Transportation cost reduction case studies

The results our engagements produced for clients like you, and what exactly we did to get there.

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freight rate negotiation case study
Freight Rate Negotiation Parcel · Air & ocean Industrial & electronics manufacturing

$1.5M cut across air, ocean and parcel with no change of carrier

Years on the same carriers, spot rates that moved every month, and no cost certainty anywhere.

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carrier sourcing & rfp case study
Carrier Sourcing & RFP Parcel Consumer & retail brands

25.8% cut from outbound parcel for a health and beauty brand

Their 3PL bundled fulfillment with transportation, so nobody had tested the outbound rates in years.

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case study: carrier sourcing & rfp, parcel rates
Carrier Sourcing & RFP Parcel · Air & ocean Consumer & retail brands

Four new carriers and a strengthened renewal for TaylorMade Golf

A parcel renewal sitting on the desk, the number two carrier at the door, and no capacity to run a real bid.

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Paul and team expertly orchestrated a competitive process with 20+ participants across three rounds, completing the entire project in under three months. Results exceeded expectations.
VP of Operations, TaylorMade Golf
Joe Vincent. VP of Operations, TaylorMade Golf
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I knew I had good rates. I had a feeling I could do better, so I called Trans-solutions. They delivered 4x what the incumbent offered.
Sr. Director of Supply Chain, engineered solutions manufacturer
Case study: pharma parcel spend
Parcel Rate Negotiation Parcel Pharmaceutical & medical devices

$21M cut from a top 10 pharma company’s parcel spend, with no competitive bid

They would not risk service by putting the freight out to bid. We used peer pricing instead.

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Case study: network consolidation model disproved
Network Design Truckload & LTL Pharmaceutical & medical devices

A $24M consolidation model disproved before the client spent a dollar on it

A consultant said closing four distribution centers would save millions. They wanted that checked before committing the capital.

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case study: transportation operations audit for cost compression
Transportation Operations Audit Parcel · Air & ocean Industrial & electronics manufacturing

An operations audit that led to $15M in annual savings and 18% cost compression

Records on paper, track and trace by phone call, and rates nobody had tested in years.

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case study: new 3PL partner for reducing spend
Vendor & TMS Selection Parcel Consumer & retail brands

$367K saved on $1.55M of spend with a new 3PL partner

Warehousing looks like a small line item, so nobody re-bids it. Deliveries were inconsistent and costs kept rising.

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case study: international air and ocean costs
Carrier Sourcing & RFP Air & ocean Industrial & electronics manufacturing

$4M+ saved on international air and ocean for a security equipment manufacturer

A flat rack from Malaysia, a low-boy to Turkmenistan. Lanes too specialized for the largest forwarders.

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case study: freight savings for a food distributor
Freight Rate Negotiation Truckload & LTL · Cold Chain Food & beverage

$23M in savings identified for a multi-billion-dollar food distributor

Transportation was outsourced to a provider that preferred keeping its existing carriers over finding better ones. We benchmarked every lane.

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case study: decreasing packaging spend for food producer
Category Management Food & beverage

$8M a year and 22% off packaging spend for a global agricultural food producer

Six vendors, over 600 SKUs, and no agreement with the largest supplier. Nobody could see the spend.

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case study: going off vendor-managed freight
Carrier Sourcing & RFP Truckload & LTL Food & beverage

Over $2.5M a year saved by moving Little Caesars off vendor-managed freight

Suppliers picked the carriers and marked up the freight, then passed it to franchisees. Nobody was managing it.

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case study: vendor & tms selection, network design
Vendor & TMS Selection Truckload & LTL Consumer & retail brands

$1M saved by testing fulfillment against the parent company’s own network

The easy answer was to use the parent company’s fulfillment. They wanted to know whether it was the best one.

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case study: warehouse network consolidation
Network Design Consumer & retail brands

$2.2M saved a year and fill rate up 15 points by consolidating two DCs into one

They wanted to close a warehouse. The question was whether service would survive it, and nobody could price that.

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case study: cold chain logistics
Cold Chain Logistics Parcel · Cold Chain Pharmaceutical & medical devices

Over $1M a year saved on PDMA-compliant sample distribution

Deliveries were inconsistent, costly and non-compliant, and sales reps were spending their time managing sample inventory.

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case study: producer of high-performance minerals
Network Design Truckload & LTL Industrial & electronics manufacturing

Over $500K a year saved on both sides of a low-margin minerals supply chain

Freight ate the margin, and every expedited load sent to hit a production schedule wiped out the profit.

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case study: pharmaceutical manufacturer cold chain logistics
Cold Chain Logistics Air & ocean · Cold Chain Pharmaceutical & medical devices

Over $500K a year saved shifting international air shipments from active to passive pallets

Active pallets cost a premium and weigh 635 kilos. Passive ones are cheaper, if the temperature holds.

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case study: network design with a European depo
Network Design Industrial & electronics manufacturing

15% off spare parts distribution in Europe, with service restored

Down tools cost the customer over $100K an hour, and the depots were missing their service agreements.

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case study: cold chain freezer tanks
Cold Chain Logistics Cold Chain Pharmaceutical & medical devices

A 15% to 20% smaller freezer tank fleet for Genentech

A physical count across three continents came up five tanks short, with no way to trace the contents.

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case study: 3PL operations audit
Transportation Operations Audit Logistics & 3PL

The gaps that were blocking a 3PL from expanding into new modes

Double digit growth against a manual back office, where keeping up meant adding people rather than systems.

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case study: transportation management system selection
Vendor & TMS Selection Logistics & 3PL

A scalable TMS bought under budget, by cutting the functionality nobody would use

No transportation management system does it all, and most buyers overpay for functionality they will never use.

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