Business challenge: A 96-year old company that manufactures and distributes premium, custom-built tires was looking to achieve cost savings. The company distributes products via new car dealerships, tire dealers, and company-operated custom centers. However, most of its products are imported into the U.S. from offshore facilities. ASW’s solution: ASW proposed a warehouse solution at its headquarters in Foreign Trade Zone …
Managing Niche Market: Pet Foods Distribution
When a fast-growing pet food manufacturer needed a partner to handle B2B order fulfillment, it turned to a 3PL provider with proven experience. With retail customers ranging from pet supply chains to veterinary offices, the company required dependable operations and a partner who could scale with demand. Business challenge: With demand surging, a leading manufacturer and co-packer of natural dog …
Excellence in Cross Dock Operations
Achieving “best in class” performance is a career-long pursuit in logistics and distribution because the latest accomplishment becomes the new floor for benchmarking. The same is true for Cross Dock operations, a model favored by retail and other industries that have one goal in mind: to decrease inventory levels.The traditional supply chain model typically holds larger amounts of inventory and …
Value-Added Distribution Services
Business challenge: A CPG manufacturer of innovative laundry care products experienced trouble with its logistics operations, getting product properly kitted, packaged, stored, and distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada to retail customers (grocery, pharmaceutical, mass merchant stores), and online consumers. Additionally, they did not have access to real-time inventory. The company had multiple manufacturing locations and utilized several warehouses in …
Crisis Response Case Study
Business challenge: A plastics resin broker contacted ASW in regards to a crisis situation. Two bulk hopper cars were involved in a derailment accident and were rolled over onto their sides, spilling plastic resin onto the ground in North Jersey. ASW’s solution: ASW arranged for the spilled product to be safely retrieved—preventing contamination from spreading—and had it transported to another …
Marketing Fulfillment Services Case Study
Business challenge: A major financial services client needed a partner to manage a consumer fulfillment program that involved both a high-end, portable multimedia product and print collateral. The client wanted to mail out a premium tech gift, along with its own marketing print material and thank you cards, as part of a promotion to thousands of select, targeted customers. ASW’s …