Supply chain optimization
A lane-by-lane look at how your freight moves today, and plain advice on what's worth changing.
When it makes sense
This is for when freight costs keep climbing and it isn't clear whether the cause is rates, modes, or the way the network is set up. We review your lanes, modes, and carriers against the current market and come back with specific changes, what each would do to cost and service, and what it would take to make them.
- Lane-by-lane review against current market rates
- Lanes that could move to LTL, intermodal, or consolidated loads
- The trade-offs of each change laid out
- Follow-up reviews to see whether the changes held
Costs that aren't on the rate sheet
A lot of freight spend comes from how the network runs: the wrong mode on a lane, loads that could ship together, too many carriers on similar freight. We point to what's worth changing as well as what's worth renegotiating.
Know the trade-off first
Before you move a lane, switch modes, or add a shipping point, we go through what it does to cost and transit time. You decide with the numbers in front of you.
We come back and check
Savings drift when nobody is looking. We revisit the changes you made, compare them with what was expected, and tell you if a lane has slipped.
Other services
Dedicated fleet
Trucks committed to the lanes you run every week, so you're not out looking for capacity every Monday.
Expedited shipping
Cargo vans, box trucks, and team drivers for freight that has to arrive before a standard truck could get it there.
Final mile delivery
The last leg to a home, a store, or a jobsite, with the appointment set and proof it arrived.
Have one of these to move?
Send the lane, the dates, and what you're shipping. A person at Penn will come back with a rate.
(800) 908-7366