supply chain management services

Housewares Supply Chain

The US Housewares market reports most of its goods are imported.  With regards to channels, it also stats that the majority of its volume moved through discount, department and specialty stores. Grocery stores were the next largest, followed by warehouse clubs. Meeting the supply chain requirements of each channel is a competitive burden for these firms.

TLC Supply Chain Solutions

Housewares manfacturers range from small companies to global enterprises. TLC can match the needs of these companies to channel solutions that get their product in the right place and the best cost, increasing their competitive footprint.

Capabilities Include:

  • Transportation Management
  • Dedicated Fleet solutions
  • Pool Programs / LTL solutions
  • Greenfield distribution centers
  • Shared distribution solutions
  • Import processing
  • Cross-docking / Consolidation
  • Vendor managed inventory

For Housewares supply chain solutions that create a sustainable competitive advantage, TLC is your Supply Chain partner.

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TLC Earns Food Logistics Top 85 3PL Providers Award for 2010

8.24.2010

Total Logistic Control earned this award for the fifth consecutive year, being one of the few to earn the award every year it has been given. This award is given to 3PLs that offer a broad scope of services and capabilities that enable food companies to reduce costs, increase flexibility and improve service levels.

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TLC named to Inbound Logistic Top 100 3PLs for 2010

8.18.2010

Since 1998, TLC has been voted to the Inbound Logistics Top 100 3PL providers list. They again ranked in the top 10 of that list of 100. This keeps them as one of the longest consecutive award winners of this list of supply chain solutions providers.

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TLC's Athens Facility is recognized by Kelloggs

8.17.2010

The TLC Athens Facility was commended at Kellogg’s annual Diversity Recognition Event in April. They were highlighted for having significant increases in their MWBE (Minors, Women, and Business Entrepreneurs) spend over the last four years.  

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TLC Wins PepsiCo Q2 Warehouse Excellence Award

8.17.2010

 The TLC managed Indianapolis PepsiCo service center has been awarded the PepsiCo supply chain Quarter two Warehouse excellence award.

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California Cut Flower Commission (CCFC) Chooses TLC

6.24.2010

CCFC's Transportation Committee concluded its search for a Third Party Logistics (3PL) firm. Total Logistic Control (TLC) was recommended for selection by a unanimous vote from the Board of Commissioners.

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Kraft Morris Biscuit Mixing Center Wins Award

1.26.2010

This facility has won the Q4 2009, Leadership and Excellence Award. They competed against

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TLC is named to the Food Logistics FL100 List

12.16.2009

Food Logistics 6th annual listing of the FL100 was based on the ability to manage change through tough economic times with technology

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Supply & Demand Chain Announce "Green" Supply Chain Award Winners

11.12.2009

TLC was one of about 7 supply chain companies and 33 total companies chosen to receive this award which is meant to recognize small, midsize and large organizations that are taking steps to realize green goals.

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IARW names TLC to their Top 25 Cold Storage List

10.27.2009

The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) has released its annual IARW Global Top 25 List of the public refrigerated warehouses (PRWs) with the greatest capacity of warehouse space in the world.

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TLC earns Food Safety/Quality certification at Athens, GA Location

10.16.2009

Total Logistic Control earns the SQF 2000, Level 3 Certification from the Safe Quality Food Institute, a division of the Food Marketing Institute for their Athens, Georgia Packaging Facility.

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TLC achieves highest score given by US environmental Protection Agency's Smartway program

9.28.2009

The SmartWay program was started in 2004 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and it identifies products and services that reduce transportation-related emissions. A score of 1.25 represents outstanding environmental performance. These Partners already are utilizing most of the commercially available fuel saving strategies and are actively evaluating the latest emerging technologies.

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TLC facility wins Gold Standard Award from Sara Lee

9.28.2009

The Gold Standard Award is given out annually and is designed to recognize SUPERIOR Performance within the TLC/Sara Lee Network.

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Milwaukee's Palermo's Pizza Comes Back to TLC

8.18.2009

Back in 2006, Palermo's Pizza built their own state-of-the-art facilities for production and storage.  However, their quality products have driven tremendous sales growth and had them seeking additional storage space.  They turned to TLC, their provider before building 3 years ago.

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TLC Chosen As Great Supply Chain Partner

6.22.2009

SupplyChainBrain’s 7th Annual 100 Great Supply Chain Partners Program is the result of a six-month on-line poll in which supply chain professionals are asked to nominate vendors and service providers whose solutions have made a significant impact on their company’s efficiency, customer service and overall supply chain performance. TLC was chosen as one of the Top 100.

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