Through an arrangement with several shipping consortiums our clients have access to leading edge Transportation Management Systems and freight pricing based on:
- • 10,000 ocean containers per year
- • $25 million less than truckload per year
- • Significant small package volume worldwide
SCO has deep operational expertise in transportation operations,
particularly in the refrigerated and frozen segments.
Jack Ampuja, SCO’s President, has served as VP of
Purchasing & Logistics for Rich Products Corporation
a major manufacturer of frozen foods competing in 75 countries;
he also was Chief Operating Officer for Refrigerated International
Cargo Haulers when that firm was one of the country’s
40 largest refrigerated truckers. Other companies members of our team
have worked for as employees include Ocean Spray, Wm Underwood, Johns-Manville, Gerber, Power Bar, Avon, American Can Company, James River, Fisher Scientific, Reckitt Benckiser, United farmers of Alberta, Birds Eye Foods and Jones Chemical.
Our real world experience coupled with an extensive network of industry connections including partnerships with major logistics companies [click here for a complete list] enables us to work on many kinds of transportation issues. Among our list of capabilities are:
- Analysis of client’s transportation cost competitiveness
- Designing programs for mode shifting from small package to less-than-truckload, less-than-truckload to truckload, truckload to piggyback or carload
- Identification of dedicated lanes for utilization of refrigerated piggyback
- Analysis of distribution networks to identify best service and least cost combinations
- Negotiation of service contracts with carriers
- Freight bill post audit
- Small package tracking
- Ocean container tracking
- Establishing freight classes or reviewing for accuracy
and cost impact
- Utilizing rail transport without increasing inventory investment
- Measurement of private fleet cost competitiveness
- Setting up inbound freight programs
- Designing customer pickup programs
All of our efforts are focused on reducing costs and improving efficiency for our clients. We can either lead projects or work in tandem with an internal team. In the latter situation our role is to supplement client’s own capabilities which may too limited to handle the entire effort required. The reality in today’s business climate is that no one has excess resources. To the contrary, most companies we are familiar with are extremely thin in staffing…there are always many more projects and work requirements than internal departments can handle. Numerous companies have lost experienced manpower in various cutbacks and have had to replace the departed with much less experienced personnel who don’t have enough knowledge or time to do what is required. SCO can help bridge these capability gaps so that our clients make no permanent manpower adjustment but are still able to deliver much needed cost reductions.
