by logisticsplus | Feb 1, 2024 | News
Logistics Plus Recognizes Six LTL Carriers for 2023 Awards
Dayton Freight, Pitt Ohio, Ward Transport, RIST Transport, Estes Express, and Lake Erie Trucking all receive honors. ERIE, PA (February 1, 2024) – Logistics Plus, Inc. (LP), a global leader in transportation, logistics, and unique supply chain solutions, is recognizing six less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers for superior performance in 2023 as part of its annual scorecard review. The 2023 award recipients are as follows:
Dayton Freight: Diamond Award. It’s the eighth consecutive year Dayton has been honored.- Pitt Ohio: Titanium Award. It’s the first time that Pitt Ohio has received an award.
- Ward Transport & Logistics: Platinum Award. It’s the sixth time in seven years Ward has been honored.
- RIST Transport: Gold Award. It’s the third consecutive year RIST has been honored.
- Estes Express: Silver Award. It’s the sixth consecutive year Estes has been honored.
- Lake Erie Trucking: Bronze Award. It’s the first time that Lake Erie Trucking has received an award.
Logistics Plus manages nearly a quarter million freight shipments annually as a recognized top freight brokerage firm. LP delivers services through Logistics Plus proprietary eShipPlus™ and MyLogisticsPlus™ transportation management systems – online TMS platforms with built-in MyFreightTrends™ business intelligence dashboards. LP offers shippers truckload, expedited, international freight forwarding, claims management, freight audit & payment, business intelligence, plus many other supply chain solutions. Logistics Plus works with over 50 carriers to deliver LTL services in this concentrated transportation segment. Annual LTL carrier awards are based on an assessment of the following performance criteria:
- Share of business volume and freight spend
- Service, claims, and billing performance
- Price competitiveness
- Customer service
- Account representation and partnership
- Sustainability and other intangibles
“In this, the eighth year of our annual LTL awards program, we proudly recognize six of our top partners for being the best-of-the-best among our pool of reputable carriers,” said Scott Frederick, CMO and LTL Carrier Relations for Logistics Plus. “It was a difficult and competitive year, but Dayton, Pitt, Ward, RIST, Estes, and LET provided the best overall performance across most of our partnership ratings. I am especially proud of our two new, first-time award winners, Pitt Ohio and Lake Erie Trucking. Congratulations to all.”
About Logistics Plus, Inc.
Logistics Plus, Inc. (LP) is a 21st-century logistics company and a leading worldwide provider of transportation, warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, technology, and supply chain solutions. LP works in the background to help businesses manage their supply chains in an ever-changing world. Founded in 1996, today LP has annual global sales of over $500M with more than 1,000 employees located in 50+ countries worldwide. LP is recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately-owned logistics companies, a top 3PL provider, a top 100 logistics company, a top freight brokerage and warehousing provider, and a great place to work. With a Passion For Excellence™, its employees put the PLUS in LOGISTICS by doing the big things properly, plus the countless little things that together ensure complete customer satisfaction and success. 
by logisticsplus | Oct 24, 2023 | News
Logistics Plus attended the More Freight, More Problems conference hosted by Carrier Assure in Chicago, Illinois, from October 10 to 11. The conference provided insight into the best practices for carrier vetting and onboarding. With the increasing amount of fraud in the logistics and trucking industries, this conference focused on how to take preventative actions to avoid fraudulent carrier issues.
At the conference, Brittni Schlosser (Administrative & Credit Specialist) and Rachael Bombardier (Insurance Department) represented Logistics Plus. Photos from the conference can be seen below.
About Carrier Assure
Carrier Assure is a complex software with hundreds of algorithms that analyze over 2,000,000 million DOT numbers every day. The Carrier Assure software constantly analyzes and re-scores carriers to provide users with the most up-to-date information available. Millions of data points are analyzed daily, sometimes hourly, to ensure a real-time score when you need to make a carrier selection decision.
by logisticsplus | Feb 15, 2023 | News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Logistics Plus Recognizes Six 2022 LTL Carriers of the Year
Dayton Freight, Estes Express, Ward Transport, RIST Transport, ABF Freight, and XPO Logistics receive honors.
ERIE, PA (February 15, 2023) – Logistics Plus, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, recognizes six less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers for superior performance in 2022 as part of its annual scorecard review. The annual awards are being presented as follows:
- Dayton Freight: Diamond Award. It’s the seventh consecutive year Dayton has been honored.
- Estes Express: Titanium Award. It’s the fifth consecutive year Estes has been honored.
- Ward Transport & Logistics: Platinum Award. It’s the fifth time in six years Ward has been honored.
- RIST Transport: Gold Award. It’s the second consecutive year RIST has been honored.
- ABF Freight: Silver Award. It’s the first year ABF has been honored.
- XPO Logistics: Bronze Award. It’s the third consecutive year XPO has been honored.
Watch this video on LP NAD Solutions.
