CASE STUDY

Fresh Savings with Platform Integration

MARKET: FOOD SHIPPING

RWI Logistics is a third party logistics provider that is part of the Castellini group of companies, one of the largest distributor of fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh-cut produce, and floral products in the country.

THE CHALLENGES

  • Necessity for a flexible platform to support growth and changing business needs
  • Requirement for integration with both emerging and legacy technologies
  • Need for automation with customers and carriers
  • Fragmentation in system support across multiple vendors and channels
  • Dependence on limited internal capabilities to scale without a digital transformation strategy

THE SOLUTION

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RWI ultimately chose to partner with Redwood Supply Chain Solutions, a Platform Services division of Redwood Logistics, and TMS implementation and integration expert.

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Redwood delivered supply chain engineering, next-generation systems integration, complex business process orchestration, big data movement and storage as well as data analytics.

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RedwoodConnect is now instrumental in RWI’s ability to quickly manage and scale new customer onboardings and automate multiple business processes.

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THE RESULTS

Reduced IT server space Contract costs, and admin support needs
Upgraded systems To speed up onboarding and scale growth with lower costs
Shift manual tasks To strategic roles 
10% savings In operational overhead costs

KEY TOOLS

TMS integration
RedwoodConnect™
Supply chain engineering

Redwood supply chain solutions has played an integral role in our technology advancements which helped modernize our business, drive cost out of our operations through technology efficiencies, and enabled expansion of our service capabilities.

David Noone, Executive Vice President & General Manager