Profile: YRC Logistics

Overland Park, Kansas

Annual Revenue: $447 million (2005)

Number of employees: Approximately 2,600 worldwide

Winner, 2006 SmartWay Excellence Award

YRC Logistics offers companies end-to-end logistics solutions. It helps its clients to improve their logistics network and overall supply-chain efficiency by offering flexible logistics solutions supported by web-hosted technology and global shipment capabilities. YRC Logistics’s services include supply-chain management, distribution management, transportation management, dedicated fleet, global and domestic forwarding, brokerage, and technology tools.

The relationship between YRC Logistics and carpet manufacturer Interface, Inc., is an outstanding example of the benefits of collaboration between SmartWay Transport Partners. These companies have worked together to use the SmartWay FLEET Model to do a more refined analysis of their complete environmental transportation footprint. YRC Logistics used the model to break down freight by truckload and less-than-truckload to get more accurate emission reduction results. These results helped optimize its supply-chain efficiency.

"With the capability to model environmental impact, YRC Logistics can help clients design solutions that minimize environmental impact, a process that usually results in reduced overall logistics cost."

Duncan Hopwood
Vice President, Logistics Engineering Services

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Profile: YRC Logistics

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