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Just as the world is ever changing, so is your market, you company and your transportation and distribution needs. Acting quickly to meet changing conditions means choosing an experienced and proven provider with a wide array of specialized distribution services and logistics solutions - tools that are interconnected, with the expertise to configure those tools to meet your needs. It's the value you receive with northAmerican® Logistics.

Companies Like Yours Demand Specialization
As a customer-intimate company, northAmerican® Logistics is committed to knowing your business as well as you do. That's why we focus our energies on those industries where our expertise is unparalleled in logistics solutions:

Information technology
Telecommunications
Medical equipment
Point-of-sale electronics

We are a $500 million-plus logistics company with more than 35 years as the leader in specialized and high-value transportation and distribution. Through the years we've proven our successful capabilities in the areas of:

Vendor-managed inventory
In-transit merge
Global inventory management
Integrated multi-modal transportation management
Reverse logistics
Service parts management
Manufacturing support services
Project management

Using those tools and more, we know how to create a solution that is unique to your needs. Our custom solutions begin with leading-edge technology that:

Reduces cycle times
Implements internal efficiencies
Transforms your supply chain into a competitive advantage

Your northAmerican® Logistics team begins with a thorough understanding of your business needs today. Then we draw upon our experience to help you look to tomorrow, and create integrated solutions to address your vision for the future.

Our people have the have the global expertise that is a prerequisite to developing and implementing strategic business solutions quickly and seamlessly. We work with you to incorporate flexibility in your supply chain, enabling you to react quickly to rapidly changing environments. The leverage we bring includes bargaining power with our commercial carriers, technology that is modular and transportable, and a strong infrastructure - all combined to offer cost-effective logistics solutions.

Our asset management system allows northAmerican® Logistics to control a complex set of variables. We can administer your entire inventory from parts to manufacturer to customer and back again with an accuracy rate that exceeds 99.5 percent. Everyone in your organization has the same visibility. That is, total access to the status of your products on a minute-by-minute basis - customized to the information and technology you require.

Technology That Fits
Technology is central to northAmerican® Logistics' customized solutions. Together, or in part, we offer Customized Options for Logistics Technology (COLT):

Warehouse management
Data warehouse management
Asset control
Serialized and non-serialized inventory management
Transportation management
Distribution
Returns management
Vendor hub management
Supply chain management
Automated brokerage interfaces
Carrier settlement
Manufacturing support

The On-Trac Network
Less than truckload (LTL) shipments are coordinated through the On-Trac Network. This integrated network allows us to efficiently manage scheduled departures from our logistics centers and track your product throughout the distribution cycle. northAmerican® Logistics' strategically located logistics centers offer:

More than 700 service points dedicated to high-value and sensitive commodities.
24-hour, seven-days-a-week operations
Scheduled pick-ups and deliveries
Reduced cycle time, increasing value to you and your customers.

northAmerican® Logistics is specialized in every sense of the word. Our customized equipment and dedicated fleets are specific to hard-to-handle, valuable or highly sensitive products. We also manage larger LTL shipments on a direct delivery basis; we have truckload fleet capabilities and offer expedited services. Our On-Trac Network and specialty fleets are organized for worry-free pick-up and delivery. Throughout, you are provided with a wide range of distribution services and logistics solutions to ensure your shipment goes to the right place at the right time.

The Technology
Our operating system coordinates all aspects of our communication network. Those components include:

Asset Management
Product tracking
WORLDTRAC® satellite tracking system
Internet tracking
EDI (ANSI, EDIFACT, SAP, ORACLE)

All of the information we gather is readily available to give you real-time visibility. Your inventory management is accurate, as is the status of your shipment.


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