Carrier-published customer case study
Case study
National retailer moves from non-asset providers to an asset-based model
16 → 22
lanes awarded after the first year
A national retail chain that had relied substantially on non-asset providers for more than ten years moved its recurring freight toward an asset-based model. Results below are reported by Schneider and should not be interpreted as independent academic research.
Research credentials
- Published by
- Schneider
- Title
- Retailer’s Switch to Asset-Based Provider Yields Improved Communication and Capacity Management
- Customer
- Unnamed national retail chain
- Transportation model
- Multimodal, including intermodal and truckload
- Research type
- Carrier-published customer case study
- Date
- Described as a 2016 Schneider case study. The current Schneider page is undated; the same title was publicly circulated by a Schneider representative by April 26, 2016.
Customer case studySchneider (2016)Retailer’s Switch to Asset-Based Provider Yields Improved Communication and Capacity ManagementNational retail customer, multimodal transportationResults reported by Schneider · not independent academic researchView original (opens in a new tab)
Before: communication layers, transit inconsistency, control and brokerage-related costs. Change: recurring freight moved toward an asset-based model. After: the retailer expanded the award from 16 to 22 lanes.
100%
Coverage on the original 16 lanes
3,635
Orders delivered in the first year
96%
On-time pickup
98%
On-time delivery
28 min
Average shipper turn time
+30%
Volume spikes handled
Other research and case studies
All research →Independent academic researchMIT: Asset carriers vs. non-asset providersMIT graduate researchMIT: The cost of routing-guide failurePeer-reviewed journal articleHershey: Carrier relationships and capacity commitmentConsultant-published client case study · ocean freightDrewry: Moving part of a network direct to carriersIndependent academic researchMIT FreightLab: Where brokers have the advantage
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