Through the total logistics management services, customers leverage Transplace systems technology, combined freight networks and a huge carrier base to achieve competitive advantages in transportation and logistics. All this is accomplished without heavy capital investment in internal systems or software licenses and installations.

Transplace excels at providing its clients with comprehensive, executable solutions to optimize the supply chain; enhancing customer service and reducing total cost. As a comprehensive logistics service provider, Transplace provides value-addedservices to customers in a series of steps.

	First, Transplace works with potential customers to gain an understanding of the specific supply chain challenges and jointly explore opportunities regarding strategic supply chain issues such as collaborative bidding, network optimization, supplier sourcing logistics impact analysis, distribution site selection, rationalization of distribution centers or warehouses, logistics and transportation benchmarking, shipment mode optimization, and cross-docking optimization.
	Second, Transplace provides tactical decision making services such as carrier contracting, rate analysis and negotiation, process definition and improvement, and performance measurement and reporting.
	Last, Transplace offers all operational execution services to manage all aspects of transportation management functions. In total, Transplace offers a customized package that includes one or all the following service categories:

Strategic Transportation Collaborative Bidding Supply Chain Design and Optimization Distribution network analysis and (re)design Inbound/outbound shipment management & optimization DC/warehouse site selection Freight mode analysis to minimize total network costs Carrier base selection and management Supplier sourcing and inbound transportation management Benchmarking studies Opportunity assessment consulting

Tactical Transportation Management Carrier Contract Negotiation Rate Analysis and Network Bid Optimization Process Definition Performance Tracking - Carrier and Network Management Reporting

Operational Transportation Execution Shipment optimization Carrier Optimization and Communication Route/Mode Optimization Shipper/Receiver Coordination Cost Management Freight Audit and Payment

Transplace clients have benefited from an account level engineering approach through improved utilization of private or dedicated fleet operations (where applicable), reduced transportation costs, assignment of carriers to dedicated lanes, and reduced detention and other accessorial charges by changing business processes. Transplace's collaborative continuous move (CCM) program brings benefit to participating shippers by identifying CCMs across multiple clients and providing consistent capacity and service.

CASE STUDY

A national retail chain has received the following benefits from a comprehensive Transplace service package. The client was focused on rapid expansion of their chain of stores, and preferred to focus their internal efforts on display, marketing and rapid store growth. Transplace was engaged to design and manage the inbound transportation supply chain. This service package included conversion of inbound vendor shipments to Transplace management, consolidation of less-than-truckload shipments, optimal mode selection, cross docking, carrier management, optimization of the retailer's private fleet and networking of retailer's freight with additional Transplace freight. The supply chain objectives are maximum inventory velocity and lowest total transportation cost. Before After $1.8 billion revenue and 1,150 stores $4.5 billion revenue and over 3,000 stores 85% less-than-truckload inbound shipments Less than 2% less-than-truckload inbound shipments 7-day transit time 1.5 day transit time No visibility to shipment Total shipment visibility through Internet/EDI Rampant freight damage Freight damage eliminated 7 DCs constraining growth 8 DCs now support more than double business High inventory level High transportation cost More than: - 50% reduction of the inventory - 20% transportation cost reduction Poor on-time performance Poor utilization of outbound fleet More than: - 98% on-time performance - 25% increase in outbound fleet utilization and avoidance of original fleet expansion budget