3rd Party Logistical Consolidation:

At Stevens, many of our national accounts outsource to our Logistics Division their specific fleet operations so they can best focus on their respective manufacturing competencies. We utilize the PROPHESY LOGISTICS ShippersPlus software to rate and consolidate orders scheduled for shipping, assign preferred carriers, and determine LTL (less than truckload) and TL (truckload) shipping status. We directly communicate with our customers' 3rd party traffic departments to generate the routing instructions to be utilized by our drivers. The pertinent shipping information is directly downloading from their system into this system, which consolidates it into the most economically consistent and efficient route. Such 3rd party logistical relationships ease their burdens as we are able to effectively service our "customers' customers" on their behalf.