By creating strategic sourcing teams consisting of purchasing, operations, and logistics personnel, Ashland Inc. has cut its TL costs, ushered in carrier accountability, streamlined its carrier base, and improved on-time service—all with a wink and a smile. The situation that drove Ashland Inc. to streamline its logistics and transportation spending seems all too common: Here was a diversified, Fortune 500 company comprising several well-know divisions (Ashland Performance Materials. Ashland Distribution, Ashland Water technologies, and Valvoline), yet each division had its own program developed to meet its unique transportation needs without any effort given to consolidating the spend across divisions.
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