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Powerful Transportation Management Software for Bemis Manufacturing

Technology Category
  • Functional Applications - Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Applicable Industries
  • Consumer Goods
  • Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions
  • Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
  • Fleet Management
  • Supply Chain Visibility
Services
  • System Integration
The Challenge
Bemis Manufacturing Company’s Sheboygan Falls location is the major North American distribution hub for all of its proprietary products. But getting its products to various regional markets required enormous amounts of time and manual labor for determining the best routing options. The company’s original scheduling system, built to handle the transportation realities of 15-20 years ago, had provided Bemis with a competitive advantage in years past, but was now falling behind current business needs. Bemis’ network required five individuals to perform routing analysis and planning, taking into account multiple locations, carriers, along with factors like LTL versus truck load stop-off and many other data points. This led to huge variations and calculations for any one plan or date.
About The Customer
Bemis Manufacturing Company produces toilet seat products, along with indoor furniture, suction canisters, sharps containers, fluid management systems, gas caps, gauges, and various contracted injection molded parts. It markets products under its own brands and provides expertise to other organizations, producing private-label products and component parts for a variety of industries. It serves the consumer, commercial, medical and industrial markets worldwide. Bemis Manufacturing Company’s Sheboygan Falls location is the major North American distribution hub for all of its proprietary products.
The Solution
Bemis Manufacturing chose the feature-rich, flexible 3Gtms transportation management system (TMS). “3Gtms knew our operations and we liked the fact that the TMS was oriented toward pool consolidations,” explained Bassuener. “It’s the core, principled system that moves us every day.” A Tier 1 TMS, 3Gtms increases productivity by improving shipment efficiency and communications; reducing freight cost; increasing shipment visibility; and providing greater financial transparency. Using sophisticated optimization algorithms, actual rate cost, along with a comprehensive set of data points such as fuel components, stop-off charges, bridge charges and more, the TMS determines and delivers the best plan that can be realistically executed. In addition, its intuitive user interface allows Bemis to graphically view the different loads, making it easy to make modifications or handle exceptions.
Operational Impact
  • Increased automation, allowing for reallocation of resources to other business-critical tasks
  • Fully leverage pool distribution, leading to lower price points than the competition
  • Cost savings with comprehensive route calculations

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