Why Ship with UPDS?

UPDS is a value-adding, "rail specialist 3PL," well suited to managing complex rail programs. All modes capable - rail carload, transload, intermodal, and truck - door-to-door Automotive and Mexico market specialists. Knowledgeable, with a proven ability to affect change (design, validate, and implement). Working with UPDS minimizes operating complexity.

Tactical:

• Single point of contact for multiple carrier/mode management and administration
• Carload / Transload - joint line or UPRR only
• Intermodal - Dray Carrier, Equipment, and Railroad management
• Truckload - UPCS
• Improved deviation management processes - UPDS as lane "owner"

Strategic:

• Lane Design - multiple modes to reduce total supply chain costs
• Mode Conversion - ongoing cost reductions as business volumes and lanes change
• Reduces customer cost and increases railroad profitability
• Non railroad affiliated IMC’s do not have this incentive

Technological capabilities:

• Transaction level efficiencies (EDI load tenders and billing)
• Visibility through Web site, EDI updates
• Streamlined rail carrier operational reporting (electronic versus manual generation)

Modal Conversions

Provided major food manufacturer a return of $400,000 by returning shipments of tomato products to carload in a single lane.

Converted 700 annual carloads of containerboard from East Texas to Queretaro, Mexico. Annual customer savings of 1.9 million. ROI in excess of 20 times management fee.

Process Improvement

Saved inventory costs and penalty charges for an automotive manufacturer through more effective management of the customs clearance process. ROI = 1000%, also minimizing the need for additional rack investment.

Produced savings of over $1.0 million annually for major beer importer while improving billing, demurrage and shipment management processes.

Designed compliance process to eliminate unnecessary unit run time for Union Pacific’s refrigerated boxcars - $250,000 annual savings

Improvements in Transit Time and Consistency

Helped rail carriers generate a 10% improvement in transit time while reducing average variability by 30% for a major tile manufacturer in Mexico. Produced annual savings more than $2 million dollars. ROI in excess of 10 times management fee.