Why Outsource To An Asset-Based 3PL?

May 30, 2017 By:

Transportation is complex. It requires the best people, processes and platforms to make hundreds of small factors come together to get your shipment from point A to point B. With our Integrated Solutions offerings, we can optimize your supply chain, reduce costs and improve efficiencies. Here’s how:

We save you time and money.

Let our qualified team members handle everything from selecting safe carriers and managing logistics to brokering freight and monitoring regulatory compliance issues. Pay your team members to focus on their core competencies.

We have the best technology platform—and expertise to use it efficiently. 

Partner with us and have access to the best TMS money can buy with functionality to seamlessly manage multiple supply chain processes. We bought it so you don’t have to.

We cover the risk.

Our carrier qualification process includes a thorough review of carrier safety, authority, insurance and service performance. And, if you chose to use our Dedicated Contract Transportation services, we manage the insurance coverage, the drivers, the equipment, the regulatory compliance. You can rest easy knowing your freight’s in our hands.

We can offer dedicated transportation—not just dedicated capacity.

After we evaluate your supply chain, we recommend the solution that can best handle your excess shipping—whether that’s on our trucks or carrier trucks or both. We’ll integrate with our partners to identify efficiencies and services that will optimize your supply chain and remove capacity concerns.

We offer visibility to your shipments, eliminating the unknowns.

Through the use of our integrated supply chain software, best-in-class logistics tools and Ruan’s custom intellectual property, we can provide our customers with a real-time picture of their entire supply chain and simplify essential transportation management requirements.

We simplify your billing.

Ruan offers one single invoice for all your Integrated Solutions services. All service providers, from warehouse to independent carriers, are presented in one, comprehensive, easy-to-read invoice. Plus, we are EDI-capable and can build electronic invoices that integrate into our customers’ general ledger accounts so that transportation expenses can be tracked at any level.

We have partnerships with an extensive number of vetted carriers—offering you the best price with the safest carriers. 

Ruan is committed to our carrier relationships and comprehensive collaboration. Our carrier partnership platform supports the development of our carrier relationships and guides continuous improvement efforts, ensuring all parties have an opportunity to grow and be profitable.


What are you waiting for? Contact one of our supply chain experts and explore your options with Ruan’s Integrated Solutions.