A client is a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of health and beauty products as well as small kitchen appliances. The company’s domestic and international divisions offer professional and consumer products to customers globally. They are headquartered in New Jersey and have a manufacturing facility in Illinois. They also maintain distribution centers in Windsor and Arizona.
Outsource freight bill processing with limited audit capabilities
Inability to accrue freight cost periodically with sufficient accuracy
History of accepting base rate increases from their core carrier base
Insufficient day-to-day tactical logistics support and strategic capacity/expertise
Lack of system integration between ERP and FBAP systems
Argus’ ability to provide system integration with the client’s ERP mainframe alleviated their inability to track their transportation cost. With new capability to monitor freight cost to a SKU level through complex GL coding they had the visibility and accuracy needed for periodic financial accruals and real-time cost variance. With this mutual transparency, TPS dissected the client’s freight spend and utilized volume leverage to reduce carrier rates resulting in significant cost savings. Argus positioned a logistics professional in Windsor to provide operational support and streamline information to better assist their customer service team. Argus’ expertise in optimization delivered a reverse logistics program for returns and warehouse transfers that drove cost savings through intermodal routing. Argus’ full platform management delivered system advancements and created efficiencies that were critical to the client’s business processes and operating procedures.
28% cost savings through rate reductions from historic benchmark
17% cost savings through optimization year over year
Daily visibility of freight costs assigned to a SKU level
Implementation of reporting tools to track freight as a percentage of sales
Increase in logistics efficiency in day-to-day operations
Increased accuracy with periodic financial accrua
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