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McCormick & Co. Selects Hanson Logistics
Hanson Logistics To Offer Network Optimization Services
Hanson Logistics Expands Truck Fleet
Hanson Logistics Opens New Chicago Consolidation Center
Hanson in the News: MVC Programs Important In Cold Chain
Gary Sarner Named To Hanson Logistics Board
The Best of Both: Hanson Velocities™ Consolidation To Benefit Shipper and Receiver
Hanson Logistics Names Frazier As Manager of New Chicago Consolidation Center
Dole Packaged Foods To Lease Hanson Logistics
Decatur, Michigan Facility
Hanson Logistics To Build New Chicago Consolidation Center
Hanson Logistics Wins Foodservice Product Distribution Contract
Hanson
Facilities Receive "Excellent" Rating
From ASI
Hanson in the News: Cole's Follows Trend, Outsources Transportation', Business Review
Andrew Janson Elected to IRTA Board of Directors
Hanson Extends Helping Hand In Maple Leaf Farms Storm
Cole's Quality Foods Awards Transportation Management to Hanson Logistics
Hanson Logistics Introduces New Quick Pay Program
Hanson Logistics Promotes Reits, Janson To Executive VP Posts
Hollis Pace Joins Hanson Logistics as Transportation Coordinator
Hanson Logistics Launches Refrigerated Freight Consolidation Program
Hanson Logistics Moves to New Office
Hanson Logistics Transportation Services Off To Fast Start
Hanson Cold Storage Become Hanson Logistics
Trimbach Joins Hanson Logistics As Director of Transportation
Andy Janson Joins Hanson Logistics Services
06.26.2008
McCormick & Co. Selects Hanson Logistics
McCormick & Co. has selected St. Joseph, MI-based Hanson Logistics to provide logistics management services out of Hanson’s Benton Harbor, MI Logistics Center. Hanson will handle McCormick’s leading industrial restaurant chain clients.
Hanson Logistics is providing services such as inventory management on product arriving from McCormick’s plants in South Bend, IN, and Hunt Valley, Maryland, and transportation services, including local truck load and shuttle services. Hanson ships McCormick’s product to foodservice distribution centers across the U.S.
Hanson and McCormick are working together to establish a partnership based on a commitment to continuous improvement through the establishment of key performance indicators and metric review meetings. McCormick will track cycle counts, the processing of inbounds and outbounds, case fill rates and EDI performance.
Hanson has made extensive improvements to its Benton Harbor, MI, facility to meet the high quality standards that McCormick’s customers require.
“Hanson Logistics was awarded the business based on our experience and in-depth understanding of the food industry and the knowledge and leadership abilities of our Benton Harbor Logistics Center team,” says Greg Hanson, Hanson’s CEO. “When we took over their business, we ‘hit the ground running’ by providing our services during their busiest season. We continue to work hard with McCormick to help them achieve their business goals by managing change and information in their supply chain.”
For more information on Hanson Logistics services, contact Andrew Janson, EVP of Business Development, at 269.982.1390.
03.11.2008
Hanson Logistics To Offer Network Optimization Services
Aligns with Supply Chain Optimizers
St. Joseph, MI . . . Hanson Logistics is expanding its breadth of value-added services by offering clients top-tier Network Optimization through an agreement with Supply Chain Optimizers, Buffalo NY and Toronto ON.
“Transportation costs account for 60% of every logistics dollar and fuel costs are driving that figure even higher,” said Andrew Janson, EVP of Business Development, Hanson Logistics. “Network optimization is critical. Supply Chain Optimizers brings both high-level vision and front line experience. Their team is highly regarded in the frozen food industry, and we look forward to giving our customers access to their solutions.”
Supply Chain Optimizers provides in-depth supply chain analysis and engineering for many of the world’s foremost consumer product companies and logistics providers. The company’s expertise encompasses all aspects of the supply chain, including domestic and international operations, packaging, transportation and network optimization. This expertise, together with comprehensive transportation pricing data, gives clients an achievable, real world model of best-of-class supply chain performance.
“As a premier provider in the cold supply chain, Hanson Logistics strives to deliver value to their customers,” said Supply Chain Optimizers CEO Jack Ampuja. “We’ve enjoyed working with Hanson Logistics in the past, and our Network Optimization should prove to be an asset in assisting their clients with clear, concise solutions."
