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OVER 10 YEARS, AND IT HAS GOTTEN EVEN HOTTER! By Ken Waddell
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0 years ago, we featured a special section in our PARCEL magazine called the TOP COMPANIES, and it featured full-page profiles of 13 industry solution providers. A couple of years later, we changed the name to HOT SOLUTION COMPANIES, and now today…. I would like to announce the 2021-2022 HOT PARCEL LOGISTICS SOLUTION COMPANIES. Take your time and give all the information on the following pages about these 43 companies a very good look. Each of these unique solution providers has something different to offer to
improve your parcel shipping, logistics, and overall supply chain. And make sure to take some extra time on each company’s website, to visit their social media pages, and even to email or call them to get more answers to help with your industry challenges. This special sponsored-content magazine filled with ideas to help you improve your parcel shipping is announced every year at about this time; however, we will continue to promote these companies for the next 12 months to give you even more opportunities to check out each of these industry movers and shakers. Also, remember that you can always find the HOT COMPANY information on our website at PARCELindsutry.com, along with additional information in the form of our archived magazines, past webinars, and topics of interest. And don’t miss our annual PARCEL Forum. Check out the details at www.parcelforum.com We look forward to continuing our mission of bringing ideas and solutions to help you ship even more packages, more efficiently, and more cost-effectively. Wishing you all the very best. Take care,
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Rakuten Super Logistics - Business Owners Trusted Order Fulfillment Partner for 20 Years Since 2001, Rakuten Super Logistics (RSL) has been delivering exceptional shipping and order fulfillment to eCommerce retailers. With industry experts working in all departments of the team, RSL has been able to establish itself as the true eCommerce business partner for online sellers. As a company, its vision is to deliver fast, accurate, and efficient distribution to help sellers of all sizes compete with even the largest of competitors. As the demand for eCommerce has grown exponentially in the last several years, the RSL team has continued to be the backbone for many online business owners. “RSL has experienced exceptional growth and development over the past 20 years,” said Michael Manzione, President and CEO. “Moving forward, our focus will remain on offering all eCommerce retailers order fulfillment services that meet today’s consumers’ high expectations, such as next-day delivery and hassle-free returns.” Shipping and Order Fulfillment Solutions In the past two decades, RSL has developed solutions that help retailers scale their businesses, save more money, and continue meeting consumers' growing expectations. The most recent innovations for consumers are Xparcel Ground and Xparcel Expedited. RSL officially launched Xparcel in 2020. This revolutionary shipping and order fulfillment solution helps business owners significantly cut their costs for shipping, as well as the time orders spend in transit. The process leverages a network of RSL facilities and carrier networks to use the most effective combination possible to meet consumer demand. With this system, RSL’s newest product, Xparcel Expedited, can provide transit in as little as 2days and lower costs for small to mid-size eCommerce retailers all across the country. The team at Rakuten Super Logistics is constantly innovating and working to provide the best solutions for eCommerce sellers. These supply chain solutions help retailers with order fulfillment, return management, kitting, subscriptions services, and even freighting. 20 Years of Expertise With 20 years in the business, Rakuten Super Logistics is the most knowledgeable and seasoned partner in the industry. The team is made up of a dedicated group of professionals that make RSL more than just another order fulfillment company. RSL’s
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a2b Fulfillment helps e-commerce and multi-channel merchants provide an exceptional customer experience through integrated order fulfillment (B2C and B2B), value-added services, and customer care.
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a2b is celebrating its 20th year in business in 2021. We operate facilities in both the east and west, which together can reach up to 94% of US households in just 2 days via ground service, and at reduced cost. We begin by taking a holistic approach to the customer lifecycle. From order acquisition and tracking, to same-day order fulfillment, to customer care and returns management, we can provide you with a turnkey program or on an à la carte basis. SERVICES IN MORE DETAIL: Order Fulfillment – Picking, packing, and shipping isn’t rocket science, but to do it quickly and accurately on a consistent basis requires both technology and experience. Our fulfillment process is completely paperless and system-driven. Pickers are told where to go, what to get, and where to take it, verifying throughout the process that it has been done correctly. Packers scan each item to further ensure accuracy, and then our logic-based shipping system follows custom-tailored business rules resulting in the package shipping with the best carrier, every time.
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: a2b Fulfillment
PHONE:
866.843.3827 ext 2110
WEBSITE: www.a2bf.com
EMAIL:
dskerly@a2bf.com
Order Management – Manage the entire customer lifecycle with our sophisticated and secure PCI Certified system. Orders are transmitted into our system from shopping platforms, call centers, and ERP systems where a host of value-adding tasks are performed, including channel tracking, inventory validation and allocation, credit card authorization, continuity management and installment billing, and more, as applicable. The system then serves as the customer care platform for efficient customer management. Extensive reporting helps merchants understand their businesses. Customer Care – Treating customers well not only keeps them coming back but also encourages positive reviews, resulting in increased sales. Our expert team of careeroriented customer care professionals in our Georgia and Utah locations are highly trained to assist clients with orders, payments, returns, technical support, and even save-the-sale strategies to skillfully protect revenue. We also monitor social platforms and manage chargebacks. Drop Shipping – Shipping on behalf of a retailer is serious business, as orders must represent the retailer well. Therefore, retailers have devised stringent guidelines encompassing every detail of the drop shipment, including packaging, presentation, speed of fulfillment, shipment carrier and service and finally, the data back to the retailer, which enables them to communicate seamlessly with their customer. a2b understands drop shipping. We support programs with dozens of retailers and make the process extremely efficient. Retail Distribution – Fulfillment to retailers is a complex and technologically challenging undertaking. Each retailer has a unique set of guidelines and requirements that must be adhered to, including case and pallet specifications, labeling requirements, routing and transportation guidelines, and integration requirements via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). We cut our teeth in retail and have honed rock-solid processes that deliver outstanding results. We offer EDI connectivity with every major retailer making set-up a snap. Amazon - Selling with Amazon is important for most marketers. For many Amazon sellers, utilizing the help and expertise of an Amazon-experienced 3PL can be a more cost-effective option than FBA or self-fulfillment. a2b supports dozens of companies working with Amazon via Vendor Central and Seller Central (FBM and Seller Fulfilled Prime) all with an excellent track record of compliance and program success.
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Cultivating the Changing Parcel Landscape 2020 has been one of the most challenging years in current history. Who knows “what getting back to normal” will mean? What we do know, is we all must deal with the realities in front of us. Outside of hoping the best for the health and safety of family and friends, we must continue to move our businesses forward. Like you and your business, AFMS has adapted to the changing environment of the parcel shipping industry. Many of you have adapted to more online shipping while at the same time the carriers have had to adjust how they adapt as well. Cultivating this Changing Parcel Landscape for our clients is our top priority. From the carriers discontinuing Guaranteed Service Refunds (GSR’s), to the addition of new peak season surcharges and the pressure on the carrier networks to handle these increased demands, AFMS is finding ways to help our customers manage these challenges. Now, maybe more than ever, having an expert at your side, together can help your company stay ahead of these changes. AFMS is the leading transportation price benchmarking firm in North America and Europe with business intelligence analytics focused on reducing transportation costs through carrier contract negotiations and automated freight audit and recovery. AFMS specializes in benchmarking your freight rates to tell you exactly what market discounts and concessions you deserve with your current carrier.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: AFMS
PHONE:
800.246.3521
WEBSITE: www.afms.com
EMAIL:
info@afms.com
The pedigree of the AFMS senior management team is unparalleled in our consulting space, averaging more than 25 years of senior pricing and sales experience for various transportation carriers like UPS, FedEx, and DHL. It’s an important foundation upon which our 28 years of business success has been built. Our inside pricing knowledge is why the largest shippers in the US and Europe use AFMS’s benchmarking and pricing expertise. Companies like GE, Sony, Disney, Under Armour, StockX, Dell, Honda, Toyota, DSW, Trek, Johnson & Johnson, Bose, and over 3,000 other large shippers have all negotiated best-inclass shipping rates with AFMS’s help. Our fact-based negotiation strategies, advice, and management solutions are key strengths as to why AFMS clients have the best shipping rates among various peer companies. Our senior managers are actively involved in every aspect of our clients’ carrier contract negotiation strategies and discussions. AFMS clients typically achieve 15-25% better rates than those companies that do not use AFMS. Let AFMS help you Cultivate a successful path through this changing environment. We will provide a No Cost review of your current parcel shipments and how these have been affected by the carrier’s new changes and charges. Let our industry knowledge and our team of pricing experts help make sure your company is ready no matter how the “new normal” looks.
“AFMS is honored to have helped so many large and small businesses, both in the United States and Europe, over the last 25 years. It has been a pleasure helping our clients achieve best-in-class pricing solutions within their supply chains carrier network.” If we can be of any help to you and your business, please let me know.
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Alexandretta Transportation Consulting
ABOUT Alexandretta Transportation Consulting delivers the transportation advantage. As the only women-founded and owned transportation consulting firm in the U.S., we put our diverse skill sets, cultures and unique perspectives to work, creating the best outcomes for our clients. Our value as your trusted advisor is to quickly go beyond cost savings, giving you the best way to stay ahead of transportation complexity.
