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Freight Collaboration


Collaborative logistics is defined as mutually beneficial cooperative problem solving and opportunity exploitation- beyond traditional, predefined trading partners, to foster new different and innovative ways to solve business problems and capture new business. Properly executed, collaborative logistics can significantly reduce costs, increase supply chain efficiency, and make trading partners more flexible in addressing shifts in consumer demand.-Increase the opportunities for continuous moves by collaborating.

Supply Chain Solutions Collaboration Management program allows clients the benefits of a world class collaborative program diversified across geographies and industries, without the large cost in monetary and people resources required for successful collaboration.


Collaborative Logistics Benefits

  • By providing continuous moves, SCS can negotiate better rates from carriers.
  • Reduced carbon footprint
  • Reduced asset repositioning
  • Cost reductions
  • Attractive carrier benefit

 

 

 

 

 Shared Resources, Shared Benefit

Non-Collaborative Logistics Approach
Manufacturers within a reasonable geographic distance that are served by many of the same suppliers lose the opportunity for savings by requiring separate and often LTL runs.







Collaborative Logistics
SCS partners collaborate to create full truckloads with carriers. Supply Chain Solutions manages and executes regularly scheduled and dynamic collaborative routes.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 13:31
 

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