Inbound Logistics | January 2025

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SOLVED Supply Chain Challenge? ProTrans Provides an Integrated Solution With Synergistic Collaboration The ProTrans group of companies collaborates to expand services for customer needs— both domestic and international.

international containers bound for the customer’s Central America location. THE RESULTS This solution offers the customer a sin- gle logistics partner to manage their entire supply chain throughout North America and Central America. We have tailored our services to align with their unique needs while collaborating to enhance their operations, routing processes, and shipment visibility. Our solution design team focuses on continuous improvement and in-depth analysis, allowing us to make optimization recommendations that have resulted in signicant cost savings. As the market evolves, we are collab- orating with the customer to explore additional opportunities to streamline their operations and adapt our services accordingly. This includes the poten- tial integration of Plan For Every Part (PFEP) for improved visibility, solutions to maximize utilization, ongoing incor- poration of technological advancements, service on expedites and time-critical logistics, potential intermodal solutions, opportunities to reduce border transit times with our B1 drivers, and expanding our intra-Mexico capabilities.

forwarding services through TOC Logistics, our team developed a tailored plan that provides a customized mix of consolidation, cross-dock, warehousing, and freight forwarding services. We integrated their northbound and southbound freight into our consolida- tion network for optimization, and our international services provide freight man- agement to Central America. With our cross-border expertise, established net- work, and more than 30 years of history operating in Mexico, we support their needs along the border within three facili- ties in Laredo, Nogales, and El Paso. Our tailored solution includes the fol- lowing key aspects: • Consolidation – Freight from var- ious customer plants is consolidated in ProTrans’ centers for Northbound and Southbound linehauls. • Bonded Warehouse – Warehousing, inventory management, and cross-dock services at three of our border facilities pro- vide the management needed for delivery to various locations in Mexico. • Broker on Docks – Customs bro- kers for the customer are on-site at all three border locations to aid in cross-bor- der needs. • Onsite-Personnel – A supply chain manager is on-site for improved commu- nication and coordination at one of the customer’s Mexico locations. • International – Freight in one Midwest location is stored, organized for pallet building, and loaded into weekly

THE CHALLENGE As manufacturers expand their supply chains and production locations, their logistics needs become more complex, often not tting neatly into the categories of third-party logistics (3PL) or transpor- tation management. Such is the case for a leading global supplier serving vari- ous transportation and industrial markets with production facilities across North America, from Canada to Mexico and Central America. The customer needed a logistics part- ner to assist with their cross-border operations and cargo storage requirements while optimizing their supply chain and reducing costs. They were looking for more than just transportation manage- ment, but they did not need the full range of services typically offered by a 3PL. THE SOLUTION As a specialized logistics partner, the ProTrans group of companies provides a comprehensive range of services to meet domestic and international needs. Our capabilities are highly exible and sup- ported by a well-established network. More importantly, we are an agile com- pany that adapts our processes based on thorough analysis and solution design. This agility allows us to create tailored solutions that specically address the unique requirements of our customers. Working in collaboration between ProTrans’ domestic consolidation ser- vices in North America and our global

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