PHONE:
714.777.3377
WEBSITE:
www.alexandrettaconsulting.com
EMAIL:
info@alexandrettaconsulting.com
With the current parcel market upended by the pandemic, carrier rate increases, everchanging peak season surcharges, package-size penalties, changes to fuel and a rush to regionals, a trusted team of experts is needed more than ever. We have the expertise to answer the question: What do these changes mean to my company specifically and how do we find the best path forward? Our services utilize technology, analytics, experience and strategy to determine what the best options are for your business. PARCEL SPEND MANAGEMENT With over 80 years of cumulative experience on both sides of the table, our global parcel negotiation services deliver cost savings based on detailed analytics across the U.S. and Canada, as well as offshore in Europe and Asia. In addition to providing services with regard to the integrated carriers, our team has expertise with regional and postal carriers in the regions we serve as well. LTL & TL SPEND MANAGEMENT Focused on U.S., Canada and Europe, our trucking experts review and uncover cost reduction opportunities, always using detailed analytics to deliver optimized results. AUDIT Our audit services provide U.S.-based, parcel audit recovery for late shipment recovery, rating errors and overcharges. In addition to recovery, portal-based dashboards provide reporting including trend analysis, GL coding and an ad-hoc report builder. ANALYTICS Data-driven analytics quickly provide detailed recommendations that enable optimization for: Network Optimization Package Size – Large Package, Oversize, Over Max Service Mix Carrier Optimization – inclusive of regionals Let us assist you in finding a way through this incredibly challenging landscape. Please reach out for a complimentary consultation today.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: Caljan Inc
PHONE:
800.338.1751
WEBSITE:
https://caljan.com
EMAIL:
info.us@caljan.com
Handle floor-loaded parcels efficiently Caljan has been helping parcel carriers and retailers optimize inbound, dispatch and delivery of floor-loaded cargo since 1963. Many of the 21 million packages delivered every day in the USA have travelled along a Caljan Telescopic Conveyor at some point in the handling process from manufacturer to consumer. Configured to suit Telescopic Conveyors, Print & Apply Labeling Solutions, and Automatic Document Handling Systems are made to order at our 4th and newest global production plant in Wisconsin, to match the exact requirements of your application. Numerous options ensure a perfect fit for your business — regardless of the shape and size of your operation. 3,000 Telescopics produced annually Using stage/gate project management, we successfully handle large-volume orders, an increased customer base and complex turn-key projects. Working as a team, we learn about your unique needs, develop a solution that matches, and deliver on your expectations. Inquiries are handled efficiently and orders are executed accurately and timely — all to the same high quality. We innovate, perfect, and patent Since the first plate steel telescopic conveyor was introduced in 1967, we have worked with parcel carriers and retailers to develop (un)loading solutions that are reliable, ergonomic, and efficient — reducing the cost per parcel. Caljan was first to introduce safety features on unloading equipment, protecting your employees, cargo, and investment. In recent years, we have developed fully-automatic loading, automatic document handling, and labeling systems that are able to place labels at precise X, Y, Z & U coordinates on parcels randomly positioned on a fast-moving conveyor belt. Caljan improves safety and productivity through quality and innovation.
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Cass Information Systems, Inc. is the market leader in freight invoice audit and payment solutions. We help customers reduce processing costs, ensure invoice accuracy, and provide actionable transportation data. Cass’ comprehensive parcel spend management solutions help to reduce and manage your parcel shipping expenses. Our complete parcel audit includes duplicates, rates, manifested and not shipped, accessorials, adjustments as well as compliance and service failure audits. We also will allocate parcel spend to meet complex general ledger requirements. In addition, Cass’ web-portal provides data visualization dashboards and ad-hoc reporting to help you further manage and reduce your parcel spend.
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Understanding and controlling parcel costs is nearly impossible without clear visibility into detailed cost components, trends, and more. With Cass, this information is easily available to you. With a few clicks, you will be viewing information for thousands — or hundreds of thousands — of shipments, by facility, account number, carrier, charge type, and more. Our clients consistently achieve high, ongoing value by leveraging the tools provided through CassPort®, our analytics and business intelligence engine.
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Identify persistent problems Ensure each package is audited Be prepared for negotiations Know your true cost per package Ensure that invoices are processed and paid Understand the effects of a new contract or GRI (General Rate Increase) Bridge the gap between purchasing and transportation
If your company ships over 100,000 packages annually, we can provide substantial savings for your company. Reduce processing expenses, stop overcharges, accurately allocate costs, and receive critical parcel data. Contact Cass today to see how we help create a competitive advantage through reduced costs, increased efficiency, and better decision making capability.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: CT Logistics
PHONE:
216.267.2000, ext. 2190
WEBSITE: ctlogistics.com
EMAIL: PARCEL AUDITS Reduce parcel costs and save money with the industry’s most advanced and comprehensive package audit program. CTrak’s proven benefits include a completely automated, global audit system that delivers maximized savings. Customized Accounting Services: CTrak provides automation for general ledger account code allocations for every shipment and visibility of details at the shipment level. Complete automation ensures all pricing conditions and costs are rated including: optional bundled pricing rates, for all countries, for all currencies, including hundred weight pricing and third-party shipments.
sales@ctlogistics.com
REPORTING CT’s Qlik Data Analytics and reporting platform delivers graphs, dashboards and visualization for effective and efficient management insight into your total freight spend. CONFIDENCE 98 years of experience allows us to create a full range of freight management solutions. CT will work with you, creating customized solutions so that you can focus on your firm’s core competencies, ensuring an efficient, effective, and robust supply chain management system for your global needs. TRUST Firms of all sizes, including Fortune 100 corporations around the globe, rely on CT Logistics to assist them in making solid, informed decisions regarding their freight audit, payment, and business intelligence needs. Our team of professionals has been instrumental in assisting our clients in leveraging expertise, technology, and best-in-class processes to maximize return on the client’s investment. SOC II and ISO 9001:2015 certified. LEADERSHIP With FreitRater™, the industry’s first choice for freight management software, AuditPay™, LION™, TranSaver™ and CT’s TMS software, our customized solutions for freight payment and 3PL will exceed your expectations. CONFIDENCE, TRUST, AND LEADERSHIP... TRADITIONS SINCE 1923 These attributes are woven into our corporate philosophy, the foundation and tradition that our clients have relied on for 98 years. Our evolving services and software will enable you to better manage and reduce supply chain costs while adding more visibility and control to your organization, positively impacting your bottom line; that’s our commitment to you.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: DMW&H
PHONE:
201.933.7840
WEBSITE: dmwandh.com
More than an Integrator DMW&H’s Post and Parcel division provides solutions specific to the industry.
EMAIL:
info@dmwandh.com
With more than a half-century of experience, DMW&H has refined a unique approach to automated solutions. We design, integrate, install, and support complex material handling programs that deliver complete, collaborative automation solutions to meet or exceed your fulfillment and distribution needs. DMW&H’s history of providing innovative solutions to the post and parcel industry is at the heart of this division. Our talented team of consultants, engineers, controls and software experts, installers, and project managers will work with you from conception through final commissioning. They’ll design and deliver a material handling solution that will transcend your strategic, operational, and financial goals. DMW&H understands cutoff times, throughput, processing time, increasing mix of bags and carton, and customer needs. We understand your needs for a robust material handling system and will design, manage, implement, and support your facility and make sure you have limited downtime due to your material handling equipment. DMW&H Analysis & Design Services } Facility Layout and Material Handling Design } Operations Improvement } Supply Chain Strategy and Modeling } Distribution Information Systems Planning DMW&H Connects You With Software & Integration } Shiraz Warehouse Control System – easily integrates with sortation management and manifesting systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and warehouse management systems (WMS). It directs operations to ship and manifest, pack, label, manage labor and tasks, sort packages, pick orders, and handle returns. } WHizard – The Monitoring and Tracking System: provides a comprehensive, powerful solution for you to monitor and control your complex material handling systems in real time. Implementation & Support } Experienced installation teams } Dedicated, professional project managers to remain on track and on budget } Post-sales support including parts, maintenance services, and 24/7 tech support hotline staffed by experienced engineers and material handling experts.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: EasyPost
WEBSITE:
www.easypost.com
EMAIL:
sales@easypost.com
The shipping platform behind billions of packages, EasyPost is the complete and modern shipping solution designed to scale alongside your growing business. EasyPost’s best-in-class multi-carrier shipping API gives e-commerce businesses worldwide access to over 100 shipping carriers through a single integration. Whether you’re a mid-sized business or a fortune 500 company, lean on EasyPost for your shipping and logistical needs. EasyPost customers can expect: A RESTful API with 99.99% uptime, the most reliable in the industry Data-backed optimization to save up to 74% on shipping costs and improve on-time delivery to 90% or better Lightning-fast response times — less than 300 milliseconds fast Real-time tracking updates through custom tracking pages and webhook notifications Address verification for both domestic and international deliveries Hands-on customer support in an hour, not days Integrating with EasyPost’s API is simple and takes weeks vs. months. Once integrated, your business can capitalize on our end-to-end flexibility. We’re on a mission to provide e-commerce retailers, fulfillment centers, marketplaces, and enterprises with more control over their parcel shipping and logistics processes. We’ve already saved our customers tens of thousands of hours of development, removing technical complexities and allowing them to focus on growing their business. We’re just getting started!
