MARKET DEFINITION

The term "Big Box" retail does not lack definition. The problem is it has far too many conflicting meanings. By the most modest assessments, Big Box retail accounts for the bulk of US Consumer spending and is the fastest growing category (in dollars) of any business segment.

TLC Solutions

Big Box retailers have re-defined the global supply chain. Many have viewed their supply chain as a competency too core to outsource. Today however many seek partners to bring both innovation and cost containment to their expanding supply chain. TLC's Big Box retail solutions are specifically geared to the needs of the largest retail operations.

Capabilities Inlcude:

Transportation Management
Dedicated Fleet Solutions
Greenfield Distribution Centers
Direct-Store-Delivery
Automated Distribution Solutions
Consolidation
Cross-Docking / Mixing Centers

For Big Box retail solutions that create a sustainable competitive advantage, TLC is your Supply Chain partner.

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.

Total Logistic Facilities Beat Industry Average

5.7.2009

For 2008, TLC is proud to announce that 27 locations were lost-time, injury free during 2008. They also have a 26% improvement in the OSHA rate, which was already better than the industry standards to begin with.

Check Out The Article in Inbound Logistics about TLC

5.5.2009

This issue has a feature article called How’d That Get On My Plate? Gary Gionnette, the COO of TLC Client W. Newell & Company, was interviewed. TLC is their decated Carrier. Click here to read it.

Bay Valley Foods Chooses TLC's Warehousing & Transportation

1.8.2009

TLC awarded Dedicated Warehousing and Transportation for Bay Valley Foods. The initiative is to construct a 600,000 square foot warehouse in Rochelle, IL that will begin operations later this month. The new distribution center will be built according to guidelines established by USGBC for LEED certification

TLC makes Food Logistics Top 100

12.22.2008

Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to the grocery and foodservice distribution supply chain, this week announced the fifth-annual listing of the Food Logistics 100 (FL100) in its November/December 2008 issue...

TLC provides resources for a non-profit

12.22.2008

TLC has a corporate initiative to support the communities in which its associates live and work. Pathways, MI, local to the corporate headquarters in Holland, MI, provides life-transforming services to children, families and communities. TLC plans to donate excess office furniture, supplies and equipment to Pathways, MI who plans to use that donation to support its counseling, child welfare, early childhood and family support programs

TLC Recognized as a Top 100 Technology Provider

12.9.2008

The editors of Food Logistics received nomination forms from end users and solution providers, the editorial staff to recognize TLC as a 100 technology and solution provider.

TLC welcomes new client Niemann Foods

10.21.2008

Niemann Foods operate grocery stores, pet supply stores, convenience stores, gas stations and liquor stores in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.

Food / Beverage

Grocery

Consumer Packaged Goods

Retail