DSC Provides Merisant With Supply Chain And Transportation Management Services
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DSC Logistics, an integrated logistics and supply chain management company headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, has been awarded a three-year contract to provide Supply Chain Management and Transportation Management services to Merisant, a worldwide leader in the marketing of low-calorie tabletop sweeteners, out of DSC's Logistics Centers in Mira Loma, California; Des Plaines, Illinois; Allentown, Pennsylvania; and McDonough, Georgia.
DSC is handling Merisant's Equal Sweetener brands product arriving from their manufacturing plants in Illinois and Mexico and shipping to retailers including Publix, Albertson's, Super Valu, Meijer and Winn Dixie. DSC is providing all inbound and outbound transportation services, as well as Transportation Management (including freight tendering, freight bill auditing and carrier selection). As a participant in DSC's food and consumer products consolidation program, which provides customers a reduction in transportation expense through consolidation with other DSC food industry customers, DSC is consolidating loads for Merisant at their Logistics Centers.
"DSC was awarded the business for a number of reasons; primarily our ability to manage their network needs and provide data to ‘manage the category'. DSC provided both a distribution model that would improve service and curb costs and a technology platform to manage their category with quick and accurate reporting. Corporate culture was also important to Merisant as they were looking to enter into a solid long-term partnership," said Ann Drake, DSC's CEO. "We look forward to helping Merisant achieve their business goals by managing change and information in their supply chain."
About DSC Logistics
DSC Logistics, an integrated logistics and supply chain management company headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, focuses on supply chain capabilities that are based on changing customer needs. DSC services include logistics center management, transportation management and synchronization, business process integration, and information technology services. In today's business environment, filled with rapid and unpredictable change, DSC manages change and information in the supply chain by being ready for anything! To learn more, please visit www.dsclogistics.com, call (800)372-1960 or e-mail customersolutions@dsclogistics.com.
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