by logisticsplus | Dec 14, 2016 | News
In today’s fast-paced environment, it’s often difficult to stop and review key areas that might be affecting the profitability of your business. Logistics is one key area that often gets overlooked. How much time and money are you spending on logistics? Are you measuring the total cost of your freight management activities? Through a “prepaid-and-add” approach, are your vendors charging you more for shipping than you realize for your purchased (inbound) goods? In addition to outbound and inbound freight charges, are you considering order preparation time, time-to-quote, personnel costs, owned-assets versus outsourced assets, inventory carrying costs, loss and damage claims, and insurance costs?
In this recorded Webinar we discuss:
- Top logistics challenges facing businesses today.
- Items your business should consider to reduce logistics expenses.
- The Logistics Plus® approach to a risk-free freight analysis.
This is part of an ongoing series of complimentary logistics-related webinars that are being provided to Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) members. Past and future webinars cover additional transportation and logistics topics. Logistics Plus is the company that manages the MBA Logistics Program. Learn more at www.mbausa.org/logistics
by logisticsplus | Dec 5, 2016 | News
As previously announced, Logistics Plus is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Mexico this year. Although the milestone took place in July, the “LP Mexico” team officially celebrated the anniversary this past weekend. Jim Berlin, founder and CEO of Logistics Plus, was – of course – in attendance at the party which took place in Monterrey, Mexico. Here are a few photographs from the celebration. As Jim said in his thought for the day for today, “What a great group of people who truly exemplify the spirit of LP. They are the inspiration for today’s thought. With them, I know we are good. ? Gracias!”
Anyone interested in learning more about LP Mexico solutions can start by visiting us at www.logisticsplus.com/Mexico.
by logisticsplus | Dec 2, 2016 | News
Congratulations to the Logistics Plus dedicated S.W.A.T. team for completing a “Phase 1” installation of the new WeWork B Street offices located at 600 B Street San Diego CA 92101. WeWork B Street boasts six sun-filled floors of San Diego office space in the heart of downtown. Its dedicated elevator connects members directly from the parking garage to the main floor, where they can enjoy morning coffee or host an event on the large private patio. The animated image below includes some photographs of the completed project.
This is the second completed WeWork installation location for Logistics Plus this week. Earlier this week we completed the installation of the WeWork L’Avenue offices in Montreal, QC.
by logisticsplus | Dec 1, 2016 | News
Congratulations to the Logistics Plus dedicated S.W.A.T. team for completing its first, official office installation for our new client, WeWork® – the leading co-working space provider in the world (By the way, S.W.A.T. stands for Supporting WeWork at All Times)!
Our first completed installation was for the WeWork L’Avenue offices located at 1275 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal Montreal QC H3B 5E8. In a brand new skyscraper, WeWork L’Avenue features the future of Montreal office space. This modern glass tower is already an icon on the city skyline. Three floors of the prestigious building are devoted to this refreshing co-working space and private offices, empowering its members to conduct business from the heart of downtown.
The animated image below includes some photographs of the completed project. Before the year’s end, the S.W.A.T. team anticipates completing additional office installations in California, New York, and Washington, DC. Stay tuned for more details as these complex logistics projects are completed one-by-one as part of our ongoing support of the WeWork global supply chain.
by logisticsplus | Dec 1, 2016 | Testimonials
I want to compliment one of your employees, Abby Perez. We are a national/international awards company. We sell plaques, trophies, acrylics, medals, etc. for every type of event from corporate awards to little league baseball/softball tournaments. We also supply many marathon races across the nation. We recently had an issue with receiving 18,500 medals for one of our major customers. The issue began with our container getting stuck in customs x-ray on the west coast. We’ve been through this before and understand the delay that it can cause (usually up to 5-7 days). Unfortunately for us, this delay ended up being two weeks; and once it made it onto the rail, it arrived in Dallas, TX. on Thanksgiving Day.
This is where Abby comes into play…not sure the exact timing, but she notified me about our container when it was still in California. Once we found out about the x-ray, I started to get a little concerned about getting the medals to my customer in Memphis, TN on time. Abby stayed on this shipment and gave me updates (as best as she could) basically every day. When we realized that everything pretty much shuts down for Thanksgiving, Abby suggested that we expedite our shipment from Dallas to us in Ottawa, KS, a great move on her part! Once she got approval, she began communicating with the forwarder in California, the warehouse in Dallas and the trucking firm to make sure everyone was on board to do whatever they could to make sure we got our shipment on time. The medals were released to the trucker just yesterday afternoon, and by 10:00 pm last night he was sitting at our warehouse to be unloaded.
Abby even texted me once an hour to give me updates where the truck was so we could facilitate things on a timely basis on my end (she even texted me while she was reading her 2-year old daughter a bed time story!). Our driver left at 11:30 pm last night and arrived in Memphis at 7:30 am this morning – an hour and half before our customer’s requested ETA time!
Because of her efforts and constant communication with me, what turned out to be a mission…did get accomplished! I deal with a lot of logistics people and have NEVER dealt with any one as compassionate about her job and taking care of their customer like Abby. I just want you to know how much our company appreciates all of her hard work…a pat on the back isn’t enough for this gal! 🙂
Director of inventory for a prominent national/international awards company
