Food Logistics, October 15th, 2006
Procter & Gamble is reducing freight costs with the Automatic Vehicle Load Building (Auto VLB) system from Warehouse Optimization, Franklin, TN, to plan optimally loaded shipments from time-phased customer or DC requirements.
"In our operations, Auto VLB has saved more than 7 percent on replenishment freight and reduced the need for manual intervention," says Gregg Schwerdt, P & G's beauty care distribution manager.
The system reduces P & G's freight costs by increasing shipment size on replenishment lanes between producing sites and distribution points. Auto VLB takes demand data and crea...
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