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Recovering $3.5M in logistics spend.
How a global industrial supply leader optimized multi-modal shipping agreements without operational disruption.
The challenge.
Managing a logistics budget exceeding $50 million annually introduced massive complexity across shipping modes, carriers, and service levels. Grainger needed to ensure costs remained competitive without sacrificing reliability.
Budget complexity
Logistics spend exceeding $50M across parcel, LTL, and multiple services.
Negotiation gap
Internal negotiations were insufficient to account for evolving pricing structures.
Market realities
Need to align contracts with current market conditions at massive scale.
The solution.
Benchmarking
Detailed analysis against industry data to identify leverage across parcel and LTL services.
Market intelligence
Expert-led negotiations informed by deep market intelligence and evolving pricing structures.
Ongoing optimization
Maintaining optimized agreements over time to ensure spend remains aligned with market conditions.
"Large logistics budgets magnify the impact of small inefficiencies."
At Grainger's scale, even small inefficiencies in logistics contracts translated into millions of dollars in lost margin. Proactively protecting spend became essential to maintaining profitability.
The impact.
Sustained savings delivered year after year.
Direct reduction in logistics spend across all shipping modes.
Carrier agreements optimized across all services.
Savings achieved without changing carriers or operations.
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