Services

Negotiator for all NA LTL, parcel and truckload freight movements for most Members including those that pass through CoLinx plus all other shipments to/from other locations.

Establishment and maintenance of dedicated fleet movements for plant to warehouse and warehouse to warehouse freight movements for Members.

US and Canadian freight bill payment, including custom reporting.

Matching of BOL and actual bill, including dispute resolution, and check generation as needed by Member.

Over 10 NA pool cities offering daily service to cities East of the Rocky Mountains, and 5 day per week service to western US.

Very competitive special delivery contract pricing.

Complete integration of mixed brands on all replenishments to regional centers, shipments to pool cities, and shipments to Distributor DC’s. Consolidation of LTL from pool city to customer, if Members allow, by ship to location.

Generating BOL’s for Members and for CoLinx consolidated bills as the freight forwarder.

Analysis of orders for migration from Air Freight to Parcel to LTL to Truckload on all orders submitted with best way routing.

Reports provided on all carrier selections made outside contracts based on freight bill payment data.

Cross docking freight from manufacturing plants through CoLinx facilities for faster delivery at a lower cost using the pool system.

Freight payment historical data available to Members.

Providing freight cost analysis vs. published rates for use in individual company policy making.

Bringing together products from disparate plants for consolidation into a single customer shipment.

Consolidation of multi-brand, multi-order and multi-product shipments going to Canada.

Toll free number for customers to call for ordering a pick up of re-usable pallets.

Complete coordination of emergency shipments 24/7.

Allows multiple containers for a single processing fee, avoidance of US tariff until shipment into the US, elimination of duty drawback on shipments made to Mexico and Canada. Full reporting capability for US Customs compliance.

Conversion of bulk inventory to pack quantity or individual packages.

Customer specific labeling as well as labeling for stock.

Boxing of various components that make up a subassembly.

Operation and maintenance of paperless warehouse management system.

Inventory verification methodology used within WMS.

Cost per pick, store, ship per SKU.

Inspection and processing of return goods.

Non-CoLinx stocked shipments are added into dock operations from other locations to improve delivery speed.

Material updated into stock location 24 hours a day.

Cost and efficiency oriented employee involvement programs.

Internal selection and maintenance of equipment.

Building of crates per Member specifications for export.

Distribution services team that acts as liaison with Member inside sales team.

7/24/365 availability of inventory.

Processing internal and external orders.

Picking material stored in the warehouse through tablet technology.

Applying address labels and packing lists with shipment details.

Quality Management System based on ISO9001.

Mall operations and Stores for Members in the US, Canada, Mexico.

S2S gateway between Members and Customers for pricing, availability, order submit, and order status checks. To learn more, click here.

Gateway between Members and Carriers for freight bills and BOL.

Allows easy update of all on-line databases.

Provides click stream reports on web use.

Allows store administrator to control dynamic content on web storefronts, and control all data.

Electronic transmission of billing data and bills of lading for most Members.

Helping Members set up and maintain XML transaction engines to communicate with CoLinx or others.

Management of the network out to and including the router at Member locations.

Representatives always available to ensure the platform is running properly.