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Engineering Innovation (Eii)
PHONE:
800.350.6450
WEBSITE:
www.eii-online.com
EMAIL: Engineering Innovation Inc. (Eii) combines years of postal and parcel automation experience into solutions that offer streamlined package processing. As demands increase, accuracy and efficiency become increasingly important. Our custom solutions can be adapted to fit any size operation, perfect for those wanting a smaller footprint.
sales@eii-online.com
Celebrating our 15th anniversary in fall 2021, Engineering Innovation has grown from a three-employee start-up to a team of over 70 employees dedicated to help you save and automate your processes. At Eii, we are committed to providing solutions that last and ensure success for all types of businesses. Various operations ranging from fulfillment, consolidation, returns, processing, mailing, and shipping can all benefit from our custom configured solutions. Optimize your workflow by implementing automation that comes with excellent service and support after installation. Eii’s solutions are easily scalable once installed; with modular options and custom configurations, we will help to design and create a solution that is right for you. With improved accuracy, you can handle parcels faster than ever before. The LightSort Sorting System allows for hand-scanned parcels to easily be picked, sorted, or processed by illuminating the destination on the rack. This solution allows for increased productivity and integrates data tracking for existing business logic. Combine racks to create a connected system that can easily communicate and allow multiple workers per rack. The Chameleon Parcel Processing System seamlessly automates the parcel sorting process, with options such as weighing, dimensioning, label application, OCR imaging, barcode technology, and sorting options to fit any need. With its modular design and various options, the Chameleon is able to shift and change to keep up with demands or expansion. Increase your return on investment and keep your processes up and running with Engineering Innovation’s parcel solutions. Meet consumer expectations, create more affordable shipping options, and reduce training time for staff — all while choosing costeffective automation and sorting technology.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: enVista
PHONE:
877.684.7700
WEBSITE:
www.envistacorp.com
EMAIL:
info@envistacorp.com
Go Beyond Freight Audit & Payment Leverage the #1 Transportation Spend Management Firm Optimize your global transportation strategy and results with enVista. We deliver leading global transportation visibility and spend management solutions that significantly reduce costs and maximize transportation results for the world’s leading brands. Our experienced team of transportation management experts and former carrier pricing managers bring exceptional expertise to significantly improve your operations. Our Services & Solutions: } Global Freight Audit & Payment } Strategic Carrier Sourcing } TMS Selection & Implementation } Vendor Dropship Solutions } Transportation Consulting } Business Intelligence & Analytics } Trading Partner Management } Supply Chain Network Design Our Expertise: } 1,000+ global clients across multiple industries } $9 billion spend managed annually } 14+ languages translated and 168 currencies on freight data platform } Highly experienced team of transportation experts } Inc. 500|5000 fastest growing transportation & logistics company (eight consecutive years) enVista is offering complimentary consulting sessions with our team of supply chain, transportation, unified commerce and IT experts. Let’s have a conversation.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: EuroSort
PHONE:
410.656.2101
WEBSITE: EuroSort.com
EMAIL:
sales@eurosort.com
EUROSORT SORTERS PROCESS 600,000 PACKAGES PER HOUR – EVERY HOUR When your business is sorting cartons, polybags, and bubble mailers, trust the experts in parcel sortation. EuroSort’s proven track record in the post and parcel arena spans our entire 20-year history, and our equipment is trusted by post offices, final mile carriers, freight consolidators, 3PLs, and retailers around the world. These companies are experiencing reduced touches, increased items per day, and up to a 60% lower cost per piece as a result of implementing a EuroSort sorter. ACCURACY EuroSort’s suite of Sorters gets the sort right the first time. This nearly eliminates rework costs, boosts your bottom line, and keeps customers happy. No longer worry about losing items off trays in the corners; on the EuroSort Split and Cross Tray Sorters, the unique pocket formed in the tray means that you will never again need to clean out nets around the corners of the sorter, saving you time, money, and labor. DURABILITY Proven tough in the harshest environments, our heavy-duty, non-magnetic sorter trays are designed specifically for the rigors of your business. With a focus on simplicity and uptime in all aspects of the sorter design, EuroSort has eliminated all single-point-offailure parts from our systems, which reduces downtime, decreases maintenance costs, and lets you go back to focusing on growing your business instead of worrying about your sorter. FLEXIBILITY With the smallest discharge pitch in the industry, EuroSort’s parcel sorters offer a flexibility that cannot be matched. Whether that is fitting the largest number of mailsack destinations in your building, or reducing the overall footprint of the machine, EuroSort sets the standard in the parcel industry. Make the easy choice and contact us today.
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Express Courier
PHONE:
877.404.2211
WEBSITE:
expresscourierintl.com
EMAIL:
info@expresscourierintl.com
Express Courier is one of the fastest growing regional carriers in the Southeast. The company currently offers courier and parcel delivery across eight states, utilizing a supply-chain network that includes 26 branches and more than 750 drivers. Capacity to Meet Delivery Demands Studies show that businesses who can’t make on-time deliveries lose customers. With national carriers maxed out, turning to Express Courier to handle deliveries in the Southeast just makes sense. Express Courier has the capacity to move more than 40,000 parcels per day, and the capability to deliver small and medium packages in two days or less. Many businesses have discovered the benefits of partnering with Express Courier to meet their delivery demands, especially when compared to the “big box” shippers. The company customizes logistics plans and develops solutions for e-commerce and all industries. Drawing on regional expertise, wide resources, and a corporate structure, Express Courier offers complete logistics packages that will make your customers happy. Implementation Plan With Express Courier’s trademarked Launch 180™ implementation plan, getting started is quick and easy. The company uses an eight-step process to confirm supply chain requirements, design a transportation plan, allocate resources, train its team to meet your requirements, offer test runs, and finally go live. The regional carrier provides postlaunch monitoring to optimize performance and ensure your expectations are met. Variety of Services Express Courier has consistently demonstrated their capability to meet, and in many cases exceed, customer expectations. Among the services Express Courier provides are: } E-commerce Solutions } Distribution } Order Process Management } Scheduled / Routed Delivery } On-Demand Couriers } Route Optimization } Medical Logistics } Warehousing Strategies, for critical inventory/parts storage
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FirstMile-True Multi-Carrier E-Commerce? If you’ve only used shipping for personal or low-volume shipments, it may seem pretty straightforward. You select a carrier and you pay the necessary postage to ship an item. You drop the package off at one of the carrier’s brick and mortar locations or at a mailbox, and then they do the rest. High growth e-commerce businesses quickly find that shipping isn’t quite so simple. Transportation costs have a big effect on your bottom line. E-commerce is highly competitive, with more consumers shopping online and industry giants like Amazon setting a 2-day service expectation. If you want your cut of the e-commerce pie, you’re going to need help.
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: FirstMile
PHONE:
888.993.8594
The Solution Most shippers are forced to choose one carrier: UPS, FedEx or USPS. Is any one of them perfect? No. USPS does a great job on lighter weight packages, UPS does a good job on heavier packages, and FedEx is known for its speed of service. How about regional parcel and mail carriers? They have their strengths and weaknesses too.
WEBSITE:
https://firstmile.com
EMAIL:
Sales@firstmile.com
What if you had a company that could shop each of your packages across all these modes and drive the right label to your shipping software for each order? How about a company that could pick all the packages up on the same truck, run it through sort operations, and linehaul it into the right carrier network each day? What FirstMile Can Do to Help FirstMile is just that company. We’ve been helping companies of every size and market optimize their shipping in order to reduce costs, save time, and provide the best possible experience for every customer. Our system makes it easy and fast for you to access the best carrier for the job, selecting from a range of national, regional, and local parcel and mail carriers, including First Class and Priority Mail. FirstMile is a multi-carrier e-commerce parcel carrier. Our unique approach allows small, medium and even large ecommerce shippers to get the best combination of price and service across a wide range of USPS workshare and parcel carrier partners–including our own network. We do this all with one API connection, one pickup via our FirstMile owned and operated vehicles, one invoice, and one point of contact. We even handle claims. The FirstMile shipping algorithm works by first shopping each package for price and service. It then returns the right label for each unique package, which ensures the best combination of price and service for that package within the prescribed service limits you set. Need 5 day or less service? No Problem. Need 2-4 day service? No Problem. Just want the lowest priced service possible for every package? No Problem. If you are tired of the headaches from trying to navigate the e-commerce shipping labyrinth, let FirstMile help. Oh, and our systems integrate seamlessly into common shipping platforms like ShipStation, Order Cup, ShipRush, Ship Hero, and many more.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Fluence Automation
PHONE:
888.832.4902
WEBSITE:
www.fluenceautomation.com
EMAIL:
info@fluencemail.com
Fluence Automation has a long history of providing innovative technologies to the mail distribution, logistics, and parcel automation markets. For more than 30 years, Fluence has earned a strong position in the commercial sorting segment and delivered numerous solutions for various entities, including the USPS, the US government, other national posts, mailing service providers (MSPs), 3PLs, and many Fortune 500 companies in various industries. Over the last several years, Fluence has continued to expand its footprint outside of mail processing by leveraging core imaging, print & apply labelling and high-speed automation technologies to address challenges in parcels automation. Fluence parcels systems offer capabilities for high-performance imaging with optical character recognition (OCR), labelling, and conveying and sorting, all backed by one of the best service teams in the industry. At Fluence, we look forward to being a key part of the mail and parcels automation community in the years to come by serving our long-term customers in the best manner possible, while growing with new customers.
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GEODIS’ vision is to be the growth partner for its clients. We combine global reach with local know-how. Put those together and you have the key to logistics success. Our vast experience and network in the Americas give you everything you need to serve your customers well, partnering in e-commerce logistics, national and international parcel delivery, freight forwarding, transportation management, and value-added warehousing. Our emphasis on excellence in these areas has made us a worldwide supply chain leader, committed to helping clients overcome their logistical constraints.
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We have: 50,302,996 ft2 warehousing space 229 locations 48 Freight Forwarding offices servicing 120+ countries of destination 17,700+ employees Inbound Logistics Top 100 3PL Provider from 1999-2020 and Logistics Quarterly Top 40 North American 3PLs
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OUR SERVICES:
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GEODIS MYPARCEL - GEODIS MyParcel makes it easy for U.S. domestic e-commerce brands to go global. Our small parcel shipping service currently ships to 27 European countries, Great Britain, and Canada with guaranteed delivery in 4-6 days. How do we do this? By leveraging our parcel expertise, e-commerce experience, deep understanding of global customs clearance processes, and integrated technology. We can help you strike the balance between speed of delivery and total landed cost. We offer an end-to-end global transportation network and a fully integrated digital platform to make DDP a breeze for you and your customers.