01.29.2008
Hanson Logistics Expands Truck Fleet
New OTR Units Support Consolidation and Distribution Services
St. Joseph, MI . . . Hanson Logistics has added more muscle to the company’s growing transportation service with the recent addition of 4 2008 Kenworth 800 linehaul tractors. The new trucks, featuring Aerocab sleepers, give Hanson Logistics the ability to respond quickly to customer requests for regional moves using company equipment.
“Safe, on-time delivery is critical regardless of the carrier,” said Andrew Janson, Hanson Logistics EVP of Business Development. “Our carrier community has more than sufficient capacity to handle our consolidation and distribution requirements. Our fleet expansion, with a longer reach, gives our customers the added security of knowing their refrigerated warehouse provider also has transportation assets in place to handle emergency or unusual load requirements.
Hanson Logistics Transportation Management Services draws upon a community of more than 250 qualified refrigerated, dry and rail carriers to offer customers “asset” and “non-asset” based transportation. In addition to production support and traditional distribution, Hanson operates Velocities™ Multi-Vendor Consolidation for the company’s new Chicago Consolidation Center, where the new units are domiciled. In Velocities™ MVC, food manufacturers benefit from a shared truckload rate and a scheduled delivery; retailers and foodservice consignees reduce dock congestion and stock outs. Complete information on the Chicago Consolidation Center is available by clicking here.
11.01.2007
Hanson Logistics Opens New Chicago Consolidation Center
Velocities™ Multi-Vendor Consolidation Begins Ramp Up
St. Joseph, MI . . . It’s big, cold and open for business. Phase One of the Hanson Logistics new temperature-controlled Chicago Consolidation Center is complete and now accepting forward inventory for the company’s Velocities™ Multi-Vendor Consolidation (MVC) Program.
Located near the I-80/94 and I-65 exchange in Hobart, Indiana, the new facility takes advantage of the relatively congestion-free east side of Chicago and is strategically located for efficiently replenishing top retail and foodservice companies. In Velocities™ MVC, Hanson operates a scheduled distribution system, picking orders from cross-docked and forward inventory, then consolidating LTL shipments into a collaborative, multi-vendor truckload. Food manufacturers benefit from a shared truckload rate and a scheduled delivery; retailers and foodservice consignees reduce dock congestion and stock outs. Transportation service also includes inbound shuttles from food manufacturers, national truckload service and Chicago area deliveries.
Phase One consists of fully racked 5,000,000 cu. ft. with 15,000 pallet positions, ranging from deep frozen (-20°F) to frozen (0°F) and cooler (28°F – 40°F). Despite its impressive size (three phases will total 14,500,000 cu. ft.), the Chicago campus is more about service than buildings.
“This is a distribution center designed under the concept of ‘total flexibility’ to accommodate a variety of customers, products and distribution programs,” said Andrew Janson, Hanson Logistics EVP of Business Development. “We’ve built our reputation on cold storage first, transportation second, so this is a brand extension of sorts. We see consolidation as ‘the next big thing’ in the cold supply chain, and we intend to set the standard.”
In addition to tapping into a national distribution system, customers moving product through the Chicago Consolidation Center will benefit from leading-edge RF technology, with web access to our WMS and transportation management services for end-to-end order visibility.
“There is tremendous added value in consolidating at Chicago, especially for companies currently shipping LTL,” continued Janson. “Customers can leverage latest-generation technology, an ideal location and the critical mass that is usually afforded to only the largest shippers.”
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10.18.2007
Gary Sarner Named to Hanson Logistics Board
Merlin Hanson, Chairman of the Board of Hanson Logistics, has announced the appointment of Gary Sarner to the Board of Directors of Hanson Logistics.
Gary Sarner is President of Lubar & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From 1997 to August, 2007, Mr. Sarner was Chairman and CEO of Total Logistic Control, LLC located in Zeeland, Michigan. Gary Sarner also has served as President and CEO of Wiscold, Inc. of Milwaukee and as Senior Vice President in the Commercial Banking Division of Bank One in Milwaukee.
Mr. Sarner received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and received his MBA from Marquette University.
Mr. Sarner currently serves on the Board of Directors for Fall River Group, Inc., in Mequon, Wisconsin, Terminal-Andrae Electric Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Foundations Bank in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
Mr. Sarner and his wife, Linda, have two grown children, and reside in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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09.18.2007
The Best of Both: Hanson Velocities™ Consolidation To Benefit Shipper and Receiver
Mid-Market Manufacturers Gain Truckload Efficiency; Retailers Draws from Vendor Managed Inventory
St. Joseph, Michigan — As the cold supply chain grows more demanding, so has the need to rethink a go-to-market strategy that balances cost and benefit. Mid-market food manufacturers find themselves squeezed by the all too frequent challenge of shipping pallet-sized orders without losing margins to LTL charges. Now, Hanson Logistics is offering a solution that gives all manufacturers access to a collaborative, cost-effective distribution system.
