Keep Menards Trusted — Fast, Across 300+ Midwest Stores
AI-optimised logistics that keep every lumber load and seasonal SKU in-stock from new Ravenna OH hubs to the furthest job site.
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The Logistics Challenges Facing Menards Today
Midwest Sprawl
300+ stores across 15 states need smarter lane design to trim stem-miles and protect in-stock levels.
Empty Backhauls
Drop-trailer runs leave private rigs returning light, wasting miles and driving up diesel and carbon costs.
DC Start-Up Risk
Ravenna OH and upcoming PA hubs require dynamic rerouting and capacity modeling to prevent launch-week stockouts.
OTIF Penalties
10 % fines for late supplier loads call for real-time ETA dashboards and auto-re-slotting when delays surface.
Peak-Season Bottlenecks
Spring project surge doubles outbound loads, straining yard turns, driver HOS, and delivery windows.
Siloed Carrier Data
Private fleet and “preferred” carriers run on separate systems, masking true cost-per-mile and hindering live decisions.
Solutions Built for Menards’ Reality
Build cube/weight-balanced, multi-stop routes for lumber, drywall, and seasonal goods heading to stores and job sites, trimming empty miles while honoring lift-gate or boom-crane constraints.
Auto-elevate urgent job-site drops when crews are waiting, reshuffling lower-priority stops so critical materials still arrive on time without adding trucks.
Use ShipFlex to allocate each load to the optimal DC, cross-dock, flatbed, or LTL partner, balancing cost, capacity, and oversized-item handling needs.
Provide ops with a live map plus auto-alerts for traffic, HOS risks, or dwell overruns, enabling proactive reroutes and real-time customer notifications.
Equip drivers with optimized navigation, load-secure checklists, photo proof-of-delivery, and e-signatures, feeding instant status and compliance data back to HQ.
Surface reverse-haul opportunities for pallet returns, surplus materials, or supplier pickups, converting deadhead miles into cost savings and sustainability gains.
Route Optimization
Build cube/weight-balanced, multi-stop routes for lumber, drywall, and seasonal goods heading to stores and job sites, trimming empty miles while honoring lift-gate or boom-crane constraints.
Dynamic Re-sequencing
Auto-elevate urgent job-site drops when crews are waiting, reshuffling lower-priority stops so critical materials still arrive on time without adding trucks.
Dynamic Carrier Selection
Use ShipFlex to allocate each load to the optimal DC, cross-dock, flatbed, or LTL partner, balancing cost, capacity, and oversized-item handling needs.
Control Tower
Provide ops with a live map plus auto-alerts for traffic, HOS risks, or dwell overruns, enabling proactive reroutes and real-time customer notifications.
Driver App POD
Equip drivers with optimized navigation, load-secure checklists, photo proof-of-delivery, and e-signatures, feeding instant status and compliance data back to HQ.
Returns Planning
Surface reverse-haul opportunities for pallet returns, surplus materials, or supplier pickups, converting deadhead miles into cost savings and sustainability gains.
Success Stories
Croma’s End-to-End Logistics Overhaul
Dynamic routing, control-tower visibility, and a driver app unified operations for faster, fully digitized deliveries.
Driver utilization rate
Digitalization of manual efforts
Express delivery achieved
Visibility of daily dispatches
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