Shippers Commonwealth

Supporting Transportation Proficiency

The Bon-Ton Stores - Dayton, OH

  • 282 department stores
  • One of the largest department store retailers in US
  • Wide-scale TMS implemented in record time to meet rapid expansion needs
  • TMS program provided ROI in 2 months, $1.6M savings in first 6 months

Energizer Corporation – St. Louis, MO

  • $55M spend 65% TL and 35% LTL
  • LTL Bundling & Consolidation, reduced LTL by 25%
  • Dynamic Pool Distribution
  • Schick acquisition - further optimize weight & cube for synergy savings

Stage Stores - Houston, TX

  • 656 stores under the Palais Royal, Bealls, Peebles, and Stage
  • TMS optimized & automated management of inbound vendor freight
  • Cut Costs, improve accuracy, provides full visibility
  • Reduced Less-than-truckload (LTL) by 25%

Sonoco Products – Hartsville, SC

  • 150K TL for hire 200K dedicated TL per year Inbound & Outbound
  • 200 site Centralized Load Control Center
  • 4.9% freight spend savings from capacity capture alone
  • Load Control Center Program wins Corporate Excellence Award

Different Pathways for Shippers

Shipper

Pathway

Status/Results

Alcoa

  1. Decentralized: Site or BU at a time
  2. Load Building at BU/Site Level
  3. ASP Program
  1. $6M Freight Savings 1st Year
  2. Accelerated adoption across company
  3. BU sharing of standard processes
  4. Cross-Shipper collaboration CARAVAN

Johns Manville

  1. Start with 4 regional Centers
  2. Migrated to CLCC in 18 months
  3. Self Hosted License
  1. $3M Freight Savings 1st Year
  2. High # tours, capacity capture
  3. Cross-Shipper collaboration CARAVAN
  4. Future - Supplier Inbound management

Graphic Packaging

  1. Centralized Load Control Center
  2. Completed 38 plants in under 6 months
  3. ShipComm Hosted License
  1. On track to deliver 10% freight cost savings
  2. Strategic Carrier Program
  3. Enable synergy savings for Altivity
  4. Future – CARAVAN

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