Effective supply chain management requires the ability to plan ahead to meet the challenges of ever changing market demands. HNT Logistics Strategic Supply Chain Design solution formulates a technical and systematic plan to improve current supply chain performance and identify tomorrow's needs today. Strategic Supply Chain Design provides a thorough audit of the operating principles applied in your existing supply chain and provides a design to streamline your network, now and in the future.

HNT Logistics has 3 decades of industry leading experience in comprehensive logistics engineering analysis, design, and consulting for clients in manufacturing, distribution and retailing. HNT Logistics specializes in identification of supply chain improvements, leading to lower total transportation and reduced inventory holding costs. Utilizing best-in-class benchmarking information, in concert with sophisticated analysis tools assures accurate and achievable results.

One advantage HNT Logistics provides is internally developed and exclusive decision software tools. The technology provides a competitive edge from an analysis perspective, as each analysis study is tailored to each client's-specific needs.

HNT Logistics employs a team of professionals who specialize in Strategic Supply Chain Design. The team is comprised of many experienced logistics supply chain professionals with one goal – to identify the opportunities for your company's supply chain to become more efficient, flexible, and profitable. HNT Logistics provides the technical expertise and direction to maximize efficiency without sacrificing customer service or critical lead-times.

Another great advantage HNT Logistics offers is the ability to establish highly accurate benchmarks. In identifying savings, it is critical to assess the "as-is" state of the supply chain. Due to our large base of managed transportation, HNT Logistics has an accurate, and current database of lane cost and capacity availability information representative of the market. The typical sampling period for a detailed analysis encompasses one year of historical data. This is often supplemented with information on future expansions, new markets, or geographic sales strategies that enable design of accurate plans for expanding companies. When accurate information is combined with broad analytical skills and highly sophisticated analytic software, the result is a highly credible statistical analysis with objective risk/reward evaluations.

HNT Logistics works with clients to gain an understanding of specific supply chain challenges and to jointly explore opportunities for improvement in accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and efficiency. Being a non-asset based 3PL; HNT Logistics offers unbiased solutions to help you maintain your competitive edge in business.

We offer complete carrier negotiation services and will work through the entire process. We start by understanding your needs and building a process specific to your business. We will hold all the carrier meetings and then work through all the contract details, which allows you to concentrate on your core business. Our experts have negotiated hundreds of contracts and know how to create win-win situations for you and your providers.

We can offer expertise in completing and finalizing the bid process for your business or a segment of your business. We offer an electronic method of distributing RFQ's to logistics service providers. The solution gathers lane, price, and capacity information and then facilitates the awarding of bids to the optimal service providers. We can communicate directly with carriers and work through scenarios to ensure your network has the best combination of service, capacity, and cost.