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Martin-Brower lowers the cost of burger delivery

Industry: Distribution/3PL , Food & Drink
Categories: Operational routing and scheduling , Benefits reported , Large operation

Paragon’s truck routing and scheduling system has enabled the Martin-Brower Company, L.L.C. (Martin-Brower), to increase delivery frequency using its existing fleet without adding significant mileage. One of its service centers eliminated 5,000 miles a week on the road with the software. 

All 23 Martin-Brower distribution centers (DCs) in North America, Canada and Puerto Rico use the system for daily routing of multi-frequency deliveries to more than 6,000 customers, supplying them with all their frozen and dry goods, packaging, cleaning products and ancillaries using its 570-strong truck fleet. 

“The Dickson, Tennessee DC designed a new master schedule using the Paragon software and immediately reduced its mileage by 5,000 miles a week, a 6% reduction. We believe that this would not have been possible without the aid of the Paragon software. We are proud that we have been able to reduce over 900K lbs of CO₂ out of our carbon footprint by cutting our emission levels,” says Chuck Gans, Director, Operations Support, Martin-Brower.

The software was selected following thorough research to find an automated planning solution that can handle multi-frequency deliveries, maximize use of the existing truck and trailer fleet and improve warehouse utilization. More than 20 vendors were reviewed initially, with Paragon demonstrating its strength and flexibility in meeting Martin-Brower’s requirements.

According to Gans, “the software includes several key features, including dispatch smoothing, allowing us to spread dispatches throughout the day utilizing the warehouse workforce properly. It also enables arrival time banding, ensuring locations with multiple delivery frequencies are all delivered within a user-defined number of minutes on all delivery days. This avoids some customers receiving morning deliveries on one route, and an afternoon or evening delivery on the next.” 

“I have worked with many vendors in my 20-year career in food distribution and Paragon has been one of the most supportive companies I have ever worked with.” Chuck Gans, Director, Operations Support, Martin-Brower

 

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