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How Transportation Expertise Grows Sales (Western Growers)

How Transportation Expertise Grows Sales (Western Growers)

Western Growers Association (WGA) and C.H. Robinson aligned to offer WGA member shippers a unique transportation program to move fresh produce from growing areas to customers all over the country. Read how shippers like Gills Onions utilized the program to:

  • Aggregate freight volumes of all sizes to gain better access to capacity
  • Negotiate strategic contracts for customized pricing, LTL capabilities, and high volume surge capacity
  • Provide best-in-class service to attract new customers
  • Outsource logistics for more time to focus on their core competency of growing and processing fresh produce

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Metalfrio and C.H. Robinson collaborated to ship in-store coolers to customers, just in time for installation. This arrangement helped Metalfrio:

  • Provide its customers with just in time deliveries from the first to the final mile
  • Obtain truckload, U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border, and LTL service to meet stringent deadlines
  • Capture additional market share

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Learn how Associated Grocers worked with C.H. Robinson, FoodLogiQ, and LoBue Citrus to:

  • Develop traceability capabilities
  • Apply those capabilities to their inbound, slotted, and outbound product
  • Gain unexpected new efficiencies that could have a bottom-line impact

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Discover how General Cable collaborated with C.H. Robinson to develop a strategic flatbed outsource program designed to:

  • Create sustainable and reliable flatbed service
  • Obtain greater operational efficiency
  • Increase market expertise and deliver total value

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Discover how Jel Sert collaborated with C.H. Robinson to implement a 3PL Core Provider Program designed to:

  • Create supply chain efficiencies
  • Provide reliable transportation service
  • Increase on time deliveries by 20%

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Find out how Harvest Time International teamed up with C.H. Robinson to:

  • Increase donations of food, clothing, household goods, and medical supplies to over 500 organizations
  • Customize pick-up plans for donations
  • Obtain LTL consolidation, rail, and truck transportation, warehousing, and scheduling of donated product shipments
  • Increase donations by 40.5 percent in first quarter 2010, compared with first quarter 2009

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See how companies like Boise, Inc., Greenheck Fan Corp., and Ocean Spray configured their Managed TMS® solutions to:

  • Manage transportation more flexibly in an increasingly volatile market
  • Obtain higher service levels with minimal capital investment
  • Gain supply chain expertise through best-in-class power users

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See what Armstrong World Industries received when the company chose C.H. Robinson to perform its customs compliance audit:

  • An expert, rigorous assessment based on U.S. Customs audit procedures
  • Validation of Armstrong's customs compliance processes
  • A further recommendation that would help the company avoid overpayment and penalties for underpayment

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Discover how Applica, a marketer and distributor of small home appliances, relied on C.H. Robinson to:

  • Streamline their domestic and global supply chains
  • Save over $150,000 in storage costs
  • Strengthen vendor relationships
  • Improve global supply chain visibility and efficiency

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Western Growers Association (WGA) and C.H. Robinson aligned to offer WGA member shippers a unique transportation program to move fresh produce from growing areas to customers all over the country. Read how shippers like Gills Onions utilized the program to:

  • Aggregate freight volumes of all sizes to gain better access to capacity
  • Negotiate strategic contracts for customized pricing, LTL capabilities, and high volume surge capacity
  • Provide best-in-class service to attract new customers
  • Outsource logistics for more time to focus on their core competency of growing and processing fresh produce

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