Intermodal | Outsourced Transportation Management Services | Supply Chain | IDS Transportation Services
IDS Transportation Services is a full service logistics company with core strengths in:
- Door-to-door North American Intermodal Service, as a replacement for truckload shipments over 750 miles.
- Transportation Management Services programs designed to help companies focus on their strategic competencies, while IDS handles the daily supply chain execution challenges through a collaborative SaaS cloud technology platform that provides enhanced vision and analytics.
- LTL cost improvement programs driven through technology for rate shopping price and service; and identifying consolidation and pooling opportunities.
- End-to-end supply chain management solutions through the warehousing division's distribution, fulfillment, warehousing, kitting and packaging capabilities.
Intermodal and Transportation Management programs cut freight costs, add capacity and create a sustainable supply chain. The other signficant way in which we reduce transportation costs is to position our clients' final delivery of product closer to their customer. With the main IDS distribution center located in Indianapolis, our central location is within a 2 day transit of over 70% of the US population.
Intermodal
IDS Transportation efficiently connects shippers to intermodal door-to-door rail service with 53', 45' and 40' equipment.
Intermodal has evolved to where clients are embracing it as an effective alternative within their supply chain for additional capacity. IDS offers both standard and expedited services through its various class I railroad relationships. IDS technology and process makes intermodal look much like truck service and clients do not sacrifice speed for savings over OTR options. Price and carbon footprint improvements versus OTR has a greening effect to our clients' bottom line and environment.
Transloading ocean containers is a service IDS Transportation provides the import / export market. Many shippers are surprised to find there can be a significant cost and transit improvement by using domestic intermodal versus inland international intermodal services. In some lanes, IDS has been able to reduce customer transit times by as much as 50%. Another benefit of transloading comes from the additional cube a 53' domestic container has over its' 40' international couterpart. The added cube essentially makes every 4th container move for free.
Transportation Management Services
The IDS
Managed Transportation Service solution delivers both a rapid return on investment and consistent value for clients.
Our solution is designed to analyze, consolidate and optimize shipments and transportation information for our clients. IDS views transportation management services as more than technology, more than a 3PL outsourcing model, more than freight savings and more than visibility. The very best solutions take an optimal blend of people and technology to deliver enterprise savings and full collaboration solutions for our clients' internal and external customer base.
The IDS transportation management solution brings a new breed of pay-as-you-go cloud-based technology that empowers companies to connect real-time with all their supply chain partners within either an
outbound freight management or an
inbound freight management program.
Additional transportation services include truckload, LTL, air, ocean, and integrated transportation and warehousing solutions.
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