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	MTD increases Efficiency, visibility, and collaboration with BluJay Solutions

MTD increases Efficiency, visibility, and collaboration with BluJay Solutions

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods Retail Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Warehouse & Inventory Management Business Operation
Use Cases	Fleet Management Supply Chain Visibility Predictive Maintenance Process Control & Optimization Remote Asset Management
Services	System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	MTD Products Inc., a global leader in outdoor power equipment, faced significant transportation challenges due to its complex global operations. The company needed real-time visibility of shipments, improved collaboration with suppliers and customers, and a reduction in manual processes. Additionally, MTD aimed to enhance cost-effectiveness across all logistics facets. The company decided to implement a Transportation Management System (TMS) to optimize supply chain costs and address these challenges. The goals for the TMS implementation included creating a seamless supply chain domestically and internationally, providing visibility of product and global regulations paperwork, increasing collaboration among facilities, suppliers, and customers, automating processes to improve productivity, and gaining access to real-time accurate data for analytics and better decision-making. Read More
About Customer	MTD Products Inc., founded in 1932 and headquartered in Valley City, Ohio, is a worldwide leader in outdoor power equipment. The company manufactures a wide range of products, including lawn mowers, snow throwers, utility vehicles, trimmers, chain saws, leaf blowers, log splitters, and tillers, catering to both residential and commercial markets. MTD's products are sold online and internationally through various distribution channels, including home improvement stores, hardware stores, mass retailers, independent dealers, and farm supply stores. With facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, China, and Australia, MTD's operations involve shipping approximately 3,000 inbound and 2,500 outbound containers annually. The company handles around 45,000 loads in the first six months of the year, amounting to about 300 million pounds of freight. Given the global nature of its business, MTD has a significant need for information visibility from all over the world. Read More
Solution	MTD Products Inc. selected BluJay Solutions as the best platform to automate processes and create a seamless, more efficient supply chain. BluJay's Transportation Management provides MTD with complete transportation functionality, visibility, and collaboration. The platform manages every step of the transportation process, from purchase orders for inbound logistics to interplant communication regarding customer orders and outbound logistics. Additional benefits include better visibility of both inbound and outbound shipments, automatic order receiving, direct load tendering to carriers, visibility of supplier routing guides, and improved process automation and optimization. BluJay's true SaaS technology has given MTD better coordination, control, and lower costs. The collaboration and visibility among MTD facilities, suppliers, and customers have significantly improved since implementing Transportation Management. MTD leverages the industry's largest Global Trade Network, empowering shippers, carriers, suppliers, and members to reduce costs, improve services, and gain complete visibility through the collaborative network. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Retail

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Business Operation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Predictive Maintenance

Process Control & Optimization

Remote Asset Management

Services

System Integration

Software Design & Engineering Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

MTD Products Inc., a global leader in outdoor power equipment, faced significant transportation challenges due to its complex global operations. The company needed real-time visibility of shipments, improved collaboration with suppliers and customers, and a reduction in manual processes. Additionally, MTD aimed to enhance cost-effectiveness across all logistics facets. The company decided to implement a Transportation Management System (TMS) to optimize supply chain costs and address these challenges. The goals for the TMS implementation included creating a seamless supply chain domestically and internationally, providing visibility of product and global regulations paperwork, increasing collaboration among facilities, suppliers, and customers, automating processes to improve productivity, and gaining access to real-time accurate data for analytics and better decision-making.

About Customer

MTD Products Inc., founded in 1932 and headquartered in Valley City, Ohio, is a worldwide leader in outdoor power equipment. The company manufactures a wide range of products, including lawn mowers, snow throwers, utility vehicles, trimmers, chain saws, leaf blowers, log splitters, and tillers, catering to both residential and commercial markets. MTD's products are sold online and internationally through various distribution channels, including home improvement stores, hardware stores, mass retailers, independent dealers, and farm supply stores. With facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, China, and Australia, MTD's operations involve shipping approximately 3,000 inbound and 2,500 outbound containers annually. The company handles around 45,000 loads in the first six months of the year, amounting to about 300 million pounds of freight. Given the global nature of its business, MTD has a significant need for information visibility from all over the world.

Solution

MTD Products Inc. selected BluJay Solutions as the best platform to automate processes and create a seamless, more efficient supply chain. BluJay's Transportation Management provides MTD with complete transportation functionality, visibility, and collaboration. The platform manages every step of the transportation process, from purchase orders for inbound logistics to interplant communication regarding customer orders and outbound logistics. Additional benefits include better visibility of both inbound and outbound shipments, automatic order receiving, direct load tendering to carriers, visibility of supplier routing guides, and improved process automation and optimization. BluJay's true SaaS technology has given MTD better coordination, control, and lower costs. The collaboration and visibility among MTD facilities, suppliers, and customers have significantly improved since implementing Transportation Management. MTD leverages the industry's largest Global Trade Network, empowering shippers, carriers, suppliers, and members to reduce costs, improve services, and gain complete visibility through the collaborative network.

Impact #1	Improved Visibility: Central data repository enables visibility for analysis of costs and performance measurement to uncover areas for improvement.
Impact #2	Reduced Costs: Initially, MTD decreased freight cost by 12% and increased productivity by 20% with the same number of people. Receiving dock transactions have decreased by 30%, meaning fewer receipts, putaways, and material handling.
Impact #3	Optimized Shipments: LTL compared to truckload has gone from 33% LTL down to 25% LTL, resulting in a significant improvement in the number of deliveries being made daily and reducing freight costs.

Impact #1

Improved Visibility: Central data repository enables visibility for analysis of costs and performance measurement to uncover areas for improvement.

Impact #2

Reduced Costs: Initially, MTD decreased freight cost by 12% and increased productivity by 20% with the same number of people. Receiving dock transactions have decreased by 30%, meaning fewer receipts, putaways, and material handling.

Impact #3

Optimized Shipments: LTL compared to truckload has gone from 33% LTL down to 25% LTL, resulting in a significant improvement in the number of deliveries being made daily and reducing freight costs.

Benefit #1	Decreased freight cost by 12%.
Benefit #2	Increased productivity by 20% with the same number of people.
Benefit #3	Receiving dock transactions decreased by 30%.

Benefit #1

Decreased freight cost by 12%.

Benefit #2

Increased productivity by 20% with the same number of people.

Benefit #3

Receiving dock transactions decreased by 30%.

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MTD increases Efficiency, visibility, and collaboration with BluJay Solutions

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