| Client |
Industry |
Solutions |
Benefits |
| ArvinMeritor (Europe) |
Automotive |
- Logistics engineering
- Network redesign and optimization
- Carrier relationship development performance monitoring
- Freight bill and audit pay
|
- Reduced freight spend
- Reduced inventory
- Improvements in cash-to-cash cycle times
- Improved supply chain control
- Move from supplier push to manufacturing pull
|
| 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 |
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
|
| 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
|
| Dolphin
Bathrooms (Europe) |
Construction |
- Dedicated fleet and team fulfills nationwide distribution requirements
for retail and home deliveries
|
- Established solution tailor made for customer’s requirements
- Efficient, cost effective routing schedules
|
| 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
|
| Havertys
Furniture |
Retail |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage gives Havertys next-day delivery capability
|
- Greater customer satisfaction
- Higher warehouse productivity
- Enhanced inventory efficiency
- Lower freight costs
|
| Howco
Group |
Metals & Mining |
- Dedicated Contract Carriage provides operation flexibility
|
- Increased delivery accuracy
- Improved customer services levels
- Reduced product damage, returns, cost per ton and cost per delivery
|
| Lucent
Technologies |
Hi-Tech |
- Strategic outsourced warehouse and customer service network tightly
integrated to all service delivery functions
|
- Supply chain that can flex and grow to meet market demands
- Ability to provide dynamic improvements in warehouse productivity,
cost-efficient inventory levels and unparalleled customer service
|
| 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
|
| Nissan
Motor Manufacturing UK |
Automotive |
- Transportation solution provides delivery of production, service and
export parts
- Order processing, management, tracking and configuration, supply
chain scheduling, supplier management and reporting
|
- Reduced stock
- Efficient deliveries
- Complete visibility to JIT deliveries
- Increased and advance identification of supply chain weaknesses
|
| 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 |
Consumer Goods |
- Multi-client warehouse, transportation and distribution network
|
- Complete and efficient customer service and distribution operation
without the investment of corporate assets
|
| Simmons
Group (Europe) |
Consumer Goods |
- Management of drivers and provision of vehicles for outbound distribution
to retailers
|
- Increased flexibility for production variance
- Enablement of JIT platform for production-direct-to-retailer delivery
|
| 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
|
| 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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