
Challenge
A leading beauty and skin care brand was looking for a third-party logistics partner to help optimize their supply chain and address ongoing service failures and compliance issues driving high retail chargebacks and transportation costs.
Solution
A four-phased data-driven approach addressing root cause performance issues.
1. System Integration
A complete WMS & TMS integration provided increased visibility and cleaner order drops, reducing errors and increasing Walmart's OTIF score to 98.5%.
2. Network Study
Completed a full lane and order analysis, identifying consolidation opportunities, increasing shipment density, and maximizing trailer utilization to 95%.
3. Order Build Optimization
Orders built to retailer palletization and labeling requirements, minimizing retailer compliance fines.
4. Reduced LTL Reliance
Leveraged the network analysis to build optimized truckloads, eliminating dependence on LTL and reducing freight costs by 30%.
Results
- 95%+ Avg. OTIF Score
- 95% Trailer Utilization
- $0 in OTIF Fines
- 30% Reduction in Freight Costs