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An experienced logistics partner is of paramount importance to a Canadian hospitality brand entering international markets. When this growing hospitality café expanded its footprint from domestic stores to build an overseas presence, Agility supported their growth involving 38 franchise partners across 30 countries. Our global resources and international logistics experience were integral to success. Agility offered a vendor consolidation program and a centralized warehouse in Canada. Franchisee purchase orders from vendors were consolidated into container loads, less-than-container loads, and airfreight shipments for overseas. In addition to instant cost savings through consolidation, a WMS produced even greater efficiencies. Since we handled all international documentation, we could correct mistakes before shipment.

Agility provided an international freight management solution to a North American transit manufacturer experiencing ongoing supply chain shortages at its seven parts distribution locations. We created a transit time and service schedule from international vendors for all their distribution centers; the schedule allowed the client to plan ahead with full knowledge of logistics service offerings, transit time and cost. Not only could the client cut inventory-carrying costs, maintain vehicle down-time service and stay within forecasted costs, its logistics, purchasing and warehousing personnel also got visibility into what was coming to distribution locations through customized tracking reports generated by the Agility Connects tracking portal. This solution enabled the customer to better handle transportation spend forecasting.

Agility recently handled full scope management for an oil sands project in Alberta and finished the two-year job without a single product delay. We shipped more than 2,500 containers and 3,350 cubic meters of cargo from all over the world. We handled general freight forwarding; part and full charter; marine survey; and containers, truckloads, airfreight and rail from 40+ locations. Agility’s centralized Project Control Centre structure allowed our customer to have 24/7 access to live data coming in from across the globe, while at the same time keeping a close monitor on project costs to ensure all items were coming in not only on time, but also on budget.