C&S Transportation Services, LLC.

• Strategic Network Design [ Top of Page ]

Strategic Network Design allows you to simultaneously consider the trade-offs between the multitude of costs and interdependencies in your network including acquisition, production, transportation, facility, and inventory, as well as customer service response times, in order to determine the optimal logistics network strategy.

C&S has partnered with some of the industry’s most experienced logisticians to provide our clients with the information, and analysis that they need to make critical supply chain decisions.

Strategic Network Design Includes:

Facility location and size
Transportation strategies including multi-mode alternatives
Inventory stocking alternatives
Production capacity allocation
Customer sourcing alternatives
Vendor sourcing alternatives

• Transportation Network Design & Planning [ Top of Page ]

With all the different options available in the market today your transportation decisions have never been more complex. C&S can help you to develop a transportation plan that allows you consider all the possible alternatives and then make your decision based predefined set of goals for your operation.

Routing of private, contract and common carriers
Mode & carrier selection
Shipment consolidation
Shipment frequency analysis
Pool distribution/Cross-docking
Continuous movements
Static & Dynamic route designs
Shipment scheduling/JIT window times
Integrated Container return programs

• Carrier Optimization [ Top of Page ]

C&S can help you identify the truly profitable lanes in your present network, assist you in responding to freight bids, design and balance your network flows for maximum utilization and profitability, and analyze cost and service trade-offs for proposed changes in your network

• Warehousing and Warehouse Selection [ Top of Page ]

In addition to a network of warehouses around the country C&S has partnered with TFCA to provide over 150,000 square feet of warehouse space located in Frankfort, Kentucky. Services offered:

Secure Storage facility
Cross docking
Consolidation and deconsolidation Services
Inventory Control
Pick Pack and Fulfillment Services
Light assembly and Packaging
Sequencing

• Pre and Post audit Services [ Top of Page ]

Our post audit and pre audit services guarantee that our clients are paying the negotiated rates. We employ a staff with years of experience in freight auditing and billing. We audit freight bills to determine:

Classification Errors
Rate base and Discount errors
Identify Duplicate payments
Account coding is per client specifications
Identify Overcharges - prior to payment
Non-compliance
(we identify and report to you actual cost for non compliance vs. planned cost)
Mode Selection Audits
(we will identify and report to the cost associated for using a non specified mode of transportation)

• Freight Bill Payment [ Top of Page ]

Depending on the client's requirements, we can disburse funds via: ACH, Wire Transfer, Printed check.

Automated, efficient processing of freight bill payments
Concise customized client reporting of payments
Payment control - Per Client specifications
Client check stock can be used.

• Multimodal Transportation Services [ Top of Page ]

Carrier Selection and rate negotiation
Brokerage Services
TL Services
LTL Services
Expediting Services
Air Charter Services (On demand)
Dedicated Services
Carrier Compliance
Rail
Ocean Container International Services