Why should you take control of your inbound freight process?

In these difficult economic times, controlling expenses and maintaining budgets is critical. Taking control will allow you to:

• Significantly reduce your shipping costs (Hard Cost Savings).
• Control inventories/receive goods as you need them, rather than when the supplier wants to ship (Soft Cost Savings).
• Reduce dock congestion or numbers of carriers arriving daily (Soft Cost Savings).
• Develop strong relationships with fewer carriers who understand your needs (Soft Cost Savings).
• Utilize TLM's One-Point of Contact customer service team and website to handle all of your needs with all of your core carriers.

Taking control will save you money and time and dramatically improve your overall efficiency. (Hard and Soft Cost Savings)

Will taking control of your inbound freight result in more work for you or require additional staffing?

The answer is absolutely NO. At TLM, we will act as an extension of your purchasing department and serve as the liaison between your vendors, your carriers and you. We will:

• Establish carrier pricing on your behalf.
• Coordinate all incoming freight with the vendor, the carrier and with you.
• Prepare all necessary paperwork.
• Dispatch the carriers on your behalf.
• Verify the freight is picked up and moving on time.
• Trace your shipments daily to ensure on-time, exception–free movement.
• Audit all freight bills for proper charges and billing.
• Work with your core carrier group to establish quality and process programs specific to you and your buyers.
• Work with you in regard to the filing of claims and the development of claims prevention programs with you and your carriers.

Our staff and our website do all the work while you reap the benefits of lowering your costs and improving your overall purchasing experience.

Here's an example of how taking control can significantly reduce your freight costs:

We have many customers with large and varied purchasing departments. Some are within one building while others span across entire universities or municipalities. For some of these customers, it’s not uncommon for 10 to 20 buyers to order the same product from the same vendor on the same day. For simplicity purposes, vendors will ship these orders out as 10 to 20 small, minimum charge shipments, possibly not even on the same carrier. Through TLM, we can combine these orders into one or two larger orders and by doing so routinely reduce the freight costs by 40% to 60%.

What's the next step?

Are you being asked to cut your budgets? Where do you cut? In these difficult economic times, the answer is simple - lower freight costs, improved freight movement decisions and better inventory control. This can only be accomplished if you take control of your inbound freight costs and processes.

We are ready to take the next step to understand your needs and work with you to establish a customized solution that gives you control of your inbound receiving process. We will do this with:

• No Contracts
• No Set up or Consulting Fees
• No monthly fees.

Call our toll free number at 1-866-849-0171 to schedule an appointment.