Explore some of the real-world scenarios that showcase our expertise in delivering efficient and effective logistics solutions. Each case study presented here offers a unique perspective on the challenges faced by our clients and how KAG Logistics partnered with them to overcome these hurdles.
Dedicated Transportation Reduces Chemical Manufacturer’s Costs
BACKGROUND – A global chemical manufacturer was facing escalating transportation costs due to inefficiencies in its supply chain.
Centralized Solutions Enhance Efficiency in Final-Mile Fuel Delivery
BACKGROUND – A large national final-mile delivery services company was channeling its fuel orders between two KAG operating groups: non-asset-based KAG Logistics and asset-based KAG Energy.
Transportation and Cost Models Fuel Canadian Market Entry
BACKGROUND – A US-based chemical manufacturer won a supplier bid requiring a move into the Canadian market. The manufacturer turned to their current logistics provider, KAG Logistics, to help them optimize costs while maintaining and exceeding service levels.
Scalable Fleet and Transloading Services Boost Market Position
BACKGROUND – One of the largest private-label lubricant distributors in North America faced challenges scaling its internal fleet to match its rapid, exponential market growth.
Managed Services with Brokerage
BACKGROUND – A small logistics team within a global chemical and building products manufacturer faced efficiency and communication challenges due to limited transportation expertise.
Scalable Response Services
BACKGROUND – A global pet food manufacturing company faced the need to quickly scale and maintain operations above normal production levels due to a severe supply chain shortage.
Supply Chain Management Services
BACKGROUND – A leading beverage manufacturer faced severe supply chain disruptions and a critical raw material shortage, directly threatening their production schedule and market presence.
Managed Services
BACKGROUND – KAG Logistics designs an integrated solution to a major fuel retailer’s logistical framework to unlock substantial cost savings and increase operational efficiency.
Fleet Management Services
BACKGROUND – A significant quality control issue arose when a Global Fortune 500 chemical company discovered off-spec product contamination in their customer’s tanks. With a busy season approaching, the urgency to rectify the situation was paramount.
Transloading Services
BACKGROUND – A tapped out fuel market negatively impacted a western-based convenience store’s gas/diesel supply causing frequent shortages and significant price increases. It was critical they find a reliable way to keep their stores fueled while keeping prices down for their consumers. KAG logistics suggested a transloading solution.
Visibility Solutions
BACKGROUND – During routine execution of bulk shipments, a variety of unexpected delays or events can occur that sometimes prompt a large influx of phone calls, disgruntled customers, missed appointments, etc. As a result, this can create late pickups or deliveries and increase costs.
Emergency Services
BACKGROUND – The realization that Hurricane Harvey was to bring more than 40 inches of rainfall to greater Houston lead to pre-landfall panic buying that more than doubled sales per location. The post-storm outcome showed that it crippled our country’s infrastructure not only in Houston, but in markets supplied by Houston as well (roughly 20 percent of U.S. production).