EMAIL:
COMPANY: GEODIS
PHONE:
866.443.6347 geodis.com/us
marketing.americas@geodis.com
E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS - GEODIS offers a dedicated e-commerce logistics team and a workflow engine with time-and-budget modeling operating at a 98% success rate for brands ready to expand exponentially. Our solutions easily connect with yours, giving a real-time, global view for control and visibility. VALUE-ADDED WAREHOUSING - GEODIS offers a premium network of multi-tenant warehouse operations. Our network can reach 99.5% of the U.S. population in two days or less. Additionally, GEODIS offers value-added services to simplify supply chains and give clients a competitive advantage, from packaging customization to customer experience services. FREIGHT FORWARDING - GEODIS offers Air & Ocean Freight solutions for all types of national and international freight shipments. No matter your need, we’ll listen to your requirements, and find the Air & Ocean shipment configuration for you. Additionally, we provide value-added services to ensure the right solution timing, level of complexity, and cost. TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - GEODIS’ Transportation Management Solutions optimize the movement of products throughout your supply chain. Our team uses their expertise, industry partnerships, and trusted tools and tier-one technologies to deliver the most reliable, low-cost solution for your transportation strategy. From inbound through to the final mile, our experts will provide you with the capability, flexibility, and scalability needed to build a growth-enabled supply chain.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
General Logistics Systems, US
WEBSITE:
www.gls-us.com
EMAIL:
info@gls-us.com
Our customers’ success is our success at General Logistics Systems US, Inc. (GLS US). Whether that means a large company in need of logistics solutions, a small business owner with a steady flow of outgoing parcels, or a son overnighting a birthday gift to his mother, we take pride in providing Reliable, Transparent, Flexible, Secure deliveries in a Sustainable manner. Leveraging a large footprint in the Western United States and our over 30-year history as a global parcel and LTL logistics quality leader, we help customers: } Build competitive advantage Ship faster with an expansive NEXT DAY service area at your disposal. } Free up time for your business Simplify with a single parcel and freight pick-up. } Scale and customize Gain a partner that can meet current and future needs. } Optimize shipping Take advantage of our suite of easily integrated data capabilities. If you’re looking for a provider to safely and responsibly deliver your shipments on time, you can count on GLS-US, we take it personally! Contact us today to learn more about GLS US Parcel, Freight and Express services!
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
Real results require a real partner, not cookie cutters.
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Green Mountain Technology
PHONE:
877.397.2834
WEBSITE:
www.GreenMountainTechnology.com
EMAIL:
contact@GreenMountainTechnology.com
When you partner with Green Mountain Technology (GMT), you don’t receive a system designed to check the box, but instead a team dedicated to understanding both your brand strategy and network inside and out. What’s more, we layer our knowledge of your business with a bird’s-eye-view of the industry only accessible from partnering with some of the largest and most complex Parcel and LTL networks in the world. Our Parcel and LTL Spend Management solutions help guide your network from beginning to end, identifying critical cost savings objectives and returning a higher ROI year after year with award-winning support behind services like audit, cost allocation, carrier management, KPI and BI reporting, strategic optimization, RFP support, and so much more. We work alongside you to seek the answers to your greatest network challenges, developing a strategic roadmap along the way that’s customized to your unique network and aligns with your business goals. Optimizing your network to its fullest potential and savings requires an expert partner. We help brands augment the human capital, knowledge, time, and technology required to transform, store, and interpret Big Data, perform analytics, and understand how to apply results strategically. It’s a huge challenge for every Supply Chain and Transportation executive — from building, transforming, and maintaining the data set necessary, to having the bandwidth on their team with the expertise and experience to leverage it. We are a real and true partner, seeking to help transform and grow your network. Because when you succeed, we succeed. Ours is a proven, data-driven, award-winning process that’s been refined with each new partner. Tap into our market intelligence today.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Hackbarth Delivery Service, Inc.
PHONE:
251.478.1401
WEBSITE:
www.HackbarthDelivery.com
Customized Delivery Solutions for Parcel Shippers Hackbarth Delivery Service, Inc. is a privately held, certified woman-owned corporation and SmartWay partner. Established in 1975 in Mobile, AL with $500 and only one van, Hackbarth has grown to be a leading logistics provider, with 44 locations across 11 states delivering millions of packages a year. We cover the first mile to the last mile!
EMAIL:
info@hackbarthdelivery.com sales@hackbarthdelivery.com service@hackbarthdelivery.com
Hackbarth is your single-source solution and regional connection for large and small parcel distribution and ecommerce shipments. We are Mission Driven to deliver the highest level of customer service-employing technology to drive efficiency, optimization and provide complete visibility. OUR CORE VALUES are defined by our purpose of serving others and are the foundation upon which we are built - easily remembered by the acronym SKIPP. Safety-We drive defensively, with courtesy and without violations. KYSO® service-Standing for Knock Your Socks Off service, we believe so strongly in this mission we trademarked it. We exceed expectations, we care, and we respond to problems in an excellent manner. Integrity-The foundation on which all else is built, we tell the truth, honor our commitments, and do what is right. People-We are a diverse, balanced, energetic and passionate team that has fun, cheers each other on and rewards progress. Profits-We achieve profits that are satisfactory to our financial partners and sufficient for accelerated growth. OUR DIFFERENTIATORS ensure completion of our MISSION: To Improve people’s lives through logistics. We exemplify first-rate customer service and provide superior competitive solutions for transportation, logistics, and warehousing needs. GROWTH & STABILITY 46 years of continuous financial and organic growth Over 15% average annual growth rate for the past 25 years Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic US regions — Customers’ needs facilitate new sites TECHNOLOGY & SERVICE Xcelerator/MobileTek–24/7/365 Service Center-Real Voice Real-time scanning/delivery updates & GPS tracking — Tailored customer reports Deliver 100,000+ packages a day — Complete 4 million+ final mile deliveries a year Fleet includes Cars, Vans, Sprinters, Box Trucks and 53’ Dry Vans with Tractors Being #1 to the customer is the single most important goal. It’s doing more than you are paid for doing. It means smiling at our customer and our customer’s customer. It is doing all the small things. It is saying “I care”. No One will outwork us!
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: IndyShip
PHONE:
877.282.1822
WEBSITE:
https://IndyShip.com
EMAIL:
info@indyship.com
IndyShip was founded to respond to the growing demand for more flexible parcel shipping solutions. Our industry-leading technology, national warehouse footprint, and vast network of professional delivery drivers allow us to create tailored solutions for local delivery, final-mile shipping, zone skipping, and freight shipments. IndyShip has also created some of the most flexible warehousing and storage solutions in the industry to respond to the overwhelming demand for on-demand business storage and logistics. How to Work with IndyShip Our team has worked with thousands of businesses on their shipping and fulfillment process. We have a network to solve nearly any shipping problem and the technology and services to make the move to IndyShip simple and seamless. IndyShip works with our clients to solve their challenges in certain markets and others look to us to handle all their shipping needs. We offer a robust shipping software and API so that users can plug our shipping services into their existing technology. Crafting a Tailored Shipping Solution Whether your company is dealing with national carrier delays (and expecting them to get worse) or the general rising cost of shipping all packages, IndyShip works with your business to understand how we can help solve those problems. Our unique zone skipping and final-mile shipping options can solve delays and reduce costs on high zone shipments. Our local delivery services are competitive and reliable with options for sameday and next-day deliveries. IndyShip’s final-mile shipping services make zone skipping across the country a reality for any high-volume shipper. Get a Quote Today IndyShip’s team is ready to help your company solve your shipping and warehousing challenges so you can stand out from your competition. Keep your customers happy with a better fulfillment strategy. Contact IndyShip at 877.282.1822 or get more information at IndyShip.com.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
Intelligent Audit, founded in 1996, was the first company to systematically audit transportation invoices. Today, Intelligent Audit continues to stand apart as a global leader in transportation spend optimization through auditing and payment management, powered by business intelligence and advanced analytics. Intelligent Audit works with over 2,900 customers across six continents and 100+ countries, comprising 20% of the Fortune 50, auditing over 23 billion in transportation spend across all modes globally. That spend represents nearly a billion shipments in 2020 alone, expanding on our rapid growth. Intelligent Audit’s mission is to empower shippers with proprietary technology and best-in-class account management to help them become smarter shippers, defined as delivering faster, cheaper, and with fewer exceptions. Intelligent Audit specializes in reducing transportation spend through its suite of services, including freight audit and recovery. Intelligent Audit systematically audits over 150 data points on every shipment based on the contractual terms down to the penny and is completed within 2 hours of receipt of the invoice. The company’s proprietary business intelligence platform offers over 750 standard reports available in real-time. Using complex data normalization algorithms, users access all their transportation data across all modes and regions in one normalized data repository, making it easy to gain actionable insights from any piece of their transportation. Through their business intelligence platform, Intelligent Audit account managers are armed with those insights to recommend cost-saving initiatives and optimization strategies to our customers, enabling them to decrease costs, improve time in transit, optimize lanes, and much more. Intelligent Audit also reduces back-office costs through a strategic partnership with TriumphPay, a federally regulated banking institution equipped to handle carrier payments. Partnering with Intelligent Audit streamlines accrual reporting showing budgeted vs. landed costs, automates GL coding down to the SKU level for your finance team.
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Intelligent Audit
PHONE:
201.880.1110
WEBSITE:
www.intelligentaudit.com
EMAIL:
info@intelligentaudit.com
Intelligent Audit views every customer as a strategic partner acting as an extension of their logistics team, helping them optimize, plan, and reduce costs while increasing their customer experience. As carriers continuously add unexpected surcharges and rate increases, see how they impact your business by partnering with Intelligent Audit to survive this upcoming peak season.
EXECUTIVE STATEMENT
Hannah Testani Chief Executive Officer Our mission statement is to empower our customers to become more efficient, smarter shippers, which we define as shipping shipments faster, cheaper, and with fewer exceptions to their customers. It all starts with a vigorous data normalization and cleansing process to produce actionable intelligence across all modes and regions, combined with a team of logistics expertise with the know-how to achieve operational savings is fundamental for all our customers
2021-22
THE 2021-22
Are your mission-critical supply chain operations inviscid? in•vis•cid [in vis’id] adjective
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1. Having free flow and movement, without internal friction or resistance Your customers demand faster, more accurate shipments, and they want them at a lower cost than ever before. How do you thrive in this increasingly competitive marketplace?
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Inviscid Consulting is a team of subject-matter experts and problem solvers in warehousing, logistics, and distribution. Collectively, our consultants have hundreds of years of experience planning and improving supply chain operations for hundreds of businesses spanning most major industries. We apply warehousing science, industrial engineering principles, and supply chain best practices to reduce operational resistance.