Velocities™ Multi-Vendor Consolidation (MVC) launches mid-September as the core service of the new Hanson Logistics Chicago Consolidation Center. Velocities™ MVC is a scheduled delivery system reaching major retail and foodservice DCs from Hobart, Indiana, where Hanson’s new consolidation center sits at the crossroads of I-80/94 and I-65. This location, east of Chicago congestion, affords easy in/easy out service to greater Chicagoland, plus forward-inventory site for service to 2/3 of the US. Through Velocities™, manufacturers benefit from shared truckload delivery while retailers gain the same fulfillment assurance across all vendors. Plus, Velocities™ web-based order and event management technology offers a common platform for all trading partners.
“Velocities™ is a win/win supply chain solution,” said Andrew Janson, Hanson EVP of Business Development. “If you’re filling pallet-sized orders, you can climb on board and share the delivery cost with other manufacturers with the benefit of “fixed pricing”. You can leverage that capability in pursing business relationships in new markets and with larger customers. From the consignee perspective, your docks are less congested and your order-fill rate is higher.”
For an average manufacturer, Velocities™ offers a transportation savings of approximately 30% compared to go-it-alone LTL. That can often be the difference between profit and loss in servicing all required DCs in a retail or foodservice network. In addition, Hanson Transportation Management Service, the managing department behind Velocities™ operations, works closely with client procurement and logistics to engineer a robust solution that leverages backhauls and continuous moves for even greater savings.
“By joining Velocities™, you’re tapping into a web-based order management system and the critical mass of national distribution system,” continued Janson. “Velocities™ essentially levels the playing field that has traditionally favored those producers who have the technology infrastructure and the volume for truckload efficiency.”
For more information on Velocities™ and other Hanson Logistics services, contact Hanson at 888.772.1197.
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08.06.2007
Hanson Logistics Names Frazier
As Manager of New Chicago Consolidation
Center
St. Joseph, Michigan . . In support of its most
ambitious endeavor in the temperature
controlled supply chain, Hanson
Logistics has named Jeffery
Frazier as Vice President – General Manager of the company’s
new 14.5 million cu. ft. Chicago
Consolidation Center.
“Jeff’s excellent performance
as manager of our Logansport
facility has prepared him well
for this important position,” said company president Gregory
Hanson. “Jeff has made a great contribution to our
operations and to the efficiency
of our customers’ supply chains, earning
high praise from customers
and Hanson Logistics teammates.
We’re confident that our
customers will find his expertise
and “Yes, We Can!” attitude
an important asset as they
leverage the advantages of
our new Chicago facility.”
In this
new position, Frazier will
oversee the day-to-day operations
of the new Chicago Consolidation
Center, including client migration
to the new facility and the
roll out of Hanson’s Velocities™ Multi-Vendor Consolidation
program. Frazier joined Hanson
Logistics in 2003 as Vice President
and General Manager of the
company’s
2.7 million cu. ft Logansport,
Indiana facility. Under his
direction, Logansport has become
a key facility for Tyson Foods
offering blast freezing and
export services to more than
20 countries around the world.
Frazier
has been actively involved
in the planning and construction
of the 14.5 million cu. ft.
Chicago Consolidation Center.
Phase 1 is scheduled for
completion in mid September, with plans
for two additional phases
in the near future.
Jeff was employed
by AmeriCold Logistics
for 14 years prior to joining
Hanson Logistics. Brian Roberts,
operations manager at the Logansport
facility since 2003, has been
promoted to replace Jeff
as General
Manager of that facility.
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07.02.07
Dole Packaged Foods To Lease Hanson Logistics Decatur, Michigan Facility
St. Joseph, Michigan . . . Officials at Hanson Logistics, a leading provider of third party temperature-controlled supply chain services, announced today that the company has signed a multi-year agreement with Dole Packaged Foods to lease the Hanson Decatur, Michigan facility.
Located south of I-94 in a prime agricultural area, the Decatur facility has a capacity of 1.4 million cu. ft. that includes food-processing space. The frozen and refrigerated facility can accommodate 7,500 pallet positions configured for bulk and processed fruit and vegetables.
