1. Who is Transfreight?
2. Where is Transfreight located?
3. What services does Transfreight provide?
4. Who are Transfreight’s customers?
5. What do Transfreight customers have in common?
6. What is Transfreight’s competitive advantage?
7. Where can I find the history of Transfreight?
8. What software tools are used?
9. What customs certifications does Transfreight possess?
10. What is lean?
11. What is logistics?
12. How do I get more information about Transfreight?
1. Who is Transfreight?
It is a Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider and Lead Logistics Provider (LLP) who specializes in customized network optimization solutions based on lean principles and industry best practices.
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2. Where is Transfreight located?
With corporate offices in Erlanger, Kentucky (USA), Kitchener, Ontario (Canada), and Monterrey, Mexico, Transfreight has 10+ other facilities and team members on-site at 35+ customer locations in North America, as well as a presence in selected European venues as driven by customer requirements.
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3. What services does Transfreight provide?
Transfreight offers customized logistics solutions that include network optimization / rationalization solutions. Within that framework, we provide specialized, transportation and transportation management, crossdocking, packaging design and management, and lean consulting services.Learn more.
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4. Who are Transfreight’s customers?
Representative customers are Toyota (several divisions and locations), CAMI, Suzuki, Yamaha, Emerson Climate Technologies, Bosch, Bombardier, Kubota, Nordyne, Behr America, and Johnson Controls. Learn more.
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5. What do Transfreight customers have in common?
Although they represent a range of manufacturing industry segments, the common thread is their dedication to quality manufacturing through lean principles and techniques. All seek to extend their manufacturing line back to their suppliers.
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6. What is Transfreight’s competitive advantage?
Transfreight offers customized network optimization solutions, built from the ground up, that reduce each customer’s total logistics cost. Our solutions connect customers’ manufacturing operations and supply chains. We are able to offer the most value when we are entrusted with the responsibility to develop multifaceted, integrated solutions, and when we partner with a customer over the long term.
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7. Where can I find the history of Transfreight?
Transfreight was incorporated as a joint venture in 1988 to support Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. Since then, it has grown in both service offerings and geographic presence and reach. Learn more.
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8. What software tools are used?
Transfreight uses both its own proprietary software suite and best-of-breed technologies from others to speed up the design process and ensure visibility throughout the supply chain. Learn more.
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9. What customs certifications does Transfreight possess?
Transfreight operates under the FAST, CT-PAT, and ACE programs.
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10. What is lean?
Lean is an enabler to identify optimal value for the customer and the value stream for a product. It focuses on eliminating wasteful activities and creating smooth product and process flow, enabling an effective pull system. As a mindset, culture, and toolkit, lean is applicable to all organizational areas. A lean environment requires all team members' dedication and commitment to continuous improvement. Learn more.
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11. What is logistics?
The planning, execution, and control of the movement / placement of goods and / or people, and the related supporting activities, all within a system design to achieve specific objectives.
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12. How do I get more information about Transfreight?
Contact us at (888) 890-0400 OR Lean_Logistics@Transfreight.com.
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