COMPANY:
Inviscid will help your business plan and streamline its supply chain operations to:
www.inviscidconsulting.com
Inviscid Consulting
PHONE:
404.832.5326
WEBSITE: EMAIL:
Drive down operating costs Boost capacity Improve service levels Mitigate risk
info@inviscidconsulting.com
Our core practice areas include: Logistics Network Optimization – Optimize your network so you have the right number of facilities, of the right size, in the right locations, to support your business the right way. Efficient Facility Planning – Operate facilities that include the most effective blend of mechanization, automation, and labor based on your business requirements. Effective Information Systems & Related Technology – Implement practical, costeffective, real-time information systems to automate your supply chain processes. Operational Excellence & Exceptional Labor Performance – Adopt Lean principles and boost the productivity and performance of your human and non-human resources. Got a nagging supply chain challenge? Looking for ways to improve your warehousing, distribution, and logistics operations? Call or email us for a free consultation.
Stephen (Steve) T. Hopper, PE Founder and Principal “If there might be sensible, cost-effective ways for your business to reduce operating costs, boost capacity, improve service levels, and mitigate risk in your supply chain, would you want to know? And what are the implications of your answer?
EXECUTIVE STATEMENT
“I founded Inviscid in 2004 with one mission in mind: To help clients plan and streamline warehousing, logistics, and distribution operations. That’s all we do. Let us know how we can help.”
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: LaserShip
WEBSITE: lasership.com
EMAIL:
sales@lasership.com
LaserShip creates competitive advantage for leading retailers and businesses through last-mile delivery that reduces transit times, increases capacity and flexibility within supply chains, and saves money. LaserShip’s delivery network now reaches 150 million consumers across 23 states along the Eastern and Midwest United States. Founded in 1986, LaserShip has evolved into the leading provider of same-day and next-day delivery services to leading e-commerce and product supply businesses. The e-commerce surge over the past year proved that single-carrier shipping strategies are obsolete. While national carriers have imposed further surcharges, rate increases, and capacity limits, LaserShip has partnered with retailers to diversify their carrier mix and build flexible, more resilient supply chains to help support their e-commerce growth and meet consumer expectations. In the last year, LaserShip has invested in automation, technology, and capacity to help its retail partners meet unprecedented levels of demand and overcome operational challenges. LaserShip has increased its delivery coverage by 18% reaching an additional 979 zip codes throughout 16 states, including three new states in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. LaserShip has expanded two branches in the New York metro area by 190,000 square feet and has invested in a fully automated small package sorter at its sort center in South Brunswick, NJ to increase sorting capacity by 7,000 packages to 41,000 packages per hour. LaserShip has also accelerated the rollout of its Visual Proof of Delivery (VPOD) which provides a photo confirmation of delivery to improve visibility, communication, and accountability with consumers. Visit lasership.com or email sales@lasership.com to learn how LaserShip can deliver the competitive advantage.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: Logicor, Inc.
PHONE:
480.857.7900
WEBSITE: logicor.com
EMAIL:
sales@logicor.com
Integrated Shipping Software that Delivers! Be ready for what’s next with GlobalShip™, an enterprise-wide, multi-carrier shipping software that helps you meet your customers' delivery expectations at the lowest cost and can provide: } Advanced carrier selection optimization using time in transit, DIM, and accessorials } Containerization for optimal box sizing } Address Validation } Multi-Mode support for Parcel & LTL } Windows or IBM i support } On-Premise and Hosted deployment } Improved Tracking and Proof of Delivery management Top Tier Multi-Carrier Compliance With GlobalShip™, you can manage all your carriers and shipping modes from a single, simple user interface. Multi-carrier flexibility lets you quickly adapt to an ever changing environment and gives you the tools to make the right choice on every shipment. GlobalShip™ is a high-performance, shipping software that provides highly scalable, centralized shipping management for one or many locations. API - Integration and Business Rules Integrate GlobalShip™ with your ERP, WMS, and e-commerce applications with the GlobalShip™ API. The GlobalShip™ API enables easy and effective interfacing throughout the enterprise, as well as with related applications and hardware. Implementing business rules with GlobalShip™ helps mistake proof your shipping workflow and reduces training time, improves accuracy and customer satisfaction while reducing your overall cost. LTL GlobalShip™ can also provide intelligent support for your LTL shipments. Advanced API connectivity to your carriers and your rates makes selecting the right carrier fast and seamless. Rated or Non-Rated; using GlobalShip™ can automate your LTL shipping and generation of the bill of lading and pallet labels.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Logistyx Technologies
Your customers want their products now. Logistyx helps you deliver. Logistyx provides a cloud multi-carrier shipping system that gives shippers the tools they need to minimize parcel shipping costs and improve customer service levels worldwide. Carrier Network: Manage all carriers on one platform.
PHONE:
877.755.2374
WEBSITE:
www.logistyx.com
EMAIL:
info@logistyx.com
Logistyx instantly compares carriers and services to locate the best value for each shipment according to business rules. The Logistyx carrier network is built on more than 550 global carrier integrations, giving shippers the necessary agility to accommodate volume spikes or manage supply chain disruptions. Parcel Shipping Execution: Set each parcel up for successful delivery. Logistyx integrates with the leading business systems to seamlessly execute shipments from any operation, whether it’s automated, manual, or somewhere in between. Once each order is input, Logistyx identifies the best carrier service and automatically provides a label that complies with the carrier’s requirements. Cross-Border Shipping: Prepare for a faster, more global future. Logistyx enables shippers to ship every parcel, including HAZMAT and dangerous goods, across borders with the correct label and documentation — no matter the carrier or destination. Control Tower: Gain complete visibility over parcel delivery. The Logistyx Control Tower empowers shippers to resolve delivery issues before they negatively impact the business. User-friendly dashboards present all shipment statuses in a normalized format, regardless of carrier, so teams can monitor all transportation activity and stay on top of any potential delays. Freight Audit: Save time and money processing carrier payments. Logistyx combines and audits all modes of transportation carrier invoices plus shipping system manifest data in one consolidated platform, providing shippers with insight into transportation metrics and delivering better transportation cost control. Business Intelligence: Gain a 360-degree view of shipping operations. Logistyx Business Intelligence collects and analyzes shipping data across all attributes, from spend to geography, carriers, and clients. Customers leverage this data to streamline transportation activity, increase efficiency, improve delivery performance, and save money. Prepare for the future of parcel shipping. Visit www.logistyx.com today.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
LSO™, Lone Star Overnight, is the leading regional parcel delivery company throughout the Southwest, headquartered in Austin, Texas. With 30 years of reliable time-definite delivery service, we provide a broad range of parcel delivery services with our own personalized Texas touch at rates up to 40% below that of the so-called “big shippers”. LSO delivers next-day Express Service by 8:30 am, 10:30 am and 3:00 pm, 2nd day Express Service and offers e-commerce and Ground Parcel services which deliver mainly overnight with coverage to 30 million consumers in Texas and Oklahoma, and an additional 13 million in major cities in Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. Our Austin-based customer service team is passionate about getting your most important packages delivered on time, every time.
CONTACT INFO:
As of September 2021, LSO expanded our service area beyond our strongholds of Texas and Oklahoma to include:
844.265.0939
Louisiana - LSO already serves the Shreveport and Lake Charles metropolitan areas and will now add most southern Louisiana areas along the I-10 corridor to include New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Houma, Hammond, and other cities in that part of the state, to serve nearly 75% of the Louisiana population. Arkansas - our expanded coverage will include the Little Rock/Conway metropolitan area as well as northwest Arkansas to include Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and other nearby regions. St. Louis & Kansas City – these major metropolitan areas include nearly 90% of the population and e-commerce deliveries in Missouri. The new service area covers the Missouri and Illinois side of the St. Louis metropolitan area, and the Missouri and Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
COMPANY:
LSO (Lone Star Overnight)
PHONE:
WEBSITE: https://lso.com
EMAIL:
customerservice@lso.com
LSO’s existing service area included 100% of Texas zip codes and 80% of the Oklahoma population, reaching 32 million people. This expansion increases LSO’s overall parcel delivery coverage to a total population reach of 43 million people, and a similarly large percent of e-commerce orders for those areas.
EXECUTIVE STATEMENT
Richard Metzler – President & CEO “Our geographic coverage has not changed much over the last 30 years, but our e-commerce and business customers have been strongly encouraging us to expand our service area. The drumbeat is louder and louder from customers who are eager to expand their shipping options. It appears that the national parcel carriers have lost the trust of some of the biggest shippers in the country. This is just the beginning of LSO’s geographic expansion. You will be hearing more on expanded LSO coverage to other states in the not-too-distant future.”
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: NPI
PHONE:
888.821.7678
WEBSITE:
www.npisorters.com
EMAIL:
Sales@NPISorters.com
NPI has been designing leading-edge sorting equipment for over 40 years setting the standard for affordable, high quality, high speed, low maintenance machines, while meeting the highest expectations in automated mail sorting with the industry’s most compact design. NPI equipment currently operates in over 27 countries providing functionality specific to each country and each customer’s operational requirements. NPI’s Xstream dual shoe-sorter has a modular, compact, ergonomic-design that makes sorting of parcels and flats faster and more efficient. It is capable of automated sortation of up to 24,000 parcels and flats per hour. With an Xstream system, you will be able to sort poly-bags, boxes, flats, trays and tubs, and most irregular pieces as it can handle a wide variety of product sizes, shapes and weights; it is OCR and BCR capable, with optional in motion weighing, dimensioning, and labeling; offers several options for bin destinations such as carts, sacks, and gondolas and a versatile and user-friendly Windows-based user interface. The Xstream integrates with your existing conveyor system and continues growing as your business grows!
