Chicago to Atlanta Freight Broker

Direct Drive teams with Chicago, IL steel manufacturer to evaluate shipping needs

$40 million manufacturer wants to evaluate and improve inbound & outbound domestic freight services, quality and pricing without hiring a full-time traffic manager.  Company ships via LTL, ground parcel, air express, air & ocean import, air & ocean export services.

Direct Drive Logistics Response:

• Analyzed all inbound & outbound shipping from points located in Atlanta GA, Memphis TN, Chicago IL and Denver CO
• Reviewed all service provider agreements for compliance and competitiveness
• Interviewed all current service providers, alternate service providers, suppliers, customers and overseas affiliates
• Completed accounting, import, export and customs compliance audit
• Identified fastest LTL carriers for domestic and Canada shipments
• Started cooperative work with distributors and vendors to create a consolidation system for less frequent but faster shipments at a considerable freight and overhead cost savings
• Identified various international freight forwarders, express carriers and customs broker to best service the clients requirements
• Created routing guides for all lanes of business and type of shipments and supervised their implementation
• Provide ongoing freight & transportation vendor compliance audits for continuous improvements
• Recommended to domestic and overseas distributors to work with preferred list of transportation vendors for mutual service improvements and cost savings potential
• Assist with complete implementation of new transportation vendor programs and fine-tuning existing carrier agreements to meet or even exceed the improved requirements

Results:

Freight cost savings in the first year exceeded $150k or more than 20% of the annual freight expenditures resulting from:

• Negotiation of competitive domestic and international air express package and air freight services pricing, offering a potential savings of 30-55%
• Identification of computer programming errors
• Detection of billing errors
• LTL pricing agreements improved 10-25% by focusing on core vendors that provide the overall best value to the client

Contact Direct Drive Logistics 1-877-633-5045

Freight Broker for Shipping to and from Chicago and Atlanta