3rd Party Logistical Consolidation:
At B2B, many of our national accounts outsource to our Logistics Division
their specific fleet operations so they can best focus on their respective
manufacturing competencies. We utilize the PROPHESY LOGISTICS ShippersPlus
software to rate and consolidate orders scheduled for shipping, assign
preferred carriers, and determine LTL (less than truckload) and TL (truckload)
shipping status. We directly communicate with our customers' 3rd party
traffic departments to generate the routing instructions to be utilized
by our drivers. The pertinent shipping information is directly downloading
from their system into this system, which consolidates it into the most
economically consistent and efficient route. Such 3rd party logistical
relationships ease their burdens as we are able to effectively serviceour
"customers' customers" on their behalf.