CHEMICAL LOGISTICS
KAG Logistics: INDUSTRY-LEADING TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS As one of the rst managed
transportation and logistics providers in the chemical sector, KAG Logistics brings deep experience and technology that’s aligned with chemical industry best practices. It’s a subsidiary of the Kenan Advantage Group, Inc., a leading tank truck transporter in North America. KAG Logistics provides value-add logistics services for supply chains throughout North America, including those in the petroleum and renewable energy, chemicals, specialty products, and industrial gases sectors. Its services, including transportation management and technology, freight brokerage, and value-added logistics services, along with its team of experts, help shippers boost their performance.
As one of the first managed transportation and logistics providers in the chemical sector, KAG Logistics provides experience and technology that aligns with chemical industry best practices.
Odyssey Logistics: COMMITTED TO THE CHEMICAL LOGISTICS MARKET For the past 20 years, Odyssey Logistics has been a leading chemical logistics provider, relied on by top chemical companies as they move products across the country or around the globe. It’s also certi ed by the American Chemistry Council as a Responsible Care ® partner company. “Odyssey got its start in chemical logistics as a multimodal and global 4PL, and we’ve continued to build out and acquire other services to help meet all our clients’ needs,” says Glenn Riggs, chief strategy of cer. In working with chemical shippers, Odyssey is “agnostic to mode,” Riggs says. The Odyssey team looks at a range of multimodal solutions to identify the optimal path for moving each client’s products, he adds. Odyssey is able to take a comprehensive view because its experts offer in-depth knowledge of the chemical logistics environment, along with a commitment to understanding and staying abreast of the laws and regulations that govern the transportation of hazardous and non-hazardous products. The company’s extensive suite of chemical logistics services, including its bulk tank carrier network, bulk intermodal services, and network optimization analyses, allows it to offer a solution for every element of
the optionality, scalability, and resources needed to support any supply chain initiative,” Gonya adds. “We can help our customers change the way they do business, so they stay competitive.” KAG Logistics is also heavily focused on its robust and diverse carrier management team, which possesses deep experience across multiple modes. These qualities have become key as the market continues to shift, and shippers need access to multiple modes so they can move their products as ef ciently as possible. When a large shipper faced packaging disruptions within its supply chain, KAG Logistics proactively offered multiple mode and scheduling options. This included helping the company initiate nearshoring operations so it could support demand changes across its North America network and avoid production line shutdowns and delays. KAG Logistics’ ability to act quickly, to help the shipper pivot its production, and to provide quality carrier management and ongoing improvement to the customer’s operations helped it earn the supplier of the year award from the company. To continue to support its customers, KAG Logistics remains focused on advancing transportation technology, and particularly on solutions that can leverage big data. “Technology and data can help us— and our shippers—work smarter, boost ef ciency, and drive performance,” Gonya says.
The Optimate Transportation Management System from KAG
Logistics integrates technology, process, and expert logisticians to help shippers design plans that are optimized for capacity and carrier options and can reduce total transportation costs. The system also offers contract rating and route guides built on business rules and logic, as well as the ability to track all goods in transit. Optimate can integrate with shippers’ systems and business processes, and its drill-down metrics and customizable reports let shippers evaluate carriers’ performance, nancials, and key performance indicators. EXPANDING SOLUTION SETS KAG Logistics is investing heavily in technology, and especially in solutions that enable the broad assimilation, focus, and utilization of data. “There’s a heightened urgency to support big data and help improve customers’ operations,” says Curt Gonya, senior vice president of logistics for KAG Logistics. By continuing to build out and re ne its capability solution set, KAG Logistics can continue to offer its customers a range of ways to move chemicals ef ciently and at lower cost. “This will ultimately provide our chemical customer base with
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