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TAILORED INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS

Ruan's Integrated Supply Chain Solutions offer it all, including Dedicated Contract Transportation, Managed Transportation, Contract Distribution and Fulfillment, and Freight Brokerage. We combine the flexibility of our non-asset and asset-based capabilities with optimal technology and superior service focused on continuous improvement, cost savings, and supply chain efficiency. The Ruan team partners with customers to evaluate, optimize, and deliver a one-source, integrated supply chain solution.

Dedicated Contract Transportation

Ruan employs professional drivers who become an extension of your business while reducing your risk.

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Managed Transportation

Best-in-class technology that builds efficient shipments and provides rich, actionable analytics.

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Contract Distribution and Fulfillment

Dedicated, scalable, and agile warehouse space tailored to add to our partners' supply chain needs.

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Freight Brokerage

Asset-based carrier to serve as an extension of your transportation team, with 24/7 support.

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We Handle Everything

If a product has to move by truck—and almost everything does—there's a good chance Ruan has hauled it or something similar. We have experience hauling goods in all of the following industries:

Agricultural, Beverages, Building Materials, Chemicals, Consumer Packaged Goods, Food Grade, Food Processing, Grocery, Industrial Gases, Manufacturing, Medical Supplies, Metals, Retail, and more!

National reach. Local service.

Wherever your business takes you, Ruan will be there. We have more than 300 operations nationwide staffed with friendly, local team members.

Case Studies

Since 1932, Ruan has been committed to driving our customers' business forward with strategic thinking and innovative ideas. Read the case studies below to learn more about how we develop strong, meaningful partnerships with our customers.

Vital Farms

An Eggcellent Supply Chain Solution for Vital Farms

Vital Farms is the leading producer of pasture-raised eggs in the country. They partner with small family farms across the nation to deliver high-quality, ethically sourced food products to the tables of American families. Vital Farms’ products—including shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and liquid whole eggs—are sold in more than 24,000 stores nationwide.

Vital Farms’ size and projected growth required logistics partners that could scale and provide exceptional customer service.

They found those partners in Ruan, one of the largest privately held transportation and logistics companies in the country, and Cold Zone, a premier provider of cold storage solutions.

Seneca Foods

Seneca Foods and Ruan Have a “Can” Do Partnership

Seneca Foods is a shelf-to-table business, predominantly producing canned and frozen vegetables, for grocery chains, private labels, food service companies, and industrial baking and food production organizations.

Operating multiple interdependent facilities each processing different commodities, Seneca Foods needed a dedicated logistics partner that could be the physical link between and an extension of their plants in order to ensure production stays on track.

Charter Steel

A "Steel-Tight" Partnership - Charter Steel and Ruan

Ruan began its partnership with Charter Steel in 2018 after Charter Steel issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a transportation provider capable of delivering consistent, ongoing improvements to its freight network and transportation operations. Ruan was ultimately selected as Charter Steel’s chosen dedicated provider in this RFP process due to its ability not only to execute day-to-day functions but also to align heavily with Charter Steel’s core values and commitment to continuous improvement initiatives.

In 2019, Charter Steel invited Ruan’s Managed Transportation services and team to be part of the mix, with the intention of minimizing costs in the tight freight market and executing a strategic integrated solution that pairs well with Dedicated Contract Transportation.

Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division

Raising Their Spirits

A cordial partnership between the State of Iowa and Ruan assures timely and cost-effective distribution of alcohol within the Hawkeye State.

One business that remained very strong during the past year and a half of the pandemic is that of alcohol distribution. The State of Iowa experienced this with steadily increasing sales at a time when product variety was also growing.

“We were deemed an essential business during the pandemic, so it was very important that we were able to fulfill our obligations to our stores,” says Herb Sutton Jr., chief operations officer at the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD). “The suppliers are very creative in what they provide to the state, and it provides a good opportunity for Iowans to have choice.”