Problem:

A global, multi-industry company with market-leading operations in Aircraft, Fastening Systems, Industrial Components, Industrial Products and Finance had grown through acquisition.
 

This company needed to:
Centralize control of carrier selection in order to leverage corporate transportation volumes
Keep thousands of worldwide vendors informed of carrier assignments and rules of engagement
Simplify  and harmonize management of route assignments for 300+ receiving locations
Improve vendor compliance to reduce transportation and handling expenses
 

Solution:
Deployed RoutingGuides.com with integrated web links from each operating unit web site to corporate Routing Guide Portal
 

Results:
Corporate Transportation Department now has complete control of all transportation purchasing and execution decisions.
Global vendors have “anytime/anywhere” access to most current carrier assignments and rules of engagement
Compliance with corporate vendor compliance manual has dramatically improved

Corporate reporting provides insight to non-compliant vendors
Up to date list of vendor – transportation contacts always accessible
Eliminated routing request phone calls to operating units and centralized exception handling of routing
Improved and enhanced communications with vendors

Reduced number of corporate carriers and overall transportation expense
 

TransportGistics Products

Solutions should not be more complicated than the problems they are trying to solve!

Generate, Distribute and Manage Bills of Lading on the Web

Tracing and Tracking information in a central location to all authorized users

Freight Bill Management, Shipment Information, Cost Control Portal

Generate Return Authorizations via least cost carriers, generate bar coded return Bills of Lading and facilitate the receiving and accounts payable/receivable processes

Communicate routing guides rules of engagement and carrier selection

Extend visibility & gain accountability to the desktop by tracking shipments & goods