“We used to handle by-product material out of our site using rail exclusively.  Because our leased rail cars were not returned consistently, we increased our leased fleet from eight to sixteen railcars at a substantial increase to our budget.  This still did not fix the problems.  In 2001 we installed OIM, which allowed us to convert exclusively to tank truck. Since that time we’ve had no issues with loading and have saved a lot of money.”

VP Operations, Refinery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optimal Inventory Management - Benefits for Your Plant

How would your workday, and your bottom line, be improved if you KNEW that your inventory was correct and optimized? With very little effort or expense? For incoming and outgoing goods?

Companies across the U.S. have trusted Bulk Connection with their bulk transportation logistics for decades. Now those companies are maintaining optimal, consistent inventory with Bulk Connection’s new service: Optimal Inventory Management (OIM).

This exciting new service combines two established capabilities: BINs®*, a patented inventory monitoring system, and Bulk Connection’s proven transportation management capabilities.

Benefits include:

  • Reduce the cost of your materials and supply chain with better knowledge
    • Negotiate pricing for supplies more effectively
    • Plan transportation expenses more precisely to trim costs from your traffic budget
  • More efficient operation with less effort—across your whole company
    • Single transaction screen monitors multiple silos, storage tanks, plants
    • Streamline shipping and receiving
      • Minimize outages and delays
      • Minimize returns and refused loads
      • Minimize weekend & holiday costs, and assessorials
    • Across the street. Across North America
  • Who can benefit:
    • Manufacturing, power and water treatment plants
    • Refineries
    • Distributors
    • Any plant needing to transport bulk materials: in or out
    • Liquid and dry bulk

Consistency and accuracy in inventory information is the key to optimal planning, scheduling, and quality management.
Call today for a Transportation Profitability Analysis to identify potential efficiencies and know if your bottom line can benefit from BINs, as others have done for more than a decade.

One less thing to worry about.

  • BINS: Bulk Inventory Network Systems,
    U.S. Patent No’s. 6,366,829 and 7,228,199