The Logistics Plus North American Division (NAD) manages over a quarter million LTL shipments annually as a recognized top freight brokerage firm. It delivers LTL services through its proprietary eShipPlus™ and MyLogisticsPlus™ transportation management systems – online TMS platforms made available to customers and premier freight agents with MyFreightTrends™ business intelligence dashboards. Logistics Plus also offers shippers truckload, expedited, international freight forwarding, claims management, freight audit & payment, business intelligence, plus many other supply chain solutions.
Logistics Plus works with over 50 carriers to deliver its LTL services. Annual LTL carrier awards are based on an assessment of the following performance criteria:
- Share of Business Volume & Growth
- Service, Claims & Billing Performance
- Price Competitiveness
- Customer Service & Support
- Account Representation & Partnership
“Once again, we proudly recognize six of our top partners for being the best-of-the-best among the many solid carriers in our LTL program,” said Scott Frederick, CMO and LTL Carrier Relations for Logistics Plus. “It was another competitive year, but Dayton, Estes, Ward, RIST, ABF, and XPO provided the best overall performance across most aspects of our partnership ratings. I congratulate and thank each of them.”
About Logistics Plus, Inc.
Logistics Plus, Inc. is a 21st-century logistics company that provides freight transportation, warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals. Jim Berlin founded the company nearly 26 years ago in Erie, PA. Today, Logistics Plus is a highly regarded, fast-growing, and award-winning transportation and logistics company. With its trademark Passion For Excellence™, Logistics Plus employees put the ‘plus’ in logistics by doing the big things properly, plus the countless little things that ensure complete customer satisfaction and success.
The Logistics Plus® network includes offices, warehouses, and agents located in Erie, PA; Aurora, CO; Buffalo, NY; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Chino, CA; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Colton, CA; Dallas, TX; Dayton, NJ; Des Moines, IA; Fontana, CA; Haslet TX; Honolulu, HI; Houston, TX; Jamestown, NY; Laredo, TX; Lexington, NC; Los Angeles, CA; Meadville, PA; Miami, FL; New York, NY; Norfolk, VA; Olean, NY; Phoenix, AZ; Riverside, CA; San Francisco, CA; Tulsa, OK; Vancouver, WA; Australia; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; China; Colombia; Czech Republic; Egypt; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Libya; Malaysia; Mexico; Netherlands; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; South Africa; Taiwan; Thailand; Turkey; UAE; Uganda; Ukraine; and Vietnam; with additional agents around the world. For more information, visit www.logisticsplus.com or follow @LogisticsPlus on Twitter.
Media Contact:
Scott G. Frederick
CMO & LTL Carrier Relations
Logistics Plus, Inc.
(814) 240-6881
scott.frederick@logisticsplus.com
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by logisticsplus | Feb 15, 2022 | News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Logistics Plus Recognizes Six 2021 LTL Carriers of the Year
Dayton Freight, Estes Express, XPO Logistics, FedEx Freight, Ward Transport, and RIST Transport receive honors.
ERIE, PA (February 15, 2022) – Logistics Plus Inc., a leading worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, is recognizing six of its less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier-partners for superior performance in 2021. The annual awards are being presented as follows:
- Dayton Freight: Diamond Award. It’s the sixth consecutive year that Dayton has been honored.
- Estes Express: Titanium Award. It’s the fourth consecutive year that Estes has been honored.
- XPO Logistics: Platinum Award. It’s the second consecutive year that XPO has been honored.
- FedEx Freight: Gold Award. It’s the third time FedEx has been honored in the past four years.
- Ward Transport & Logistics: Silver Award. It’s the fourth time in the past five years that Ward has been honored.
- RIST Transport: Bronze Award. It’s the first year that RIST has been honored.
Watch this video on LP NAD Solutions.
The Logistics Plus North American Division (NAD) manages hundreds of thousand LTL shipments annually as a recognized top freight brokerage firm. It delivers LTL services through its proprietary eShipPlus™ and MyLogisticsPlus™ transportation management systems (TMS) – online platforms made available to customers and select freight agents and embedded with MyFreightTrends™ business intelligence dashboards. Logistics Plus also offers shippers truckload, expedited, international freight forwarding, claims management, freight audit & payment, business intelligence, plus many other supply chain solutions.
Logistics Plus works with over 50 carriers to deliver its LTL services. Annual LTL carrier awards are based on an assessment of the following performance criteria:
- Share of Business Volume & Growth
- Service, Claims & Billing Performance
- Price Competitiveness
- Customer Service & Support
- Account Representation & Partnership
“We value all of our carrier-partners, and picking to best-of-the-best each year is always difficult, which is why we have expanded this year’s awards to six levels,” said Scott Frederick, vice president of marketing and LTL carrier relations for Logistics Plus. “Despite operational and rate challenges brought on by the pandemic, capacity constraints, and weather patterns, Dayton, Estes, XPO, FedEx, Ward, and RIST all provided the best overall performance across most aspects of our partnership ratings, so I congratulate and thank each of them. We also look forward to our other great carriers challenging the incumbents for next year’s recognition.”
