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Utilizing the Returns Network to Its Fullest Potential

Challenge: A large retailer was faced with how to handle products that were coming back from stores into the reverse-logistics channel and needed an efficient and cost-effective way to process merchandise for redeployment, return-to-vendor and liquidation.

A-Frame Order Fulfillment Reduces Labor by 84% with 8-Month ROI

Challenge: Split-case order-picking application needing to dramatically reduce their labor, increase order accuracy and extend order cut-off time within a 12-month return on investment.

Kenco Implements FDA Validated System to Deliver 50% Productivity Improvement

Challenge: A pharmaceutical customer's growing order volumes and regulatory compliance needs prompted Kenco to reevaluate the customer's technology solution.

Improving Efficiency and Customer Service with MacroPoint and RTF Integration

Challenge: To provide accurate delivery information to customers and to enhance the quality of its customer service, Mountain Company needed to enable an automated load tracking solution that would provide accurate information without relying on verbal communication.

Kenco Reduces Freight Costs 49% with Postponement Packaging

Challenge: A kitchen and bath manufacturer was experiencing reduced trailer cube capacity due to the large packaging requirements of its product line. The customer wanted to increase cube capacity to reduce freight expenses.

Beverage Producer Improves Carrier Performance and Customer Satisfaction

Challenge: This leading producer of spirits and wine lacked visibility of its ocean shipments and carrier performance levels. The company relied on each partner's individual tracking system, a process made more difficult as exports and revenues grew.

Reducing Cycle Time & Increasing Quality

Challenge: The shrimp factory we worked with was inefficient in getting shrimp from boat to freezer. There was also inaccuracy in packaging and overall quality.

Motor Coach Manufacture Finds Reliable Service to and Across Canada

Challenge: When a motor coach breaks down, time is of the essence in having the right part on hand. But as this Kentucky-based manufacturer learned, establishing an efficient inventory distribution system can be a daunting challenge, especially in the sizeable Canadian market. Shipments were chronically late, and the company's warehouse solution proved incapable of servicing the entire country. And to make matters worse, the company's logistics provider did not seem interested in solving these problems.

Purolator's E-Commerce Solution Helps Family-Owned Hunting Company Reach Canadian Consumers

Challenge: A Wisconsin-based retailer of products targeted at deer hunters launched an e-commerce site as a way to expand sales to Canada. The company's small size meant that it would depend heavily on positive word-of-mouth customer referrals to help spread the word about its high quality products. But when shipments began arriving habitually late, and costs were far higher than expected, a change in logistics operations became necessary.

ICAT Logistics - Urgent Supply & Demand

Challenge: Most hospitals utilize the just-in-time method of inventory control. If hospitals have higher than expected demand, additional supply must reach them immediately. Companies need a logistics provider that goes inside hospitals, uncrates new equipment, crates old equipment, and returns the old unit to the company regardless of the time of day.

Fast and Efficient Transport of Malt through Port of Antwerp

Challenge: After setting up a first site, the client was looking for European expansion opportunities preserving the quality and considering the costs of their products.

Re-Framing Transportation

Challenge: A leading OEM required significant flatbed capacity and more efficient scheduling for transporting frames from supplier to assembly plants.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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