Decatur is one of eight Hanson temperature-controlled facilities in a network designed to support agricultural production and storage of food products, as well as high-velocity finished goods distribution for CPG companies.
Hanson Logistics is currently constructing a 14,500,000 cu. ft. Chicago Consolidation Center scheduled for first phase completion on September 15, 2007.
About Dole Food Company, Inc.
Dole Food Company, Inc., with 2006 revenues of $6.2 billion, is the world's largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and fresh-cut flowers. Dole markets a growing line of packaged foods and frozen fruit and is a produce industry leader in nutrition education and research. www.dole.com
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01.12.07
Hanson Logistics To Build New Chicago Consolidation Center
Will Serve Windy City, Central States From NW Indiana
St. Joseph, MI . . . Officials at Hanson Logistics announced today that the company is constructing a new 14,500,000 cu. ft. temperature controlled Chicago Consolidation Center to support the growing demand for order mixing, freight consolidation and shared truckload delivery to retail and foodservice distribution centers. Construction will begin immediately with completion in late summer 2007.
The new 14,500,000 cu. ft.
facility will be constructed
in three phases with a total
of 45,000 pallet positions
ranging from deep frozen
(-20°F) for ice cream to (0°F) frozen and (32- 40°F) cooler. Phase 1 will consist of 5,000,000 cu. ft. (135,000 sq. ft.) and 15,600 pallet positions. The facility is designed specifically for high-volume throughput, with a flexible racking design and layout enabling Hanson to meet a variety of customer requirements including case-pick consolidation and cross docking of temperature-controlled food products. Transportation services will include shuttle service for food manufacturers requiring short-term production warehousing, nationwide full-truckload service and Hanson’s Velocities™ multi-vendor consolidation and delivery. Hanson operates Velocities™ from
several other facilities
and has a scheduled delivery
service to key points in
a 400-mile radius. As part
of this Chicago initiative, the company expects to expand
its truck fleet, with a majority
of the units domiciled at
the new facility, and offer
clients rail service via the CN Railroad.
Hanson utilizes SSA Global’s ‘best in class’ Supply
Chain Management System which
enables end-to-end fulfillment
from order inception to order
shipping, making it possible
to fulfill the perfect order.
The Chicago Consolidation
Center is situated in the
NorthWind Crossings Business
Park, where Hanson Logistics
has purchased additional
acreage for future expansion. “The I-80, I-94 and I-65 corridor in northwest Indiana, specifically the area of Hobart, offers Hanson Logistics and its customers the optimum combination of location, business climate, and robust infrastructure,” said Greg Hanson, President, Hanson Logistics. “Our new logistics campus will be a model of logistics efficiency, as a consolidation center for our clients’ regional
and national distribution.
We believe it also underscores
our commitment to providing
world-class temperature-controlled
logistics services.”
Phase 1 is expected to create
up to 40 new jobs in the
next 24 months, while also
strengthening NW Indiana’s growing
reputation as a logistics
hub for serving the greater
Chicago and Central states
area.
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09.18.06
Hanson Logistics Wins Foodservice Product Distribution Contract
St. Joseph, Michigan
. . . Officials at Hanson
Logistics, a leading
provider of third
party temperature-controlled
supply chain services, announced
today that the company
has been selected
by one of the world’s
largest spice and seasonings
company to provide
finished goods warehousing
and distribution
services at its Benton Harbor, Michigan facility.
The new program takes
advantage of Hanson’s full complement of WMS technologies,
carrier-friendly access,
quick turn loading, and
proximity to major interstates.
The 5.3 million cu. ft.
temperature-controlled facility will serve as
the Midwest distribution
center for foodservice
condiments produced by
the customer at its South Bend, Indiana manufacturing
facility. Hanson will
also provide outbound transportation
support as required.
“This is an excellent opportunity to deliver world-class services to a world class organization,” said Gregory P. Hanson, President, Hanson Logistics. “Our central states location, with easy carrier access, makes our Benton Harbor facility an ideal distribution center. We look forward to demonstrating our “Yes, We Can!” service
and reputation for this important customer.”
The Benton Harbor, Michigan
facility offers -10°F to 40°F storage for manufacturers, retailers and food service distributors, and is one location for the company's new Velocities™ multi-vendor
consolidation program.
