STREAMLINING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
Health and Nutrition Ingredients Manufacturer
Amida significant merger, a global health and nutrition ingredient manufacturer with over 30,000 employees and 340 locations across 60 countries needed to control costs and improve efficiency, while enabling growth.
CHALLENGES
• Fragmented and inconsistent transportation management processes.
• Diverse supply chainand business growth required advanced capabilities of anew logistics provider.
• Switch providerswithout any loss of service to customers.
• Launch in90 days.
SOLUTIONS
• Conducta thorough assessment of operationsincluding a Value Stream Mapping exercise.
• Qualify, negotiate and contract the manufacturer’s previous carriers to Penske standards and expand the carrier base to offer moreoptions and competitive pricing.
• Centralize transportation management processes across a complex businessmodel.
• Consolidated and integrated technology systems into a single platform for centralized reporting, metrics and improved visibility.
• Builta consistent process infrastructure equipped to handle growth.
• Estimated $1.1M annual savings through rate reductions, routingimprovements and carrier selection.