What makes Kuebix Managed Services unique is the flexibility of our offerings, which can be comprised of one service or any combination of the many we offer. Each can be customized to meet your company’s exact supply chain needs with multiple methods of delivery and payment. If you choose, we can help you migrate the capabilities Kuebix manages back in house at any time. Plus, all Kuebix Managed Services leverage our best-of-breed TMS, Premier Applications and Integrations, leading to exceptional customer experiences and impactful bottom line results.
Kuebix FleetMAX™
FleetMAX enables you to reduce your empty miles, work on continuous moves, and realize additional revenue. Kuebix leverages its Global Logistics Community of shippers and carriers to match freight with your fleet’s backhaul.
Through the Kuebix FleetMAX portal, you’re in control of setting the opportunity parameters. New backhaul opportunities will be digitally matched and surfaced for your fleet to either accept or reject. Kuebix handles the transactional management of all backhaul awards as well as the AR/AP financial settlements.
Kuebix SupplierMAX™
Kuebix maximizes the suppliers in your supply chain with unique programs that result in better freight rates for you and your suppliers, and changes to inefficient and costly behaviors.
Standard Routing Guide and VICS Program
Kuebix’s team will help publish a routing guide to establish a set of preferred LTL carriers, along with a set of inbound rules for suppliers to follow. This enables pricing improvements, superior service levels and maximum opportunities for consolidation. Additionally, a comprehensive set of Vendor Inbound Compliance Standards (VICS) that must be followed by suppliers when making deliveries to facilities will be implemented to off-set the cost of violations. The goal is to improve supplier behavior to drive out supplier related inefficiencies at the distribution center. All violations are deducted directly from the invoice via the portal to ensure compliance.
Convert Vendor Delivered to Customer Pickup
With the help of Kuebix’s managed services team, convert inbound shipments from vendor delivered (VDS) to customer pickup (CPU) where feasible. Doing so increases efficiencies at the distribution center and allows for better rates to be negotiated with carriers.
Consolidation of LTL Shipments
When a smaller set of carriers is standardized, loads can be consolidated as a regular practice. Unloading 10 – 14 LTL shipments can be five times the cost of unloading a single truckload. Savings from consolidated shipments and drop trailer programs can be shared between the customer and the supplier, not to mention the increased efficiency.
Rate and Unloading Allowance Program
Kuebix will administer and integrate a dynamic rate and allowance program to reduce the cost of goods. Allowances can be structured using actual carrier rates and unloading costs, and these costs can be deducted from the invoice directly through the portal. This program ensures the lowest cost of freight for all parties and can be easily executed and maintained, resulting in far better visibility to a dynamic environment, the ability to increase inventory turns and an overall reduction to cost of goods.
Scorecards and Analytics
In the form of reports, dashboards and scorecards, SupplierMAX programs provide analytics on the cost of freight, unloading costs, supplier and carrier performance, and much more. These analytics enable the logistics teams to measure the results of the program and take action to improve service with suppliers and carriers whose behavior is not meeting expectations.
What Are Dynamic Rate Allowances
Typically negotiated once or twice a year, rate allowances don’t take into account fluctuating costs and carrier rates. Oftentimes market rates rise above negotiated rates.
Enter Kuebix TMS, which enables the creation of dynamic rate allowances, to ensure savings on truckload and less-than- truckload shipments. Kuebix does this by calculating the best possible real-time vendor allowances based on actual carrier rates as demand dictates.
Customer STORY
THE PAPER STORE
“Kuebix has been our logistics partner since 2008. What I like best about working with the Kuebix team is knowing that all of our logistics needs are taken care of, without a worry.”
Craig Hewitt, COO
