Transplace Consulting: Help for building flexible, profitable supply chains
By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 7/30/2008 6:00:00 AM
Transportation management specialist Transplace says its new consulting unit delivers logistics engineering analysis and design services to customers in manufacturing, distribution, and retailing. The group identifies supply chain improvements to uncover areas where customers can reduce total transportation and inventory holding costs.
Best-in-class benchmarking information and sophisticated analysis tools are said to give customers technical expertise and direction to maximize efficiency without sacrificing performance.
Managing $2.75 billion in freight, Transplace has an accurate and current database of information on present lane costs and capacity available in the market. Transplace Consulting combines that information with analytical skills sets and software to build an understanding of specific supply chain challenges and to jointly explore opportunities with customers for improvement in accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and efficiency.
