Rich Products achieves savings with BluJay’s Logistics as a Service (LaaS) solution

BluJay Solutions was selected by Rich’s for the comprehensive offering, Logistics as a Service (LaaS), which combines business process outsourcing for transportation with the power of BluJay’s Transportation Management. The SaaS solution provides Rich’s with access to the BluJay Global Trade Network, which empowers companies to improve overall supply chain management in a collaborative environment. Rich’s leverages BluJay’s LaaS solution to manage daily operations: Optimizing mode and routing of all shipments, Managing carrier selection and ensuring capacity commitments are met, Planning load consolidation and optimization, carrier selection, as well as capacity commitments, Automatically tendering freight to carriers and managing only the exceptions, Reviewing unanticipated accessorial and payment anomalies, Monitoring carrier performance to plan and to contract. By implementing BluJay’s Transportation Management, Procurement technology and BluDex, Rich’s is able to proactively meet capacity needs with visibility; identify and track key customers to provide ‘white-glove service;’ as well as outperform the market enabling the company to become a ‘shipper-of-choice.’ Currently, Rich’s hosts four to five procurement events a year to secure top carriers, while continuing to strengthen those relationships and reduce costs. Furthermore, by utilizing WebSettle, Rich’s transportation process is almost entirely paperless, with the ability to easily track distribution costs and year-over-year savings.