
|
| Noveon |
Chemical |
- Transportation Management Suite
- Carrier procurement and performance monitoring
- Damage claims management
- Customer service
- Freight bill and audit pay
|
- Significant decrease in overall transportation costs
- Centralized data capture and management
- Dynamic planning process that continuously drives efficiency
|
| Philips Consumer Electronics |
Consumer Goods (electronics) |
- Complete warehousing and transportation system for management of Outbound Logistics for finished goods
|
- Improved customer service
- Increased inventory accuracy and cost controls
- Increased supply chain visibility helps customer monitor and plan
|
Pilot Pen Mexico
English/Spanish |
Consumer Goods |
- Multi-client warehouse, transportation and distribution network
|
- Complete and efficient customer service and distribution operation without the investment of corporate assets
|
| Reckitt Benckiser |
Consumer Goods |
- Transportation Management
|
- $2 million savings in carrier costs
- Significantly reduced corporate-wide logistics costs
- Improved network visibility and control
- Improved delivery execution to customers
- 10% increase in customer on-time delivery performance
|
| Royal Mouldings |
Construction |
- Transportation Management for all product shipments to customers
- Integrated with Dedicated Contract Carriage
|
- Reduced costs
- Improved customer service
- Increased operating efficiency
|
| Ryerson Inc. |
Metals & Mining |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage
|
- Reduction of freight costs
- Improved delivery and performance
- Improved customer service
|
| Snapple |
Food & Beverage |
- Transportation management Suite
- Order processing
- Carrier management
- Exception management
- Expedite
|
- Improved reporting
- Improved customer service
- Provider’s unique ability to offer both scale and flexibility
|
| Stonyfield Farm |
Food & Beverage |
- Transportation Management
|
- Improved customer service
- Reduced costs
- Reduced carbon footprint
|
| Visteon |
Automotive |
- Lead Logistics Management provides the resources, experience and commitment required to meet complex needs
|
- Freed management to focus on core competencies
- Left capital available for production-related investments
- Lleveraged prior transportation relationships
|
| Whirlpool |
Consumer Goods |
- Service Parts management with distribution center consolidation
|
- Increased inventory accuracy
- Decreased carrying costs
- Improved shipment accuracy and order cycle time
- Continuous improvement trims costs
|
| Wyandot |
Food & Beverage |
- Transportation Management and Dedicated Contract Carriage for wholesale
and retail warehouse delivery, including backhaul utilization
|
- Increased level of process integration
- Increased fleet utilization
- 7% freight bill savings
- Improvements in transportation metrics and reporting
|
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