XPO Logistics Receives Contract for Cummins' Global Aftermarket Distribution Center
January 11, 2017 at 07:31 pm IST
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XPO Logistics, Inc. has been awarded a supply chain contract by global power leader Cummins Inc. to support its customers worldwide. XPO Logistics will operate Cummins' primary parts distribution center starting this month, managing approximately 800 workers and over 2,700 orders shipped daily. The one million square foot facility in Memphis, Tenn., distributes component parts, rebuild kits and remanufactured engines as the principal restock hub for Cummins' warehouses worldwide, and supports thousands of Cummins dealers in North America. XPO will provide custom-designed technology for parts stocking and control, fulfillment, shipping and returns management.
XPO, Inc. is a provider of freight transportation services. The Company moves goods through its customers supply chains in North America and Europe. It operates through two segments: North American Less-Than-Truckload (LTL), and European Transportation. The North American LTL segment provides shippers with geographic density and day-definite domestic and cross-border services to the United States (U.S.), as well as Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. It also includes trailer manufacturing operations. The European Transportation segment offers a range of services, such as truckload, LTL, truck brokerage, managed transportation, last mile, freight forwarding and multimodal solutions, including road-rail and road-short sea combinations. It serves a base of customers in consumer, trade, and industrial markets. The Company offers XPO Connect, a cloud-based digital platform for transportation procurement that encompasses a freight optimizer system, shipper interface and carrier interface.