Ensuring your distribution network is optimizing your transportation spend.

Too many times companies try to renegotiate their transportation spend or warehouse spend separately. This might happen because a company will have one group managing the warehousing side of the business and another managing the transportation side of the business. While this might make sense for some companies based on their size, it opens the door for the one group to not talk to the other about what’s happening. This creates silos. We’ve seen it time and time again where a warehouse is failing to perform but the transportation group is renegotiating pricing out of that warehouse. Or maybe your company is looking at setting up a warehouse in a region where there are no trucks. In both scenarios, the result won’t be in the best interest of the business.

Distribution Network Analysis – the Why Way – We work with our partners to ensure that both sides of the distribution model are cared for. At Why Logistics, we understand how  warehousing and transportation impact the other. As we work through a distribution network analysis, it’s our goal to make sure the best solution is presented, for both sides of the business. We help you answer the following questions:

– Is my existing distribution network the right one?

– Am I shipping product from the right locations?

– Will adding another warehouse change my transportation spend?

– What will removing a warehouse do to my transportation spend?

– How will relocating warehouses change my transportation spend?

– Where should I put warehouses based on where I’m manufacturing and where my customers are located?