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: OnTrac
PHONE:
800.334.5000
WEBSITE: ontrac.com
EMAIL:
salesweb@ontrac.com
OnTrac provides an affordable logistics network that speeds up ground delivery so companies can delight shoppers with world-class service and save money on shipping. The OnTrac service area can reach 65 million consumers and includes all of California and the major cities of the Western United States. E-commerce companies choose OnTrac for their economy pricing and faster residential Ground delivery service. They offer the features and tracking tools you expect from big companies while still focusing on small-company customer service. OnTrac is a SmartWay Transport Partner, a USPS Workshare Partner, is SOC 2-certified, and integrates with over 30 leading multi-carrier software providers. Adding the OnTrac logistics network to your cross-channel strategy gives your business a chance to reach more customers with overnight delivery. That means faster service, happy customers, and repeat orders. Plus, OnTrac has fewer fees and lower surcharges than the national companies, which means more profit to your bottom line. } } } } } }
Surprise and delight customers with next-day delivery at Ground rates. Reach more shoppers each week with six-day delivery. Reduce costs with competitive rates, fewer fees, and lower surcharges. Increase productivity with late-night pickups and next-day service. Stay competitive with Sunday pickups for Monday delivery. Gain the advantage by offering same-day delivery with OnTrac Now service.
For more information, visit ontrac.com.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: OSM Worldwide
PHONE:
866.681.7867
WEBSITE:
osmworldwide.com
EMAIL:
info@osmworldwide.com
With more customers than ever shopping online, you need a trusted partner you can depend on for fast, reliable shipping. For more than 18 years, OSM Worldwide has helped businesses like yours deliver packages with high rates of on-time delivery at the lowest possible cost. Our award-winning OSM Premium Network®, available only to our partners, lets you affordably ship packages anywhere in the nation in as few as 1-5 days. Our strong partnership with the USPS for last-mile delivery means we can leverage their extensive network and experience to deliver packages in the most efficient way possible. We also ship to more than 180 countries and territories worldwide, and our close relationships with international postal authorities help us optimize delivery and minimize your costs. All of our partners have access to our exclusive OSMART® technology, which lets you track, trace and manage any shipment 24/7. As part of your multi-carrier strategy, OSM is an ideal partner to help you find the best possible rates. We always identify the fastest and most affordable way to ship your packages — keeping your customers satisfied and coming back again and again. And with personalized customer service, our dedicated team is here to support you at every step. Find out how OSM Worldwide can help you ship faster and more reliably than ever before.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: Pitney Bowes
PHONE:
888.411.7066
WEBSITE:
www.pitneybowes.com/us/lockers
ParcelPoint™ Smart Lockers ParcelPoint™ Smart Lockers from Pitney Bowes are the simple, modern solution to manage evolving package, mail, and asset delivery demands. They increase efficiencies while providing a safe, secure, convenient delivery experience. With preconfigured and customizable locker designs available, we have a solution to fit your specific volume, space, layout, and workflow requirements. Plus, our smart lockers seamlessly integrate with receiving software, including SendSuite® Tracking solutions, ensuring you receive and deliver with ease. Our flexible solutions can: Manage evolving package and mail delivery demands while reducing time spent on manual processes. Maintain employee health and safety and lower risk, with lockers that allow for contactless delivery and pickup. Free up crowded mail room space with configurable locker banks that can hold packages of any shape or size. Protect your assets and ensure accountability with safe, secure storage. Modernize the delivery experience with automated mobile alerts, barcode scanning and convenient, self-service access. Let us help you elevate your package & asset management. Visit us at www.pitneybowes.com/us/lockers Contact us at 888.411.7066
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: PROLANN
PHONE:
519.944.7824 Ext. 202
WEBSITE:
www.prolann.com
EMAIL:
sales@prolann.com
The challenges we have faced over the past year and a half are truly unprecedented and now the future begins. One of the biggest challenges in moving forward in this new landscape is companies face supply, delivery & timeline challenges, and manpower issues. Resources are stretched to capacity or completely unavailable. Prolann has been and is here to assist our clients to overcome these challenges. Your MECHANICAL ENGINEERING resource, Prolann is here to help meet your engineering project deadlines with our experienced engineering team. As your outsourced “engineering department” for parcel & courier systems development, Prolann provides the experienced manpower and expertise to meet your critical engineering deadlines. Established in 1992, over four decades of personnel parcel systems project experience, Prolann is your resource to enhance and lighten the load of your engineering team. We become a “trusted partner” assisting end users, OEMs, and system integrators with engineering of your parcel systems projects. From sales concept development to full system development, Prolann’s team has the experience, capability, and capacity to help. Our experience developing systems for all of the known end-users coupled with full understanding of the end-users’ unique specifications and requirements particular to each project, makes Prolann your right choice for your next project. Prolann utilizes the latest software, AutoCAD 2D, 3D, and Inventor to develop mechanical installation drawings. Conveyor installation drawings include supports, platforms & access, guarding for new or reworked systems. Details for your manufacturing team complete with bills of materials to include all pieces of your project. Prolann completes on-site field checks and 3D laser scans for creation of point clouds, 3D models, for clash detection. Prolann’s team is available to assist your team or take on an entire project when your resources are unavailable. Prolann provides lump sum pricing to defined scopes of work or projects on a time & material basis, depending on your project requirements.
2021-22
THE 2021-22
HOT COMPANIES
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: ProShip, Inc.
PHONE:
800.353.7774
WEBSITE:
www.proshipinc.com
ProShip Multi-Carrier Shipping Software
EMAIL:
sales@proshipinc.com
Making complex parcel shipping challenges simple and cost-effective. As the most trusted global provider of automated multi-carrier shipping software for parcel, ProShip’s speed of processing and advanced technology are what customers rave about. Because ProShip integrates with multiple parts of your Enterprise Software Stack, this solution can automate the supply chain workflow and turn your parcel shipping operation into an efficient powerhouse. Retailers, manufacturers, and third-party logistics companies who choose ProShip, choose the number one vendor in parcel shipping speed, compliance, reliability, and support. With simple carrier connectivity and high flexibility, ProShip enables complex features and functions with unified business logic to empower today’s most successful parcel shipping strategies. Faster Shipment Processing: With the fastest carrier compliant engines built and supported by in-house development, ProShip allows its customers millisecond shipping transaction times, enabling you to get an unlimited amount of parcel throughput onto the truck quicker. Advanced Rate Shopping: ProShip’s rate shopping algorithms go above and beyond what other multi-carrier shipping solutions offer. Our Advanced Date Shopping feature allows shippers to optimize carriers’ holiday schedules, special conditions, expanded timeframes, updated rates, and last trailer pulls to select the lowest-cost shipping option and generate an accurate delivery date for each shipment. Carrier Diversification: Onboard and leverage multiple carriers (like regionals) to ease capacity constraints, minimize surcharges, and avoid congested major carrier hubs. Omnichannel Fulfillment: Utilize the best source for inventory regardless of location (store, 3PL, manufacturer) to exceed your customers’ needs while significantly lowering shipping costs. “We went into the traditional RFP process and there were several criteria that we looked at. Can they work with Manhattan? Can they work with our fulfillment solution in the stores? But the decision wasn’t just about the checklist, it was also about looking for the people who would be successful and have the heart to get this thing done.” — Scott D., Director of Supply Chain Systems | Finish Line To start transforming your parcel supply chain today, visit www.proshipinc.com.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: Quadient
PHONE:
678.819.1599
WEBSITE:
https://packagingbyquadient.com/us/
EMAIL:
sales.packaging@quadient.com
Quadient is a leading provider of automated packaging solutions that optimize all steps of package fulfillment. Its two models, CVP Impack and CVP Everest, offer savings on material, shipping, and transportation costs, decrease labor constraints, and aid in sustainability efforts. These auto-boxing systems measure, construct, seal, weigh, and label each variable dimension single- or multi-item order of either hard or soft goods in a custom fit-tosize box. The CVP Impack packs up to 500 parcels per hour with one or two operators, while the CVP Everest packs up to 1,100 parcels per hour using two operators. These solutions offer an average of 50% reduction in shipping volume and an average of 88% reduction in packing labor as they can replace up to 20 manual packing stations. They help you operate lean, use fewer materials and void fill, and ship parcels efficiently. In fact, customers see a full return on investment in as little as six to 18 months depending on parcel volume. Benefits of the CVP Automated Packaging Solutions include: Combats labor constraints: By only requiring one or two operators, the CVP combats several labor issues, including sourcing labor, lack of labor reliability, unpredictable peak periods, and space constraints. The CVP solutions seek to eliminate these issues, coupled with the continued increase of e-commerce to ensure optimized package fulfillment. Reduces transportation and DIM weight costs: Due to fit-to-size boxing and eliminating the need for void fill, the CVP lowers transportation, shipping, and DIM weight costs. As a result, fewer truckloads are needed and shippers experience an average of 32% savings in freight costs. Sustainability: By creating the smallest parcel necessary, businesses can lessen their environmental impact and lower shipping material costs by an average of 38%, for a more environmentally friendly parcel. Contact a Packaging by Quadient expert today to discuss how the CVP Automated Packaging Solutions can save you labor, shipping, transportation, and material costs while streamlining your packaging process.
