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STI's Innovative Solution Saves Customer $850K

Challenge: A major computer manufacturer moves fully-loaded server racks, data storage and accessories into data centers. Even cosmetic damage to cartons is reason to refuse delivery. Therefore, the customer was paying $1 million annually in extra cargo liability coverage. They required a logistics supplier that could provide extra attention to their high-value, delicate commodities.

Live Classroom Training Crucial to WMS Software Adoption Success

Challenge: You can have the greatest system in the world tuned to maximum performance and the implementation could be disastrous if end users haven't been a part of the project and feel like they've had a system thrown at them. For a large, high tech company, over 40 distinct business processes needed to be developed or revamped and coordinated with the WMS.

Manufacturer Reduces Supply Chain Costs of Relocating to Singapore

Challenge: Our customer relocated operations to Singapore. Increased real estate and labor costs made warehouse space for product staging unfeasible. In addition, strict copy exact customer rules meant many components were still sourced from the U.S.

Chemical Manufacturer Turns Fragmented Enterprise into Global Success Story

Challenge: The client's European operations location-by-location logistics was diminishing cost-savings and overall performance. Management developed four objectives: to obtain transportation cost-savings, to provide a supplier base for growth, to improve data capture for financial analysis, and to upgrade transparency and on-time delivery. The client turned to the experts at Odyssey Logistics & Technology (OL&T).

Seamlessly Correcting a Labeling Error to Save Client Resources

Challenge: Port Jersey Logistics began providing value-added services to a long-term client, a major specialty food distributor. PJL now handles labeling, bar-coding, ink-jetting and repacking, decreasing product travel time/mileage and vendor costs. The client aimed wanted its customers to obtain their product shipments faster and at lower prices.

Creating competitive advantage with Forward Stocking Locations

Challenge: A $17 billion medical technologies and services firm approached us in need of a logistically cost-effective way to respond to equipment service calls at medical facilities more quickly. Furthermore, the client's field engineers required fast, easy access to parts and tools availability information.

Delivering solutions that energize business

Challenge: Headquartered in Spain, our client is a global leader in the design, manufacture, distribution, and installation of products and services for renewable energy technology. When they needed a centralized fulfillment center and management system to optimize service and parts replacement in the Midwest, they called on Pilot's proven logistics expertise.

Manufacturer enhances service while reducing fuel and distribution costs

Challenge: This integrated garage door systems manufacturer wrestled with excessive product damage and drivers who weren't invested in maintaining a high level of customer service. To improve their supply chain performance, this customer had to improve distribution and transportation efficiencies while minimizing product damage and enhancing the customer experience.

Direct-to-Store Delivery solution helps leading beverage company reduce distribution costs

Challenge: This leading tea manufacturer initially purchased delivery trucks to handle the direct-to-store distribution (DSD) of their product. Faced with an unreliable fleet and rising distribution costs, the manufacturer struggled to deliver to more than 330 locations and meet the stringent service requirements of major grocery chains.

VP Quote: TradeStone Has Enhanced Accuracy, Communication and Visibility

Challenge: A southern-based retailer/wholesaler was operating four distinct divisions (auto, industrial, office products and electronics). Each division was sourcing independently and most private brands buying was done through agents, which led to higher costs, quality check issues and limited visibility. Quote requests were also being stored in various formats, (spreadsheets, emails, etc) making tracking and organizing a cumbersome issue.

Solving a Returns Problem Leads to Complete U.S. Fulfillment Strategy

Challenge: An online fashion retailers model for distributing product from Europe to end customers in the U.S. created high shipping costs that made it impossible to ship returns back to Europe. The retailer was forced to sell returned merchandise to discounters for a fraction of its value.

Racing to Success with Vocollect Voice

Challenge: The manufacturer of the most recognized and best-selling brand of motocross apparel in the world today needed to accelerate distribution center performance to support company growth and expansion.

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