About Logistics Plus Inc.
Logistics Plus Inc. is a 21st-century logistics company that provides freight transportation, Warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals. The company was founded 25 years ago in Erie, PA, by Jim Berlin. Today, Logistics Plus is a highly regarded, fast-growing, and award-winning transportation and logistics company. With its trademark Passion For Excellence™, Logistics Plus employees put the ‘plus’ in logistics by doing the big things properly, plus the countless little things that ensure complete customer satisfaction and success.
The Logistics Plus® network includes offices, warehouses, and agents located in Erie, PA; Aurora, CO; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Chino, CA; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Dayton, NJ; Des Moines, IA; Haslet TX; Houston, TX; Laredo, TX; Lexington, NC; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York, NY; Olean, NY; San Francisco, CA; Australia; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; China; Colombia; Czech Republic; Egypt; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Libya; Mexico; Netherlands; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Taiwan; Turkey; UAE; Uganda; and Ukraine; with additional agents around the world. For more information, visit www.logisticsplus.com or follow @LogisticsPlus on Twitter.
Media Contact:
Scott G. Frederick
Vice President, Marketing
Logistics Plus Inc.
(814) 240-6881
scott.frederick@logisticsplus.com
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by logisticsplus | Mar 2, 2021 | News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Logistics Plus Recognizes 2020 LTL Carriers of the Year
Ward Transport & Logistics, Dayton Freight, XPO Logistics, and Estes Express all receive honors.
ERIE, PA (March 2, 2021) – Logistics Plus Inc., a leading worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, recently recognized four of its less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier-partners for superior performance in 2020. The annual awards were presented to the following carriers in each of two categories:
- Ward Transport & Logistics and Dayton Freight were named Regional LTL Carriers of the Year. It is the third time in the past four years that Ward has earned the honors and the fifth consecutive year for Dayton Freight. RIST Transport, AAA Cooper, and Pitt Ohio were all noted as runners-up for the category.
- XPO Logistics and Estes Express were named the National LTL Carriers of the Year. It is the first year that XPO has been recognized, and the third consecutive year Estes has earned the honor. FedEx Freight and ABF were noted as runners-up for the category.
Logistics Plus manages hundreds of thousand LTL shipments annually as a top North American freight brokerage firm. It delivers LTL services through its proprietary eShipPlus™ transportation management system (TMS) – an online platform made available to all LTL customers and select freight agents (now with MyFreightTrends™ business intelligence dashboards). Logistics Plus also offers shippers truckload, expedited, international freight forwarding, claims management, freight audit & payment, business intelligence, and many other supply chain solutions.
Logistics Plus works with most of the top LTL carriers in the industry. Its annual LTL carrier awards are based on an assessment of the following performance criteria:
- Share of Business & Growth
- Service Performance & Billing Accuracy
- Price Competitiveness
- Customer Service & Support
- Account Representation & Partnership
“2020 was a challenging year for shippers, 3PLs, and carriers,” said Scott Frederick, vice president of marketing and LTL carrier relations for Logistics Plus. “We value all of our carrier-partners and picking to best-of-the-best each year is always difficult. Despite operational and rate challenges brought on by the pandemic, Ward, Dayton, XPO, and Estes all provided the best overall performance across most aspects of our partnership ratings.”
Logistics Plus is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2021. LTL freight management was the very first service the company offered in 1996. Last year, the company surpassed over one million LTL freight shipments successfully delivered through its North American Division (NAD). Based in Erie, PA, NAD is staffed by a group of talented and caring professionals annually recognized by Transport Topics as a top freight brokerage firm.
About Logistics Plus Inc.
Logistics Plus Inc. is a 21st-century logistics company that provides freight transportation, Warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals. The company was founded 25 years ago in Erie, PA, by local entrepreneur Jim Berlin. Today, Logistics Plus is a highly regarded, fast-growing, and award-winning transportation and logistics company. With a Passion For Excellence™, its employees put the “plus” in logistics by doing the big things properly, plus the countless little things, that together ensure complete customer satisfaction and success.
The Logistics Plus® network includes offices, warehouses, and agents located in Erie, PA; Akron, OH; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Chino, CA; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Des Moines, IA; Detroit, MI; Fort Worth, TX; Haslet TX; Houston, TX; Laredo, TX; Lexington, NC; Los Angeles, CA; Melbourne, FL; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Olean, NY; San Francisco, CA; Australia; Bahrain; Belgium; Canada; China; Colombia; Czech Republic; Egypt; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Libya; Mexico; Netherlands; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Taiwan; Turkey; UAE; Ukraine; Uganda; and United Kingdom; with additional agents around the world. For more information, visit www.logisticsplus.com or follow @LogisticsPlus on Twitter.
Media Contact:
Scott G. Frederick
Vice President, Marketing
Logistics Plus Inc.
(814) 240-6881
scott.frederick@logisticsplus.com
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