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Manufacturing

Inbound components and outbound finished goods scheduled around your production calendar, not around ours.

The problem

What goes wrong in manufacturing.

A production line does not care why a component is late. Manufacturing freight is judged on whether the schedule held.

01

The line stops for one missing part

A single late component can idle an entire shift, which makes the cost of a delay wildly disproportionate to the freight cost.

02

Inbound from several origins at once

Components arriving from different suppliers and countries have to converge on one date.

03

Awkward, heavy and oversized freight

Machinery and tooling need equipment, handling and sometimes permits that standard freight does not.

04

Finished goods competing for the same capacity

Outbound shipments have to leave while inbound is still arriving, on the same yard and the same team.

How we handle it

What we actually change about the shipment.

Scheduled against your production calendar

Sailings and pickups are booked backwards from the date the material is needed on the floor.

One coordinator across all origins

Multiple suppliers, one person tracking whether the convergence date still holds — and telling you early when it does not.

Mode switching when the date is at risk

If an ocean leg slips, we price the air recovery immediately instead of waiting for you to ask.

Handling planned before arrival

Oversized and heavy cargo is assessed for equipment and access before the truck is on its way.

Services that fit

What manufacturing shippers usually book.

Start with these. Most clients in this sector combine two or three of them.

All six services are available to every sector — these are just the ones this vertical leans on most. See all services.

Moving freight for manufacturing?

Tell us what moves, where it goes and what it cannot tolerate. We will come back with a route and a price.