We have all heard, "you don't know what you don't know", and some carriers are counting on your business to be knowledge poor so that they can grow big margins. Perhaps your carrier sales rep or pricing department likes to respond to rate reduction request with the phrase "I'm sorry, but that is not a negotiable charge; everyone pays these rates", or "I have really pushed to get you these discounts; I've never seen rates this low", but the reality is that they may be withholding savings opportunity from you and you don't know otherwise. Utilizing Cost Hawk can help you navigate the greatest potential in your carrier agreements. Parcel, ocean containers, truckload, LTL, intermodal - whatever you have for shipping activity let us help you get the most for your money.

Contact Cost Hawk for a no cost evaluation of your service contracts. We can help you maximize your carrier agreement value.

The supply chain you operate is much more complicated than trucker or supplier rates. There are operational processes that overlap one another. These intersecting points of activity can create waste and excess. Cost Hawk walks through the processes and transaction data in the supply chain to determine better, more cost effective solutions - solutions with greater ROI that commit less resources and less of your money. Solutions to enhance your sustainability efforts as well.

Reach out to Cost Hawk for savings beyond rates in contracts; our solutions expertise will target efficiencies for you today.

Time is money, and so is information when it comes to your business.  Failure to establish the correct metrics and maintain visibility on the key aspects of your business costs you money.

Cost Hawk Solutions brings expertise to your supply chain visibility to help you capture the right indicators that bring understanding to what impacts your operation. While there are many opportunities to leverage your information, here are some areas of opportunity we can help you understand and improve your business:

• Distribution receiving, order fulfillment, shipping and other process functions.
• Freight cost related to inbound, outbound, intra-company freight, customer and lane specific moves, and a host of other cost aspects.
• Freight payment processing:  reject and short pay details, freight payment fees, etc.

Put the Hawk's eye on your operational visibility and achieve greater success. We can help you get focus on the right indicators of costs and value.

You may be a toy manufacturer, or perhaps you print catalogs and marketing material for customers.  Maybe you are operating a national chain of fresh-made baked goods, or you distribute pet specialty products via the internet.  There are many organizations who know how to do many things well however activities in the supply chain are not part of them.  If you are one of those organizations and you need someone to manage the transportation, inventory, customs brokerage, distribution or other functions - think of Cost Hawk Solutions. Here is a sample of some areas we can help:

• Managed transportation solutions, facilitate carrier bids, freight payment audit, freight routing solutions / real-time carrier cost evaluations.
• Distribution center slotting, layout design, equipment selection, inventory management.
• Customs brokerage service auditing and service provider management.
• Distribution center labor management including receiving / putaway, order fulfillment, packing/shipping, safety program maintenance, kitting/light manufacturing.

Cost Hawk helps you focus on what you do best.  Contact us to talk how we relieve you of supply chain struggles.  

Lean is a fundamental component to the success of many organizations that achieve strong profitability, and Cost Hawk Solutions brings that to your organization.  We have invested in lean practice because it pays dividends with higher quality and lower cost. A lean evaluation may be just what your operation needs if you are challenged with high cost, capacity limitations, or need to improve order fulfillment cycle time.  Here are just a few potential benefits you might enjoy by engaging us in a lean supply chain evaluation:

• Distribution centers: reduced headcount, reduced building space required, quicker order turns, increased order fill rate accuracy, lower outbound freight costs.
• Transportation: fewer shipments, lower freight costs, less damaged freight in transit, less carbon emission, reduced dock congestion, better equipment utilization.
• Customs brokerage: lower brokerage fees, more accurate clearance, quicker clearance, more secure supply chain transactions, less brokerage resources.
• Inventory: lower inventory carrying costs, less aging inventory / more turns, less excess and obsolete.
• Customer service & sales: higher customer satisfaction, lower return volume, higher order fill rates, stronger customer alignment, increased sales activity.

Reach out to Cost Hawk Solutions for further opportunity to lean out your supply chain and achieve greater profitability.