Carter Shared Milk Run Network
Since its inception, Carter Logistics has consistently proven the ability to meet the demand of major manufacturing companies located throughout North America. The advancement of the “ Carter Shared Milk Run Network” is what provides our customers continuous dependability and visibility to the flow of their supply chain. In this day and age, many companies are challenged to improve their overall operational services by reducing transportation spend, inventory levels, and delivery timeliness.
 
The “ Carter Shared Milk Run Network” is a unique logistics model designed to support our clients and their Lean Manufacturing initiatives by combining freight from its international client base and their thousands of suppliers into a single supply chain solution.
 
This logistics solution accelerates your lean initiative.

The Missing Link That Supports Lean Manufacturing
This means…
  • Every Part-Every Day
  • Reduced Safety Stock (Lower Inventories)
  • Smaller Lot Shipments
  • Improved Transit Times with Scheduled Deliveries
  • Returnable Container Management
  • Supports Level Schedules
  • Integrated Pull Systems/Kanban System
  • Single Source
  • Lower Logistics Cost/Reduced Cost Per Pound

How it works…

Carter Logistics’ success has been realized by its patent-pending “Split-Bill” methodology that allows its clients to share in the overall cost of each dedicated “Milk Run Route” based upon the percentage of weight shipped by each client and/or supplier. That means if you ship 10% of the total milk run weight on a Carter Shared Milk Run Route…you pay ONLY TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL MILK RUN ROUTE COST .

It also means as suppliers and/or manufacturing plants continue adding additional weight to the network, the cost per pound decreases FOR ALL PARTICIPATING CARTER CLIENTS.

As a Carter Logistics client you are now able to combine your North America supply chain with many of the world’s largest manufacturing companies and realize true savings that you could never achieve on your own.

The Impact…

The proficiency and determination of Carter Logistics allows our clients to experience substantial and continued savings in their logistics network. Our continuous improvement commitment involves a constant review of internal processes as an effort to provide exceptional customer service, sophisticated quality, and leading-edge technology.