4 Manufacturing Case Studies in Collaboration, Visibility, Outsourcing, and Technology

Cummins - Driving Collaborative Performance Improvements for Consistent Cost Savings
To successfully reach your final destination, it takes strategic thinking, tactical planning and a solid road map to guide you every step of the way. Transplace partnered with Cummins Power Generation (CPG) and Cummins Emission Solutions (CES) to drive collaborative service performance improvements and consistent cost savings, as well as to provide visibility to obstacles ahead.

This partnership not only helped these two Cummins business units reach their goals and objectives, it continues to take them further down the road to success than they thought possible.

Huhtamaki - Leveraging Buying Power with Expertise, Visibility & Strategic Information
For Huhtamaki, a Finland-based global supplier of consumer and specialty packaging, getting its retail and foodservice products to customers—and from suppliers—around the globe is a continuous challenge.

In 2010, Huhtamaki secured Transplace to provide third party logistics for domestic shipping of its consumer goods division. Because it had proven its reputation for exceptional customer service, Transplace was the top-of-mind provider when Huhtamaki expanded the relationship with Transplace to include international shipments for all its business units in January 2011.

Intertape Polymer Group - From Business Necessity to Business Partner: Outsourcing for Success
By outsourcing its $35 million transportation budget to Transplace, Intertape Polymer Group Inc. achieved significant savings that tied directly to their bottom line— and did so with the same confidence as if the program had been managed internally.

In addition to helping Intertape reduce transportation costs by 32% over four years, Transplace has enabled the company to achieve savings through load optimization activities. Beyond the cost and resource benefits, the seamless relationship between the two companies has led to expansion opportunities in Mexico, as well as numerous other joint projects that are on the horizon.

USG Corporation - Transplace Processes and Technology Help Leading Materials Manufacturer
For more than 100 years, Chicago-based USG Corporation has been a leader in producing innovative products and systems to build the environments in which
we live, work and play.

As the inventor of wallboard and ceiling tile, USG Corporation created North America’s modern building materials industry. USG Corporation products are used in everything from major commercial developments and residential new home construction to simple home improvement projects.