Star Pipe Products is Moving Freight Through the Pipeline
公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- Banyan’s API
- Transportation Management System (TMS)
- Warehouse Management System (WMS)
技术栈
- SaaS
- API
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - API 集成与管理
- 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 连接平台
适用功能
- 物流运输
用例
- 供应链可见性(SCV)
- 车队管理
服务
- 系统集成
- 软件设计与工程服务
关于客户
Star Pipe Products is a global manufacturer and supplier of a broad array of iron products. The company operates 14 regional distribution centers across North America. The company's Vice President of Operations, Patrick Kirbow, has been with the company for 16 years and has been instrumental in driving operational standardization across all facilities. The company's operations involve a significant amount of less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation, which was previously managed through a manual and inefficient system.
挑战
When Patrick Kirbow joined Star Pipe Products 16 years ago, he aimed to standardize operations across the company’s 14 North American regional distribution centers. One of the significant challenges was an inherited and inefficient less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation management system (TMS) that required too much manual data input. The manual process of rate-shopping and purchasing freight was time-consuming and inefficient. The company also wanted to centralize carrier relationship management and freight buying, eliminating the need for carrier sales representatives to meet with logistics personnel at each facility.
解决方案
To address the challenges, Star Pipe Products partnered with Banyan Technology, a SaaS-based logistics data connectivity platform innovator. Banyan’s development team created a custom application programming interface – API – that connects Star Pipe’s TMS to its warehouse management system (WMS). This API programmatically tenders freight to the best value LTL carrier with the fastest transit time, automating the process of rate-shopping and purchasing freight. The technology also enables the manufacturer to centralize carrier relationship management and freight buying. With rates negotiated by headquarters staff and LTL purchasing automated by Banyan’s API, there’s no need for carrier sales representatives to meet with logistics personnel at each facility.
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