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08.18.06
Hanson Facilities Receive "Excellent" Rating
From ASI
“Sanitation is a way of life”, said Louis Huge when he founded the
American Sanitation Institute (ASI) in St. Louis, Missouri, 75 years ago. ASI
Food Safety Consultants is accepted industry wide as a full-service provider
of food safety audits, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and HACCP setup and
verification.
Hanson Logistics recently completed its annual inspection and is pleased to announce that all five (5) Hanson Logistics refrigerated facilities achieved a score of Excellent for 2006. An excellent score is given for facilities scoring above 95%.
“We take very seriously the sanitation and cleanliness of our facilities,” said Gregory P. Hanson, Hanson Logistics President. “We selected ASI as our auditor knowing that their audits thoroughly address every vital concern of each facility including food safety, pest control, employee practices and facility conditions. This Excellent rating validates our managers’ and teammates’ commitment
to sanitation. Good sanitation has a positive impact on safety and contributes
to a well run, cost-effective solution for our valued customers.”
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08.02.06
Cole's Follows Trend, Outsources Transportation
Business Review, by: B. Candace Beeke
Following a growing trend of manufacturers outsourcing transportation, Cole's Quality Foods Inc. in Grand Rapids hired Hanson Logistics in St. Joseph to handle the garlic bread maker's transportation management.
A trio of issues in transportation have pressured many middle-market manufacturers to consider outsourcing their supply chain management, Hanson vice president of business development Andy Janson said, including diesel prices and stricter hours of service rules for drivers, which contributed to a shortage of drivers over the past few years.
"The focus on the supply chain is very critical, and you have to have expertise in that," Cole's president, John Sommavilla, said from the company's Muskegon plant. "It's
hard to get carriers with all the things happening in transportation, with the
hours of service ... They have access to so many different carriers we wouldn't
have access to."
Hiring Hanson also eased the process of finding carriers around Cole's newly opened plant in Iowa.
Companies at a certain sales threshold continue to seek out third parties to handle transportation, Janson said.
"That transportation spend is getting a lot of attention. People are taking a very hard look at how they manage transportation," he said. "They're
going in two directions - either they're upgrading their system, the tool they
use to manage transportation, or they may recognize that's quite a bit of capital
equipment and that's beyond their expertise, (and say), 'Let's do what we do
best, which is make a product and turn over that responsibility to the experts
in the industry."
While outsourcing transportation
may end up being a "cost neutral" venture, it comes with
soft benefits, such as less
billing and management to
deal with, Janson said.
"Instead of 50 carriers, they manage our performance. We manage the 50," he
said.
For some companies, it might not be a good move at all.
"It's someone with $5 million or less with freight spend" who would
be a good candidate, Janson said.
"You get to a certain level, and it makes sense to manage yourself. These
freight-management systems can be expensive. You need to meet a certain threshold."
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08.02.06
Andrew Janson Elected to IRTA Board Of Directors
St. Joseph, MI . . . Andrew B. Janson, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Hanson Logistics, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA).
Janson has nearly 20 years
of experience in food distribution
and logistics. He joined
Hanson in 2004 to spearhead
the company’s
new logistics service offering,
and was promoted to his current
position in 2006. Janson
also serves in various leadership roles with the IARW and WFLO.
He
is a graduate of Rockhurst
University.
Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, the IRTA is an international, non profit organization established in 1994 to meet a growing demand in the transportation industry for chilled and frozen food products. IRTA has a core international membership of companies involved in the refrigerated transportation industry and strives to provide a forum for the interchange of information and ideas for the movement of frozen or chilled perishable products.
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07.26.06
Hanson Extends Helping Hand In Maple Leaf Farms Storm
Freak Straight Line
Winds Damage Company’s Refrigerated Distribution
Center
St. Joseph, Michigan . . .They came out of nowhere early one morning and within seconds, straight-line winds ripped the metal siding off the Maple Leaf Farms refrigerated distribution center, exposing racks of frozen duck entrees to the blustery spring morning.
“It took every one by surprise, even the National Weather Service,” said Don Ratliff, Vice President of Operations, Maple Leaf Farms. “We
put a call into Hanson Logistics as soon as we saw the extent of the damage.
They responded quickly, and we were able to minimize product loss and keep our
distribution process pretty much intact. But it was quite an ordeal.”
That day, March 16, 2006,
saw Hanson Logistics launch
an around the clock shuttle
and warehouse operation to
move fresh and frozen ducks
and poultry from the damaged Milford, Indiana facility
to Hanson’s Benton Harbor, Michigan
refrigerated warehouse 71
miles to away. The intense,
short-term project would
eventually require product
relocation to two other nearby Hanson facilities.
