3GTMS Case Studies AmerCareRoyal: A Great Partner to Customers And to the environment

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AmerCareRoyal: A Great Partner to Customers And to the environment

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Fleet Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration
Challenge	AmerCareRoyal, a leading manufacturer and distributor of disposable food packaging products, was looking to distinguish itself as a differentiated fulfillment partner to its customers. The company's growth depended on its ability to lower costs and improve service. The logistics team was spending a significant portion of the day manually reaching out to brokers and carriers via email, to request quotes and book loads. This process was time-consuming and inefficient. Additionally, AmerCareRoyal was not utilizing capacity efficiently. When manually consolidating loads into multi-stop truckload combo shipments, the team completed about 150-200 per month. The company was also a heavy user of LTL, and the team was looking for ways to reduce its monthly LTL shipments without reducing the amount of product shipped. Read More
About Customer	AmerCareRoyal is a leading manufacturer and distributor of disposable food packaging products. As the producer of a commodity product, its growth depends on the ability to distinguish itself as a differentiated fulfillment partner to its customers. That differentiation comes down to two things: cost and service. In 2020, AmerCareRoyal’s logistics team determined that improvements to its technology infrastructure could support growth by simultaneously lowering costs and improving service – two potentially conflicting goals. A new TMS was the answer, and after evaluating many, the company selected 3G. Read More
Solution	AmerCareRoyal decided to implement a new Transport Management System (TMS) from 3G. The TMS allowed AmerCareRoyal to utilize capacity far more efficiently. The speed and precision with which the TMS could make optimized consolidation suggestions was far beyond what any human could accomplish with guesswork and spreadsheets. The TMS also helped AmerCareRoyal maintain its commitment to superior customer service. Planning and executing a day’s shipments in the TMS could be done in a matter of a few hours, freeing the logistics team to respond more immediately to exceptions and handle them in real-time. The TMS also extended AmerCareRoyal's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint to its logistics operations. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Challenge

AmerCareRoyal, a leading manufacturer and distributor of disposable food packaging products, was looking to distinguish itself as a differentiated fulfillment partner to its customers. The company's growth depended on its ability to lower costs and improve service. The logistics team was spending a significant portion of the day manually reaching out to brokers and carriers via email, to request quotes and book loads. This process was time-consuming and inefficient. Additionally, AmerCareRoyal was not utilizing capacity efficiently. When manually consolidating loads into multi-stop truckload combo shipments, the team completed about 150-200 per month. The company was also a heavy user of LTL, and the team was looking for ways to reduce its monthly LTL shipments without reducing the amount of product shipped.

About Customer

AmerCareRoyal is a leading manufacturer and distributor of disposable food packaging products. As the producer of a commodity product, its growth depends on the ability to distinguish itself as a differentiated fulfillment partner to its customers. That differentiation comes down to two things: cost and service. In 2020, AmerCareRoyal’s logistics team determined that improvements to its technology infrastructure could support growth by simultaneously lowering costs and improving service – two potentially conflicting goals. A new TMS was the answer, and after evaluating many, the company selected 3G.

Solution

AmerCareRoyal decided to implement a new Transport Management System (TMS) from 3G. The TMS allowed AmerCareRoyal to utilize capacity far more efficiently. The speed and precision with which the TMS could make optimized consolidation suggestions was far beyond what any human could accomplish with guesswork and spreadsheets. The TMS also helped AmerCareRoyal maintain its commitment to superior customer service. Planning and executing a day’s shipments in the TMS could be done in a matter of a few hours, freeing the logistics team to respond more immediately to exceptions and handle them in real-time. The TMS also extended AmerCareRoyal's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint to its logistics operations.

Impact #1	The TMS allowed AmerCareRoyal to utilize capacity far more efficiently, increasing the number of consolidated shipments from 150-200 per month to around 800.
Impact #2	The logistics team was able to plan and execute a day’s shipments in the TMS in a matter of a few hours, freeing them to respond more immediately to exceptions and handle them in real-time.
Impact #3	The TMS extended AmerCareRoyal's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint to its logistics operations, leading to an almost-20% reduction in miles driven.

Impact #1

The TMS allowed AmerCareRoyal to utilize capacity far more efficiently, increasing the number of consolidated shipments from 150-200 per month to around 800.

Impact #2

The logistics team was able to plan and execute a day’s shipments in the TMS in a matter of a few hours, freeing them to respond more immediately to exceptions and handle them in real-time.

Impact #3

The TMS extended AmerCareRoyal's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint to its logistics operations, leading to an almost-20% reduction in miles driven.

Benefit #1	1.5 million miles driven reduction per month
Benefit #2	200,000 gallons of diesel saved per month
Benefit #3	22 million KG less CO2 per year

Benefit #1

1.5 million miles driven reduction per month

Benefit #2

200,000 gallons of diesel saved per month

Benefit #3

22 million KG less CO2 per year

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AmerCareRoyal: A Great Partner to Customers And to the environment

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