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Rakuten Super Logistics - Business Owners Trusted Order Fulfillment Partner for 20 Years Rakuten Super Logistics - Business Owners’ Trusted Order Fulfillment Partner for 20 Years Since 2001, Rakuten Super Logistics (RSL) has been delivering exceptional shipping and Since order fulfillment to eCommerce retailers. With industry experts working in all departments 2001, Rakuten Super Logistics (RSL) has been delivering exceptional shipping of the team, RSL has been able to establish itself as the true eCommerce business partner and order fulfillment to e-commerce retailers. With industry experts working in all for online sellers. As a company, its vision is to deliver fast, accurate, and efficient departments of the team, RSL has been able to establish itself as the true e-commerce distribution to help sellers of all sizes compete with even the largest of competitors. As the demand for eCommerce has grown exponentially in the last several years, the RSL team has business partner for online sellers. As a company, its vision is to deliver fast, accurate, continued to be the backbone for many online business owners. and efficient distribution to help sellers of all sizes compete with even the largest of competitors. As the demand for e-commerce has grown exponentially in the last several “RSL has experienced exceptional growth and development over the past 20 years,” said years, Michael Manzione, President and CEO. “Moving forward, our focus will remain on offering the RSL team has continued to be the backbone for many online business owners. all eCommerce retailers order fulfillment services that meet today’s consumers’ high “RSL expectations, such as next-day delivery and hassle-free returns.” has experienced exceptional growth and development over the past 20 years,” said Michael Manzione, President and CEO. “Moving forward, our focus will remain on Shipping and Order Fulfillment Solutions offering all e-commerce retailers order fulfillment services that meet today’s consumers’ In the past two decades, RSL has developed solutions that help retailers scale their high expectations, such as next-day delivery and hassle-free returns.” businesses, save more money, and continue meeting consumers' growing expectations. The most recent innovations for consumers are Xparcel Ground and Xparcel Expedited. Shipping and Order Fulfillment Solutions RSL officially launched Xparcel in 2020. This revolutionary shipping and order fulfillment In thesolution helps business owners significantly cut their costs for shipping, as well as the time past two decades, RSL has developed solutions that help retailers scale their businesses, save more money, and continue meeting consumers’ growing expectations. orders spend in transit. The process leverages a network of RSL facilities and carrier networks to use the most effective combination possible to meet consumer demand. With The most recent innovations for consumers are Xparcel Ground and Xparcel Expedited. this system, RSL’s newest product, Xparcel Expedited, can provide transit in as little as 2days and lower costs for small to mid-size eCommerce retailers all across the country. RSL officially launched Xparcel in 2020. This revolutionary shipping and order fulfillment solution helps business owners significantly cut their costs for shipping, The team at Rakuten Super Logistics is constantly innovating and working to provide the as wellbest solutions for eCommerce sellers. These supply chain solutions help retailers with as the time orders spend in transit. The process leverages a network of RSL order fulfillment, return management, kitting, subscriptions services, and even freighting. facilities and carrier networks to use the most effective combination possible to meet consumer demand. With this system, RSL’s newest product, Xparcel Expedited, can 20 Years of Expertise provide transit in as little as 2 days and lower costs for small to mid-size e-commerce With 20 years in the business, Rakuten Super Logistics is the most knowledgeable and retailers all across the country. seasoned partner in the industry. The team is made up of a dedicated group of professionals that make RSL more than just another order fulfillment company. RSL’s
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Rakuten Super Logistics
PHONE:
866.722.9687
WEBSITE:
www.rakutensl.com
EMAIL:
sales@rakutensl.com
The team at Rakuten Super Logistics is constantly innovating and working to provide the best solutions for e-commerce sellers. These supply chain solutions help retailers with order fulfillment, return management, kitting, subscriptions services, and even freighting. 20 Years of Expertise With 20 years in the business, Rakuten Super Logistics is the most knowledgeable and seasoned partner in the industry. The team is made up of a dedicated group of professionals that make RSL more than just another order fulfillment company. RSL’s unwavering commitment to helping clients achieve their goals proves they truly are the best e-commerce partner. RSL has served the e-commerce community for decades nationwide with incomparable efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. Their network of 15 fulfillment centers provides online sellers access to the best shipping rates and accurate order fulfillment while being placed nearest to their customers. Online retailers no longer need to worry about any step of the order fulfillment process. RSL expertly manages every step — from the moment the customer places an order to the final delivery at their doorstep. The expert team at Rakuten Super Logistics is committed to making shipping and order fulfillment simple and treats their clients’ businesses like their own. Rakuten Super Logistics has decades of experience and can help take your business to the next level. Partner with our experts today and finally achieve the business goals you’ve been dreaming of.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Rice Lake Weighing Systems
PHONE:
800.472.6703
WEBSITE:
www.ricelake.com
Leading the New Era of Dimensioning At Rice Lake Weighing Systems, we develop and manufacture dimensioning solutions for every shipping need — from small to large packages, long flats, poly bags, unboxed items such as inbound objects for item identification, to pallets and LTL freight. Our expertise in designing solutions for the shipping and logistics industry is built on our steadfast history as a weighing and measurement manufacturer.
EMAIL:
prodinfo@ricelake.com
Our commitment to growth allowed us to become leading innovators in emerging technology, including dimensional measurement. Dimensioning is essential for companies — especially those transitioning from manual, time-consuming processes to modern, streamlined ones. To meet that need, we developed the iDimension® Series of dimensioners to capture dimensional data for virtually all shipping environments. Innovative Dimensioning Technology Rice Lake has created the fastest static parcel and pallet dimensioning technology available. Our iDimension systems are certified for accuracy, simple to use, and engineered with innovative features to make shipping teams more productive. Our dimensioning technology goes beyond market expectations. Instant scans of any shape. Parcels are dimensioned faster and more accurately than other solutions, all without the risk of human error. In as little as the industry-leading 250 milliseconds, parcels are automatically dimensioned. Certified accuracy. With the iDimension Plus calculating at just 0.2 inches and our iDimension PWD and LTL calculating at 0.5 inches, our iDimension Series ensures precision. Our Legal for Trade models provide the certified accuracy needed to meet strict regulations. Complete data capture. Our patented designs use the latest in sensor, camera, and dimension capturing technology to ensure exact dimensional weight measurements and package data. Simple interfacing and peripheral support. Our touchscreen displays allow an intuitive user experience, and iDimension SS software integrates the dimensioner with scales, barcode scanners, PCs, and more — streamlining warehouse operations. Rice Lake is a family-owned, ISO 9001 certified corporation, and has been manufacturing and distributing weight and measurement products since 1946.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: ShipERP
WEBSITE:
https://shiperp.com/
EMAIL:
sales@erp-is.com
Looking to get full control of your entire supply chain? It may be time to integrate ShipERP into your company’s shipping process. Streamline your shipping process with an enterprise shipping solution! ShipERP is a fully configurable shipping software that saves your business money and increases supply chain efficiency. When you choose ShipERP, you’ll yield an almost immediate return on investment as you reduce shipment processing time, save on expenses, and fulfill more orders every day. Our Shipping & Compliance Solutions Include... } 250+ Integrated Regional & Global Carriers } SAP ECC & SAP S/4HANA Certified Integrations } Cloud Shipping Enablement } Multi-Carrier Rate Shopping } Automatic Track & Trace } Automated Export Document Creation } Hazardous Materials Shipping Compliance } Government-Certified Denied Party Screening } Automated AES & ATLAS Compliance } Street-Level Address Validation } Extended Warehouse Management } Carrier & Supplier Communications } Freight Invoice Auditing ShipERP leads the industry in multi-carrier shipping software that always gets your shipments where they need to be. In as soon as four weeks, ShipERP’s technical architecture enables fast and easy integration with your existing ERP system. Connect with us today, and we’ll show you how we can elevate your shipping.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Tension Packaging & Automation
PHONE:
888.367.4660
WEBSITE:
tensionautomation.com
EMAIL:
info@tension.com
Make your company’s next move a step up. Fulfillment made more productive. When your fulfillment capabilities aren’t limited by manual response times, your business has the freedom to grow. Tension Packaging & Automation creates fulfillment solutions scaled to your specific needs and focused on advancing your business to the next level. We work with you and your floorplan in mind to design, build, and implement modular and scalable automated packaging, labeling, and sorting systems to enhance your workflow capabilities, efficiency, and overall productivity. Take your packaging capabilities to the next level with Tension Packaging & Automation and let us expand your fulfillment potential today. About Tension Tension Packaging & Automation, a division of Tension Corporation, designs, builds, and integrates automation solutions for order fulfillment centers and pharmacies. Using both proprietary equipment and field tested automation systems provided by key equipment partners, Tension Packaging & Automation provides automation solutions for both new and retrofitted operations. Regional sales offices are located across the country with manufacturing activities in Aurora, Co. Tension Corporation, Tension Packaging & Automation’s parent company, was founded in 1886 is based in Kansas City, Mo.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
TForce Logistics
PHONE:
855.396.2639
WEBSITE:
www.tforcelogistics.com
EMAIL: E-commerce consumers demand even more from online shipping, with next-day and same-day shipping being the expectation rather than an add-on niche service. TForce Logistics helps businesses meet that demand by expanding regional networks to get businesses closer to the consumer’s front door.
sales@tforcelogistics.com
TForce Logistics leads with customization over standardization, offering customers the right combination of network scope, density, financial stability, and dedicated resources. Customers are in control of their supply chain ranging from supplier shipments into warehouses, replenishment of inventories, strategically staging products close to endusers, and a consistent on-time final-mile delivery. TForce Logistics’ proven strategy of providing regional networks with national coverage is supported by over 70 locations. Detail of e-commerce coverage: U.S. regional networks Northeast (New Jersey, New York, Long Island, Philly, Baltimore, and Washington DC) Southern California (Los Angeles, Ontario, Hollywood, and San Diego) Texas (Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston) Canadian regional networks Central Canada (Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo-Guelph, London, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City) Western Canada (Calgary injection: Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Red Deer, Regina, and Saskatoon). Coming soon Additional regional networks in the Southeast U.S. (Atlanta, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and Miami) Connecting the current Southern California regional network into Northern California (San Francisco Bay Area) Southwest (Phoenix and Las Vegas). Customers can consolidate multiple parcel shipments, and “zone skip” them directly into regional injection sites to receive next-day service. This is a fast, cost-effective, and reliable alternative. With a vision to lead final mile with diversity in work, people, customers, and solutions in the spirit of growing and winning together, TForce Logistics is a package of services that can be designed and deployed to meet your needs.