Hanson dedicated two Hanson
owned and operated trucks,
reefer trailers and drivers
to shuttle the finished production from the Milford,
IN processing facility to
the Hanson facilities.
All in all, more than 3,800 pallets were relocated and Hanson warehouse staffing was more than doubled, with crews working 24/7. Hanson IT moved quickly to replicate the order processing, scanning and information management processes that had been in place at the damaged distribution center.
Once all the product was
relocated, Maple Leaf Farms
relied on Hanson Logistics
to resume shipping of more
than 60,000 cases of frozen
entrees per week, taking full advantage of Hanson’s turnkey
temperature controlled supply chain services: warehousing,
order processing, transportation
and information management.
“The emergency response and teamwork exhibit by every Hanson associate, many of whom worked very long and hard days, exemplify the ‘Yes, We Can!’ attitude of this organization,” said Andrew Janson, VP of Business Development. “We're
glad that Maple Leaf Farms was able to overcome the tremendous obstacles created
by the storm damage with minimal disruption in customer service and order fulfillment.”
Repairs to Maple Leaf Farms distribution center will be completed in early June, with full operation resuming later in the month. Hanson will continue to provide the company with transportation and distribution services.
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06.27.06
Cole's Quality Foods Awards Transportation Management to Hanson Logistics
St. Joseph, Michigan
. . . Officials at Hanson
Logistics, a leading
provider of temperature-controlled
supply chain management
services, announced
today that the company
has been awarded a multi-year
transportation management contract
from Cole's Quality Foods,
Inc., makers of Cole’s garlic
bread and other frozen
bread products.
The new program marks
Cole’s initiative in outsourcing transportation and related
supply chain activities.
Under the new contract,
Hanson Logistics will
manage a customized transportation
program for procurement, optimization, visibility,
and compliance. The program
takes advantage of Hanson
transportation capacity
and distribution facilities, while leveraging Hanson consolidation
program and information
systems.
“Hanson has much greater access to carrier capacity and can give us better visibility across the supply chain,” said John Sommavilla, President, Cole’s Quality Foods, Inc. “Day-to-day,
they interface with our customer service to build optimum loads, while managing
both inbound and outbound. Long-term, they are mapping out the most responsive
and cost-effective fulfillment process. This allows us to focus on our core competency,
as a leading brand in bread and bakery products.”
The new Cole's program exemplifies how mid-sized consumer product companies can
cost effectively meet the sophisticated order deliver criteria of major retailers
through strategic inventory placement and multi-vendor consolidation, such as
Hanson’s Velocities™ program.
“We're very pleased that Cole’s has selected our team for this program,” said Gregory Hanson, President, Hanson Logistics. “Our expertise and critical mass adds value through the supply chain; our team’s ‘Yes, We Can!’ attitude
makes it happen. We look forward to delivering success to the Cole's brand.”
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01.18.06
Hanson Logistics Introduces New Quick Pay Program
Carrier Invoices To Be Paid in 7 Days
St. Joseph, MI . . . In a time when motor carriers are struggling with rising fuel costs and growing receivables, Hanson Logistics is rolling out a new Quick Pay program that pays qualified carrier invoices in seven days. The new program is designed to demonstrate the value Hanson places on the company’s growing number of motor carrier relationships.
“We recognize that today’s professional carriers have a choice in what freight they carry,” said Gregory P. Hanson, President, Hanson Logistics. “We go the extra mile to make doing business with Hanson as easy as possible, from accurate load notification to on-time dock scheduling. At the end of the day, we believe that prompt payment is the best expression of our commitment.”
Hanson Logistics operates 7 refrigerated logistics centers in the Midwest, with a growing emphasis on transportation management services. Hanson’s transportation services include dedicated, LTL and truckload moves that typically originate in the Midwest, with destinations throughout the US. To participate in the Quick Pay program, carriers must first undergo a standard carrier qualification process, and are then notified of available loads in Hanson’s growing distribution network. Dry loads are available, as are loads in lanes outside the Midwest. Click here for additional information.
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01.09.06
Hanson Logistics Promotes Reits, Janson To Executive VP Posts
St. Joseph, MI . . .Officials at Hanson Logistics announced the promotion of James A. Reits to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Andrew B. Janson to Executive Vice President of Business Development.
