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Equations in Logistics and Supply Chain Industry change every minute. We aspire to be as dynamic as possible. Our culture repels bottle-necks.

We strive to provide you with the best in customer service, technical assistance and on demand storage space availability. We continue to strive towards one stop shop business model. Following are some of the services that are available to our current customers

  • Real time inventory visibility - We are commitment towards leveraging technology for efficient, accurate and real time visibility of inventory. All our warehousing locations are equipped with up to date bar code scanning equipment , supplemented by robust WMS to provide you real-time inventory information.



  • Rail accessibility - Rising costs of fuel have definitely made transporting by truck prohibitively expensive. Accessibility to Rail provides big savings in transportation cost. Our storage locations in both( Humboldt and Valmont) industrial parks are equipped with Rail docks for quick and easy transfer of loads.

  • EDI capability- Common sense dictates, mundane and repetitive jobs are one of the key reasons for clerical errors. As part of operations model we try to reduce and eliminate such repetitive tasks, so our employees can focus on how to serve the customer better. We currently use EDI transactions with some of our customers, to expedite product receipt, load tendering, order processing and order shipment confirmations.



  • Security -  We regard the assets our customers as our assets. Needless to say, our first priority is always the security of your asset. All our buildings are currently armed with ADT security systems. All of our managers have access to these systems at home and at work, providing quicker response times to any emergency.

  • Inventory management - We are DC centers for some of our customers. Which needless to say requires us to maintain an accurate account of  the customer's asset. We work with our customers to deliver as per their business goals and help them in improving and making it efficient for them.



  • Jockey Service - What started as goodwill gesture by us to improve the product flow between the production facilities and our warehouses, has now become a full-fledged service that we extend to all our customers. Our Jockeys help you transfer  loads between your production and our storage facilities, reducing and streamlining communication.

  • One less person to talk to, one less hassle to deal with.

  • Load planning & Brokerage - We have more than 20 years of experience in transporting loads for customers from St. Lawrence to Gulf of Mexico and from Atlantic to Pacific coasts. The vast network of regional transportation firms all around the US, provides us with enough knowledge, ability and infrastructure to move your loads from one destination to the other, on time and in budget.



  • Trailer leasing - Unavailability of trailers for live loading can prove to be a bottleneck and consume valuable storage space at production site when dealing with spikes in production volume. We continuously work with our customers and their transport companies to provide trailers to overcome these sporadic volume surges.

 

 

 
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