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CASE STUDY
Placon Wraps Up Significant Transportation Savings
MARKET: CONSUMER PRODUCTS PACKAGING
Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Placon is a leading designer and manufacturer of stock and custom-designed plastic thermoforming and injection-molded packaging. The company serves a broad range of customers in the food, medical, and retail market space with a primary focus on North American markets.
THE CHALLENGES
- Multi-state manufacturing footprint
- Need for comprehensive shipping optimization
THE SOLUTION
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When Placon terminated its agreement with its previous 3PL provider, it only had a 90-day window to get new logistics capabilities up and running. Redwood Logistics accepted and mastered this challenge.
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Within 90 days, Redwood specified and installed Oracle Transportation Management (OTM), assumed ownership of Placon’s LTL shipping, managed Placon’s LTL and FTL freight pay, and LTL claims. Redwood quickly added Parcel Cloud capabilities to enable in-house management of parcel shipping from all Placon facilities.
THE RESULTS
Improved real-time visibility
Reduced logistics costs
Faster responsiveness to disruptions
KEY TOOLS
Oracle Transportation Management
FTL multimodal managed services
LTL managed services
Redwood Parcel Cloud
It’s always difficult to transition to a new third-party logistics provider, and our previous 3PL only gave us a 90-day window to make that change. Fortunately, we chose Redwood as our new logistics partner. Redwood was able to move us to a new TMS solution and a managed services model quickly, with limited risk exposure and no drop in service levels. In fact, our cost and service position has only improved since partnering with Redwood.