Both Reits, 43, and Janson, 41, were previously vice presidents in their respective areas; their promotion to these newly created positions is designed to strengthen the company’s executive management team as Hanson expands their logistics services.
“We're privileged to have Jim and Andy on our executive management team,” said Hanson President Gregory P. Hanson. “They have each made significant contributions to our company, guiding Hanson through exciting and challenging service and operation expansions. I am confident of their continued ability to strengthen our financial and competitive position in the logistics industry.”
Reits joined Hanson in 1995 as controller, and was promoted to CFO in 1997. He was previously Sales Controller for Zenith Data Systems. He received his BA in Accounting and MBA in Finance from Western Michigan University. Reits is past Chairman of the IARW Insurance Committee.
A graduate of Rockhurst University, Janson has nearly 20 years of experience in food distribution and logistics. He joined Hanson in 2004 to spearhead the company’s new logistics service offering. Janson serves in various leadership roles with the IARW and WFLO.
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11.29.05
Hollis Pace Joins Hanson Logistics as Transportation Coordinator
St. Joseph, MI . . . Officials at Hanson Logistics announced today the appointment of Hollis Pace to the newly created position of Transportation Coordinator for the company’s expanding transportation services.
Hollis joins Hanson Logistics from DHL Express, where he was Field Services Supervisor, responsible for all shipping flow in the greater Colorado region. He had previously worked at Penske Logistics as Lead Logistics Analyst, managing all inbound transportation for Ford Motor Company assembly
plants.
As the newest member of the growing Hanson transportation team, Pace will oversee the company’s Carrier Management Program, strengthening carrier relationships and the role they play in Hanson’s transportation service offering. He will also assist in the day-to-day operations of load planning, freight consolidation and customer service, while supervising the Hanson fleet and regional LTL activities.
Pace received his BA in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University and is active in the Supply Chain Management Association.
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05.02.05
Hanson Logistics Launches Refrigerated Freight Consolidation Program
Midwest LTL Consolidation Reaches Key Points
St. Joseph, Michigan . . .Customer reaction to Hanson Logistics new freight consolidation offering has been extremely positive as the company builds critical mass in its new multi-temperature consolidation program.
The new service, offered from the Benton Harbor, Michigan and Lafayette, Indiana logistics campuses, leverages the company’s location, expertise and technology to meet the growing need for more case intensive orders and LTL shipments. The program is centered in a distribution area reaching numerous key points, including Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Memphis, St, Louis and Atlanta. In addition to offering its customers the cost-efficiency of load consolidation, Hanson also provides end-to-end supply chain visibility and event management through TMS technology.
“The reality of today’s supply chain is that retailers want to receive one consolidated truckload,” said Andy Janson, Hanson VP of Business Development. “This puts small and mid-sized processors in an awkward and often costly situation, in that they seldom have the orders to make up a full truckload. Our freight consolidation program, while attractive to large volume processors, delivers greatest value when individual shippers collaborate. We get them there cost-effectively and on a predictable, manageable schedule.”
The new freight consolidation program is a natural extension of Hanson’s transportation management services, launched earlier this year to provide transportation services to clients wanting the benefits of web-based visibility plus more knowledgeable capacity buys and lane management. The company’s Benton Harbor, Michigan and Lafayette, Indiana locations are attractive options for serving the Chicago area, without having to fight gridlock to reach other points.
“We continue to develop more sophisticated, national supply chain solutions for dry and temperature-controlled products,” continues Janson. “But having a strategic warehouse location in a vibrant market and a cost-shared distribution program are pretty fundamental to efficient logistics, and we intend to grow this segment of our service offering.”
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04.04.05
Hanson Logistics Moves to New Office
New Quarters Facilitate Expanded Services
St. Joseph, Michigan . . . Hanson Logistics, a leader in technology-based temperature-controlled logistics, is moving its corporate headquarters to 2900 South State Street, Suite 4 East, St. Joseph, Michigan, effective April 1. The company has operated from offices within its Benton Harbor Distribution Center. The move is to better facilitate the company's recently expanded logistics services.
During the past 6 months, Hanson Logistics has embarked upon an aggressive entry into temperature-controlled logistics. In addition to a formal name change from Hanson Cold Storage, Hanson Logistics has launched web-based supply visibility through the integration of Lean Logistics On-Demand TMS™ and Provia ViaView WMS system. In November 2004, the company launched transportation management services and is developing a temperature- controlled pool consolidation and LTL distribution program to the central states, utilizing the central location of its Lafayette, Indiana and Benton Harbor, Michigan deep frozen distribution center as the hub of its logistic services. For more than 50 years, the company has provided high quality temperature- controlled warehousing primarily in southern Michigan.
