Supply Chain Management Services
Access America Transport continues to differentiate itself from other transportation management companies. Today’s economic climate is encouraging shippers to look for cost savings in all areas within their supply chain. Access America Transport continues to demonstrate why 3PL’s can be effective partners in streamlining processes and reducing costs.
Many large shippers have begun to transition more or all of their business to a single-source provider. The reasoning behind this makes sense when you begin to take into consideration what a single source provider is able to bring to the table.
Companies are more motivated than ever to reduce their transactional and contractual freight spend. A small reduction in transportation costs can result in a huge increase in savings and efficiency. These savings can be realized by implementing continuous improvement processes and effectively leveraging transportation spend. Third-party logistics providers are able to provide customized solutions for every supply chain.
Many shippers have failed to take advantage of the synergies that exist within their company. Often times this can be as simple as combining inbound and outbound freight to create continuous moves that drive down transportation costs. In addition, we have been successful in leveraging our other freight lanes to assist customers in developing these types of moves.
Access America is able to conduct an RFP with your current incumbent carriers in addition to our large base of qualified carriers. We then develop an idea of the optimum number of carriers to service your business. Many customers fail to recognize that having too many carriers can be detrimental. We believe that having too many carriers can negatively impact the pricing you are able to obtain by leveraging your current freight volume and potential for continuous moves. We have found that the most successful relationships are sustainable in the long term, so we approach each analysis in order to provide a sustainable solution for every freight lane.
Customers are running at a much higher efficiency level if they are not continually trying to replace carriers that disappeared because volumes or freight lanes changed unrelated to your business. We work to identify carrier partners that can service your business year-round and have freight lanes that are not tied to one or two core accounts. These types of carriers may include new carriers such as private fleets that you may have never considered before. In addition, Access America has thousands of qualified and vetted carrier partners all the way down to owner operators. These owner operators and private fleets may have been companies that were overlooked in the past. We take into consideration the best long term solution for your company and identify the types of partners that will provide the value-added type of service that makes your company more successful in the end.
Access America Transport does more than just negotiate rates on your behalf. We are able to offer comprehensive solution that allows for greater visibility within your supply chain. Access America is able to streamline processes where carriers are tendered freight electronically in the order of best value. This takes into consideration service, price, and lane optimization. Our transportation management system (TMS) allows our customers to identify the metrics that are most important to them and build the program to match your most important needs. Our TMS improves load visibility, communication, and billing by providing one platform for our carriers and customers to utilize. We are also able to provide customized reporting that enables you to make better decisions related to other areas of your business.
Access America Transport goes a step beyond just managing your transportation. We also provide an added layer of protection to your transportation department. Access America has an extensive carrier vetting and quality assurance program. Our program identifies the best partners that help to mitigate risk and insure that your freight is being transported by safe, dependable partners.
These are a few of the reasons will feel Access America can more effectively provides solutions to your transportation program. We believe that looking to outsource your transportation can provide tangible and intangible benefits that are outside of just reduced costs and improved service. There are a number of benefits to working with a 3PL such as Access America Transport. Whether you are looking for one partner or a small number of partners, we believe you will be impressed by our capabilities and our commitment to making your company better. For more information about our Supply Chain Management Services, please fill out the form below.
