ACH Food Companies Inc. wanted more control over their transportation costs. Their third party logistics provider was not supplying the information and data they needed. But, things changed—for the better, of course—when DSC Logistics took over the transportation management of their business.

DSC helped ACH gain control of and understand their transportation trends and costs. Through the use of our robust information and data tracking systems, we are able to provide daily reporting on all shipments that contain information on each load tendered and accepted. This detailed information contains transit time and appointed delivery times for the in-transit shipments. The delivered shipments contain the actual delivery information. Armed with this information, ACH is now able to have full control and visibility of all of their orders.

While providing ACH with tactical daily reports, DSC also provides a monthly trend report to help them understand where their transportation spend is going and to help them identify areas of improvement to reduce costs. By looking at the inbound and outbound costs by mode and comparing those costs from month to month and year over year, DSC is able to identify trends and suggest opportunities. This report has helped ACH to benefit from thousands of dollars of savings.

And this information isn’t simply given to ACH. DSC takes the time to discuss the trends in ACH’s business, as well as in the industry as a whole, through a monthly meeting on the costs and trends of the previous month.

At DSC, we’re always trying to help our customers reduce costs. When we see trends happening, we can adjust. Our transportation reporting allows our customers like ACH to take control.