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National Home Improvement Retailer Halved Transportation Costs with Inbound Pool Points
August 25, 2014
Solution: Transitioning vendors to a sailing schedule and Freight Collect set the ground work for establishing a network of inbound pool points. Working incrementally and coaching of the company's logistics team built capability for ongoing improvement.
Results: Year One savings generated by the first two inbound pool points: $230,000 in Reduced Freight Costs; 68% reduction in carbon footprint: 697,632 Miles & 76,814 Gallons of Diesel. Adopting Supply Chain Coach's cloud-based data warehouse enabled multi-year, multi-variable analysis and sets the groundwork for further performance initiatives. PO performance tracking and an automated scorecard system help the team to keep the project on track as they implement 3 additional pool points.
About the Solution Provider: Supply Chain Coach provides significant cost reductions and improved efficiencies through two offerings: The revolutionary Codeshelf pick system doubles or triples your order fulfillment via a robust pick-to-light solution priced at just pennies-per-pick. We also provide a dynamic, coaching-based approach to transportation optimization that typically results in ongoing savings of 30-40%.
