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	Keystone Foods Gains Complete Transportation Visibility with BluJay Solutions

Keystone Foods Gains Complete Transportation Visibility with BluJay Solutions

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Fleet Management Predictive Maintenance Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Keystone Foods faced challenges with decentralized transportation management, leading to high costs and lack of visibility. The company used both asset-based carriers and brokers, managing freight across multiple facilities without a centralized system. This decentralized approach resulted in inefficiencies, missed opportunities for backhauls, and difficulties in decision-making regarding carrier selection. Keystone Foods needed a solution that would provide real-time transportation information, enable collaboration with the freight network, and centralize data on a common platform. Read More
About Customer	Keystone Foods is a multinational, multiprotein processor providing fresh and frozen protein products to customers worldwide. The company manufactures and processes poultry, beef, fish, and pork, ensuring food safety and quality. With 50 facilities serving approximately 6,400 restaurants globally, Keystone Foods handles 500 to 700 loads per week. The Keystone Foods Logistics Services Group, part of the U.S. distribution business, operates four distribution centers servicing the quick-serve restaurant industry. The group uses a private fleet and contract carriers to store and ship items required by customers. Read More
Solution	Keystone Foods implemented BluJay’s Transportation Management to centralize and improve its supply chain management. The solution provided complete transportation planning, execution, settlement, and procurement, along with real-time visibility and business intelligence. BluJay’s system allowed Keystone Foods to optimize shipment modes and routes, manage carrier selection, and ensure capacity commitments. The system automated processes and reporting, providing access to previously unavailable data. It also enabled real-time monitoring of the entire freight process, ensuring continuous production and meeting customer demands. The easy-to-use system facilitated collaboration among all parties involved in the transportation process. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Predictive Maintenance

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Keystone Foods faced challenges with decentralized transportation management, leading to high costs and lack of visibility. The company used both asset-based carriers and brokers, managing freight across multiple facilities without a centralized system. This decentralized approach resulted in inefficiencies, missed opportunities for backhauls, and difficulties in decision-making regarding carrier selection. Keystone Foods needed a solution that would provide real-time transportation information, enable collaboration with the freight network, and centralize data on a common platform.

About Customer

Keystone Foods is a multinational, multiprotein processor providing fresh and frozen protein products to customers worldwide. The company manufactures and processes poultry, beef, fish, and pork, ensuring food safety and quality. With 50 facilities serving approximately 6,400 restaurants globally, Keystone Foods handles 500 to 700 loads per week. The Keystone Foods Logistics Services Group, part of the U.S. distribution business, operates four distribution centers servicing the quick-serve restaurant industry. The group uses a private fleet and contract carriers to store and ship items required by customers.

Solution

Keystone Foods implemented BluJay’s Transportation Management to centralize and improve its supply chain management. The solution provided complete transportation planning, execution, settlement, and procurement, along with real-time visibility and business intelligence. BluJay’s system allowed Keystone Foods to optimize shipment modes and routes, manage carrier selection, and ensure capacity commitments. The system automated processes and reporting, providing access to previously unavailable data. It also enabled real-time monitoring of the entire freight process, ensuring continuous production and meeting customer demands. The easy-to-use system facilitated collaboration among all parties involved in the transportation process.

Impact #1	Improved Visibility: Keystone Foods gained a central data repository for analyzing costs and measuring performance, uncovering areas for improvement.
Impact #2	Increased Collaboration: The system enabled collaboration with suppliers, cold storage facilities, plants, planners, carriers, and customers, providing insight into how freight impacts operations.
Impact #3	Automated Processes: The implementation of BluJay’s system removed paper-based and manual procedures, eliminating redundancy and streamlining operations.

Impact #1

Improved Visibility: Keystone Foods gained a central data repository for analyzing costs and measuring performance, uncovering areas for improvement.

Impact #2

Increased Collaboration: The system enabled collaboration with suppliers, cold storage facilities, plants, planners, carriers, and customers, providing insight into how freight impacts operations.

Impact #3

Automated Processes: The implementation of BluJay’s system removed paper-based and manual procedures, eliminating redundancy and streamlining operations.

Benefit #1	Saved 5% overall freight spend.
Benefit #2	Received four-month ROI.

Benefit #1

Saved 5% overall freight spend.

Benefit #2

Received four-month ROI.

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Keystone Foods Gains Complete Transportation Visibility with BluJay Solutions

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