Landstar Supply Chain Solutions
Southfield, Michigan USA Site Visit
October 2, 2012
By
Richard Armstrong
Attendees:
Scott Taylor, President
Greg Humes, Chief Operating Officer
Jim Applegate, Vice President, Core Business Solutions
Patrick O’Malley, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Scott Grady, Senior Vice President, Corporate Sales
Ty Clark, Vice President, Supply Chain Solutions Design
Katie MacDonald, Director, Enterprise Solutions
Mike Mozzola, Director, Program Management
Landstar has expanded its supply chain and transportation management abilities significantly over the last two years. Two heavily used separate services have evolved. They are designed to serve large and mid-market companies.
Landstar Total Logistics Solutions (LTLS) is a fixed tariff model utilizing the Oracle Transportation Management system (OTM). The tariff model operates with an extensive rate library which allows customers predictability for budgeting and forwarding. A large group of approved carriers with rates on file ensures capacity. OTM allows for real-time mode selection (less-than-truckload, truckload and intermodal), shipment consolidation and other features.
Step 1. Order Entry – Shipments are uploaded as an order entry manifest to LTLS by shippers using the web portal, HTML or electronic data interchange. The order entry manifest is a spreadsheet with 34 separate information fields per shipment.
Table 1. Order Entry Variables