Menlo Transportation Management: Providing Regional and Global Transportation Management

General Transportation Execution Services and Capabilities:
- Sourcing
  - Contracting transportation service partner(s) that contribute to the overall value delivered via engineered solution(s)
- Order Management
  - Service of providing integration of client orders to Menlo Transportation Services platform. Orders consist of sales orders, purchase orders, intra-company and associated forecasts
- Planning & Optimization
  - Service of providing integration of client orders to Menlo Transportation Services platform. Orders consist of sales orders, purchase orders, intra-company and associated forecasts
- Shipment Management
  - Tendering and managing the acceptance of planned shipments to include the pickup, in-transit monitoring and final delivery
- Freight Audit
  - Ensuring the transportation service partner invoice amount matches contracted terms
- Freight Payment
  - The payment of audited and approved service partner invoices to contracted payment terms
- Claims Management
  - The management and settlement of damaged, short or undelivered freight claims
- Parcel Management
  - The sourcing of North American parcel freight, providing post audit service capability to ensure sourced freight meets procured contracted services
- Supplier Relations
  - The creation of value through transparency, collaboration, innovation and synergistic alignment with service partner(s)
- Business Intelligence (Performance Management)
  - The utilization of business data, reporting, quantitative analytics, predictive modeling, and fact-based management that drives continuous improvement
Asset-Neutral Approach:
- Focus on designing/deploying the most cost-effective transportation resource solution for service need, utilizes stable of select best-in-class carriers, experts in their own fields.
Modes Managed:
- Asset-based Air, Ocean, Rail Intermodal, LTL, FTL, specialized TL (flatbed, reefer, bulk)
  - Menlo emphasizes use of EPA SmartWay^™ — approved motor carriers in the U.S.
- Freight brokerage
- Non-asset based courier, air, ocean freight forwarders
- Local Customs brokers