Global Supplier Increases Efficiency and Saves Costs with New TMS

Challenge

In order to meet the needs of its wholesale distribution customers as well as the end-consumer, Gerber needed a flexible and configurable TMS for the U.S. market that could reveal insights into shipping and process efficiency, enable flexible routing, and uncover cost-saving opportunities for the company and its customers.

Previously reliant on spreadsheets, routing guides and a homegrown system for planning, Gerber knew it needed to reevaluate and transform the management of its transportation network.

“We couldn’t answer important questions like, ‘Is a one-pick twodrop truck better than shipping it individually LTL?’ We also didn’t have any way to combine orders automatically – it was all a manual process for a planner,” said RoxAnne Thomas, transportation manager at Gerber.

“It was clear we needed a transportation management system to help us make decisions about building trucks and comparing rates that included visibility in our order-to-delivery timeline. We needed to be confident that we were making the most efficient choices for ourselves and our customers.”