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	Powerful Transportation Management Software for Bemis Manufacturing 3GTMS

Powerful Transportation Management Software for Bemis Manufacturing

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Fleet Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Bemis Manufacturing Company’s Sheboygan Falls location is the major North American distribution hub for all of its proprietary products. But getting its products to various regional markets required enormous amounts of time and manual labor for determining the best routing options. The company’s original scheduling system, built to handle the transportation realities of 15-20 years ago, had provided Bemis with a competitive advantage in years past, but was now falling behind current business needs. Bemis’ network required five individuals to perform routing analysis and planning, taking into account multiple locations, carriers, along with factors like LTL versus truck load stop-off and many other data points. This led to huge variations and calculations for any one plan or date. Read More
About Customer	Bemis Manufacturing Company produces toilet seat products, along with indoor furniture, suction canisters, sharps containers, fluid management systems, gas caps, gauges, and various contracted injection molded parts. It markets products under its own brands and provides expertise to other organizations, producing private-label products and component parts for a variety of industries. It serves the consumer, commercial, medical and industrial markets worldwide. Bemis Manufacturing Company’s Sheboygan Falls location is the major North American distribution hub for all of its proprietary products. Read More
Solution	Bemis Manufacturing chose the feature-rich, flexible 3Gtms transportation management system (TMS). “3Gtms knew our operations and we liked the fact that the TMS was oriented toward pool consolidations,” explained Bassuener. “It’s the core, principled system that moves us every day.” A Tier 1 TMS, 3Gtms increases productivity by improving shipment efficiency and communications; reducing freight cost; increasing shipment visibility; and providing greater financial transparency. Using sophisticated optimization algorithms, actual rate cost, along with a comprehensive set of data points such as fuel components, stop-off charges, bridge charges and more, the TMS determines and delivers the best plan that can be realistically executed. In addition, its intuitive user interface allows Bemis to graphically view the different loads, making it easy to make modifications or handle exceptions. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Bemis Manufacturing Company’s Sheboygan Falls location is the major North American distribution hub for all of its proprietary products. But getting its products to various regional markets required enormous amounts of time and manual labor for determining the best routing options. The company’s original scheduling system, built to handle the transportation realities of 15-20 years ago, had provided Bemis with a competitive advantage in years past, but was now falling behind current business needs. Bemis’ network required five individuals to perform routing analysis and planning, taking into account multiple locations, carriers, along with factors like LTL versus truck load stop-off and many other data points. This led to huge variations and calculations for any one plan or date.

About Customer

Bemis Manufacturing Company produces toilet seat products, along with indoor furniture, suction canisters, sharps containers, fluid management systems, gas caps, gauges, and various contracted injection molded parts. It markets products under its own brands and provides expertise to other organizations, producing private-label products and component parts for a variety of industries. It serves the consumer, commercial, medical and industrial markets worldwide. Bemis Manufacturing Company’s Sheboygan Falls location is the major North American distribution hub for all of its proprietary products.

Solution

Bemis Manufacturing chose the feature-rich, flexible 3Gtms transportation management system (TMS). “3Gtms knew our operations and we liked the fact that the TMS was oriented toward pool consolidations,” explained Bassuener. “It’s the core, principled system that moves us every day.” A Tier 1 TMS, 3Gtms increases productivity by improving shipment efficiency and communications; reducing freight cost; increasing shipment visibility; and providing greater financial transparency. Using sophisticated optimization algorithms, actual rate cost, along with a comprehensive set of data points such as fuel components, stop-off charges, bridge charges and more, the TMS determines and delivers the best plan that can be realistically executed. In addition, its intuitive user interface allows Bemis to graphically view the different loads, making it easy to make modifications or handle exceptions.

Impact #1	Increased automation, allowing for reallocation of resources to other business-critical tasks
Impact #2	Fully leverage pool distribution, leading to lower price points than the competition
Impact #3	Cost savings with comprehensive route calculations

Impact #1

Increased automation, allowing for reallocation of resources to other business-critical tasks

Impact #2

Fully leverage pool distribution, leading to lower price points than the competition

Impact #3

Cost savings with comprehensive route calculations

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Powerful Transportation Management Software for Bemis Manufacturing

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