{"id":7231,"date":"2018-10-12T08:11:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T08:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurengraphicsinc.com\/plg\/?p=7231"},"modified":"2025-12-07T16:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T16:12:36","slug":"despite-current-market-constraints-chemical-company-reduces-truck-shipping-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plgconsulting.com\/despite-current-market-constraints-chemical-company-reduces-truck-shipping-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite current market constraints, chemical company reduces truck shipping costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7231\" class=\"elementor elementor-7231\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-523887e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"523887e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af15eba\" data-id=\"af15eba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f123610\" data-id=\"f123610\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3260fa53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3260fa53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">This global chemical company, delivering to more than 100 countries around the world, is focused on the manufacturing, formulation and distribution of crop protection products. 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Awarded the business and rolled out the new plan according to the project plan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-047f9b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"047f9b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Results<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e573b elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"26e573b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Changed the way transportation procurement was being managed from ad-hoc to a focused standard operating procedure. In step two, the IT system was linked. These two items resulted in an improved cycle time of over 15% from the baseline<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Introduced monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) along with Monthly Operations Reporting (MOR) with Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs). This injected accountability and responsibility into the transportation service which was not measured in the previous baseline. 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