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Spend Management Experts has now united with Transportation Insight to become North America’s #1 provider of small parcel management and optimization services. With transportation, distribution, and fulfillment costs soaring due to a rapidly changing business environment, even the most sophisticated supply chain operations are frequently overpaying. Achieving a competitive edge in a dynamic global marketplace requires efficient supply chain operations. Our approach is non-invasive to daily supply chain operations as we employ unparalleled market intelligence and proprietary cost modeling technology to uncover hidden costs and identify savings opportunities. After determining the criteria for success, we leverage proven project plans, data warehousing, and milestone documents to ensure an optimized and executable solution. We build strong business cases based on your data to negotiate better terms and pricing, often reducing costs by 20% or more.
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Transportation Insight
PHONE:
We deliver your competitive edge.
404.902.5390
Strategic Sourcing Our cost modeling tools bring total transparency to the negotiating table, allowing us to identify saving opportunities for our clients and build effective contract negotiation strategies.
WEBSITE:
www.transportationinsight.com
EMAIL:
info@transportationinsight.com
Supply Chain Planning Our proprietary, adaptable models provide companies with a complete view of their spend environment, enabling them to maximize efficiency and minimize waste. Business Intelligence Our business intelligence tools provide both high-level reports at a glance, as well as deep dive analysis, allowing users to manipulate shipping data in order to implement crucial process improvements. The benefits are undeniable. Our clients take advantage of reduced transportation costs, increased operational efficiencies, dynamic reporting and data normalization, greater budgeting and forecasting accuracy, and optimized supply chain planning.
EXECUTIVE STATEMENT
John Haber President, Parcel, Transportation Insight “We are really excited to be a part of the Transportation Insight team. By creating one of the largest small parcel management and optimization companies in North America, we can provide more resources to our customer base. In 2020, large parcel shippers were forced to reevaluate their carrier relationships in order to maintain a competitive edge. By uniting with Transportation Insight, we will provide our combined client base with best-in-class strategy and planning solutions.”
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: Trax
PHONE:
800.755.0110
WEBSITE: traxtech.com
EMAIL: Trax is the global leader in Transportation Spend Management. A combination of industry-leading cloud-based technology and the industry’s most global services elevate traditional freight audit to deliver enterprise-wide value and customer satisfaction. Our clients represent the world’s most complex supply chains, and they choose Trax to achieve better visibility and control of their global transportation costs, improve transportation data quality, and advise on logistics management optimization strategies.
sales@traxtech.com
Transportation Spend Management Trax is the standard for Transportation Spend Management (TSM). We guide companies to build upon Freight Audit and Payment by providing companies a roadmap to go from a limited view and control of logistics performance to efficiently commanding performance across all modes of transportation at a global scale. Transportation Spend Management gifts you with a framework for continuous process improvement. And Trax advisors can help you navigate to be a leader in your industry. This wholistic control of your freight data incorporates carrier data and performance, transportation financial management processes, and supply chain strategic optimization into your model so that you evolve past chasing invoice errors and into data driven performance improvement. We at Trax make logistics management elegantly simple, and that also goes for payments through our TraxPays service. TraxPays is an invoice payment service that ensures efficient and timely payments to your carrier, reduces the workload for your internal accounts payable team, improves relationships with carriers, and provides supply chain cash flow management options for both shippers and carriers. Why Trax? Trax’s global footprint, multi-modal strength, and obsessive focus on client success allow you to manage your global transportation spend actively and efficiently with the confidence that you’re prepared for tomorrow’s challenges. We know that our customers need world-class Freight Audit and Payment solutions and more. They need visibility and insights to make confident decisions about transportation and logistics, now and for the future. Enterprises that choose Trax prioritize global execution, possess significant carrier and modal complexity, recognize the need for neutrality from their vendor partners, and value spend management maturity. Our customers are leaders in their industries: } } } }
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: Tristar Carriers
PHONE:
904.432.1803
WEBSITE:
www.shiptristar.com
EMAIL:
operations@shiptristar.com
Tristar Carriers is your source for e-commerce middle mile transportation. Tristar is the asset division of The Princeton Logistics Group specializing in the unique needs of e-commerce. Our team identified the middle mile as an underserved transportation segment. Tristar operates in most east coast markets with later pickup times than the national and regional carriers. Our national program features team service between Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta. Our programs maximize daily output to minimize transit times. Our fleet includes vans, box trucks, and a variety of trailer sizes. The Tristar team is ready to develop your middle mile program!
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CONTACT INFO: COMPANY: U.S. Bank
PHONE:
866.274.5898
WEBSITE:
https://pages.usbank.com/smallparcel
5 ways to cut costs at every mile. Shippers are facing major challenges as small parcel costs increase, budgets shrink, and more customers expect free shipping. Carriers are adding and increasing surcharges on top of rising annual rates, resulting in higher costs and greater pressure on shippers’ budgets. Meanwhile, corporate expectations are to cut costs and maintain service levels while offering free shipping. So, what can companies do to get a handle on the last mile? These five steps are an important place to start.
EMAIL:
CPSTransportation@usbank.com
1. Get visibility into the entire supply chain. We all know shipping isn’t free, but customers increasingly expect not to pay for it. That’s why businesses need to understand the true allocated cost per package. Business intelligence that allows a holistic look at the supply chain enables shippers to understand details that, over time, can make a serious impact on shipping budgets. 2. Focus on financial validation. Using a fully automated process, shippers can break down freight costs and assign GL codes. Essential for tracking costs, GL coding can be a key component of fraud prevention. Marrying carrier data with shipper data allows shippers to look for any misuse of the account. 3. Identify opportunity with proactive account management. Smart information management is key to streamlining processes and cutting costs. However, disparate systems and lack of resources to analyze data often means improvement opportunities are missed. U.S. Bank Freight Payment makes small parcel data manageable with easy-touse reporting functionality and proactive account management. 4. Audit all shipments. While many companies only spot-check small parcel shipments, it’s essential to audit every package that’s sent to ensure overpayments aren’t being made and to capture the data needed for internal review. To do this correctly requires a true small-parcel rating engine that audits every package. If a package arrives late or damaged, we’ll know, and fees can be recovered. 5. Move toward automation. This final step enables the previous four, so it’s essential for any shipper. Manual processes are time-consuming, more error prone, and make data analysis nearly impossible. A partner like U.S. Bank Freight Payment can automate your small parcel and large freight processing, streamlining data feeds from multiple carriers’ systems. To learn more visit https://pages.usbank.com/smallparcel.
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At Visible, USPS also stands for Unprecedented Speed & Parcel Savings. That’s because we are a USPS Approved Licensed Vendor, which enables us to satisfy each customer’s specific needs with optimized rates and services. Being one of only three companies authorized to resell USPS rates has made Visible an industry leader and authority in finding the perfect mix of price, speed, and accuracy to ensure a delightful customer experience. In the online shopping world, customer experience is the new competitive advantage, so fulfilling shipping and delivery promises are of paramount importance. Thanks to Visible’s nationwide warehousing network and proprietary routing technology, not only can we provide two-day shipping to every US ZIP Code — but we have a proven 99.90% ontime delivery record. Due to the sheer volume of packages we process — close to 800 million every year — we have extraordinary buying power, but even greater value lies in the partnerships we build with our customers. Visible works with each client to analyze their specific needs and provide them with a customized solution that makes our resources work for their business. The result is selecting the best shipping option, every time.
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Visible Supply Chain Management
PHONE:
877.506.2614
WEBSITE: VisibleSCM.com
EMAIL:
sales@visiblescm.com
And it doesn’t stop with shipping. Over the last three decades, Visible — recently acquired by A.P. Moller - Maersk — has become one of the country’s leading providers of packaging, fulfillment, warehousing, and freight services, up and down the supply chain. So, as consumer demand for online shopping and delivery options has aggressively increased, so has our ability to service it. And we fully recognize that our success is tied to the success of our customers. As they have grown, they have found that partnering with us and utilizing our ability to scale with them has turned their supply chain into a massive advantage over their competition. Visible has partnered with more than 25,000 customers, shipping almost anything, to anywhere on the planet. We are offering companies of all sizes, in all industries, a comprehensive free analysis to help optimize shipping processes and costs. Contact our team to schedule your free analysis today.
EXECUTIVE STATEMENT
Why partner with an Approved USPS Reseller like Visible? Casey Adams, Visible’s President, has the answer: “The volume discounts, and a more thorough understanding of the speed and price consumer expectation mix, all result in a uniquely positive experience for USPS shippers. While there are two other companies who’ve achieved Approved USPS Reseller status, intuiShip and Express One, no other company offers everything Visible does. Simply put, we were given this honored status largely because you just won’t find another partner that will handle parcels, shipping strategies, fulfillment, distribution, logistics, and custom packaging as seamlessly and efficiently as we do.”
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Achieve your goals of Efficiency, Visibility and Bottom Line Savings with Zero Down We’re Zero Down Supply Chain Solutions, expert consultants covering all modes in the supply chain industry. Our intelligent team is backed by our proprietary, industryleading logistics technology, FreightOptics. We create budgets by providing a full-service solution for any organization that has supply chain movement. Our clients include shippers, 3PLs, freight forwarders, fulfillment companies, and other supply chain solutions providers. We provide real results, such as: } } } }
15-25% reduction in shipping costs 2-5%+ savings with our Parcel Audit service $37k saved for a client in the first three months with our Parcel Claims service 1.5-2 hours saved per employee, per day by automating data extraction and reporting
Our services are designed to save your most vital resources: Time and Money. Paving the path for your digital transformation, our technology automates:
CONTACT INFO: COMPANY:
Zero Down Supply Chain Solutions
PHONE:
800.785.7959
WEBSITE: www.zdscs.com
EMAIL:
info@zdscs.com
} Audits for all carriers including regional parcel carriers and final mile } Parcel negotiations to show total landed cost } Reconciliation of accounting processes — and so much more Moreover, our technology and services can be leveraged company-wide — from operations to accounting to customer service. FreightOptics automates frequent tasks handled by the back office, lightening the load for many departments. We are a fullstack development company and provide customized solutions that automate manual and mundane functions across the enterprise. Contact us for an online demo today. We’d love to show you what we can do for your bottom line. Mention discount code HOTCOMPANY10 for 10% off your first month’s invoice.
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