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03.03.05
Hanson Logistics Transportation Services Off To Fast Start
St. Joseph, Michigan . . . It didn’t take long for the phone to ring for the first truckload, and by week’s end the new Hanson Logistics transportation department was busy coordinating refrigerated, multi-stop LTL loads to three of the nation’s largest retailers. Hanson Logistics opened the doors to its new transportation services the first of the year, as the company rolls out its growth strategy as a leading logistics provider.
“We’ve had a very positive response to our transportation service,” said Andrew Janson, Hanson Logistics VP of Business Development. “Those who have used this new service — warehousing customers and new clients — have found Hanson to be responsive and cost-effective in moving loads from our facilities or theirs. As our critical mass builds, we expect to add additional value through collaboration and consolidation activities.”
Hanson is leveraging its expertise in food and temperature controlled products in providing timely, cost-effective transportation management services throughout the US. The company has combined new web-based On-Demand TMS™ capabilities with the expertise of seasoned logistics planners in providing state-of-the-art transportation management.
“We have the systems and people in place to be a major player in transportation management,” continued Janson. “While our initial focus is on our core market segment — refrigerated and frozen foods — we expect to move dry products in the near future as our customers rely on Hanson for more of their transportation requirements.”
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02.01.04
Hanson Cold Storage Becomes Hanson Logistics
Name Change Reflects New Service Offering, Strategic Direction
Benton Harbor, Michigan… Hanson Cold Storage officials announced today that after 50 years of service to the frozen food industry, the company is changing its name to Hanson Logistics, effective February1, 2005. The announcement marks a significant milestone in the company’s plan to become a high value, technology-based logistics provider in the temperature-controlled market.
Founded in 1954, Hanson Cold Storage built its reputation for high quality temperature-controlled warehousing primarily in southern Michigan. In the late 1990’s, the company acquired and expanded a deep frozen distribution center in Lafayette, Indiana, as the cornerstone for consolidation and LTL distribution services. Last year, the company established a separate logistics division, supported by state-of-the-art LeanLogistics on demand transportation software and ViaView Provia WMS system. The company began assisting customers with outbound transportation from its warehouses in November, 2004 and plans to offer scheduled temperature-controlled consolidation and LTL distribution to points in the central states beginning in the first quarter of 2005.
Our new name reflects our near term objective of providing our customers with a single source for warehousing and transportation,” said company President Greg Hanson. “Our customers have received top-flight warehousing for the past 50 years, and we intend to build upon that quality standard as we roll out cost-effective, responsive transportation management services. In the longer term, our commitment to providing ‘hands on’ supply chain services will encompass dedicated warehousing solutions, pool distribution and transportation management throughout the US. Our broadened management team and our investment in web-based technology add expertise and innovation to Hanson Logistics emerging capabilities.”
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11.30.04
Trimbach Joins Hanson Logistics As Director of Transportation
Officials at Hanson Logistics announced today the appointment of Tom Trimbach to Director of Transportation.
Trimbach joins Hanson Logistics from LeanLogistics, where he was responsible for customer implementation and training of the company’s on-demand web-based transportation management system. Prior to LeanLogistics, Trimbach held various management positions in transportation operations and fleet safety during his 18 years at Total Logistic Control.
In his new position, Trimbach will oversee the launch of the Hanson Logistics new Transportation Management Services for dry and refrigerated/frozen truckload and LTL services. He will be responsible for developing national transportation solutions for Hanson’s growing customer base, including scheduled temperature-controlled LTL distribution in the central states.
Trimbach brings to Hanson more than 25 years of experience in transportation operations, management and web-based systems. He resides in Grand Haven, Michigan with his wife and family.
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Andy Janson Joins Hanson Logistics Services
Hanson is pleased to announce that Andy Janson will be joining our newly-formed company, Hanson Logistics Services, LLC, as Vice President of Corporate Business Development & Logistics.
Andy comes to Hanson with over 15 years of experience in food retail and public refrigerated warehousing, most recently with Gateway Refrigerated Warehouse/The Arthur Wells Group of St. Louis, Missouri. Andy will be responsible for company-wide sales and marketing as well as implementation and development of our logistics/transportation services.
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