Mazda Goes Live Delivering 750,000 Shipments Per Year with Kewill Shipping Solution
Optimizing multi-carrier parcel and LTL shipping cuts costs with 1-year ROI
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 16 -- Kewill Solutions North America , the leader in enterprise shipping management software, announced today that Mazda North American Operations has gone live on its enterprise shipping solution. Kewill's enterprise shipping application will manage the fulfillment of auto parts from Mazda's five U.S. distribution centers to its 700 dealerships across the U.S. and 200 in Canada.
The Kewill solution will optimize the fulfillment of 724,000 parcels and 35,000 LTL shipments annually from its five distribution facilities. Prior to working with Kewill, Mazda had multiple, fragmented, stand-alone systems at each location to manage its domestic parcel, international parcel and LTL shipments. By deploying a centralized enterprise system, Mazda can enforce contracted carriers are used, maximizing service levels, while cutting freight costs. Kewill's time-in-transit optimization selects best carrier based on costs and required delivery commitment.
"Prior to Kewill, there was no ability to enforce our carrier and shipping strategy," said Bobbie Rooney, manager, national logistics and transportation, for Mazda North American Operations. "We would sometimes ship an engine 10 miles from the warehouse via a parcel carrier because our Terms and Conditions with our customers dictated it, when using an LTL carrier was half the cost. Kewill allows us to drive best practices throughout our supply chain. There is complete visibility and accountability on how we ship. Furthermore, we have increased service levels while cutting costs."
In addition to providing Mazda with the cost and time savings associated with rate shopping and shipping automation, Kewill's shipping solution integrates with Mazda's other business applications giving total visibility into order status, shipping charges and tracking information. Mazda is now able to upload all freight charges to its 3rd-party auditor to validate carrier shipment detail (bill matching) while the company also benefits from complete shipping activity reports that provide comprehensive information to better manage costs.
"Mazda is a first-class example of how important shipping is within the supply chain," said Bill Owen, COO of Kewill Solutions North America. "Getting spare parts to the dealers on time is a key customer satisfaction issue. Mazda has done a great job in restructuring their supply chain to increase on time deliveries, cut costs, reduce stocking points, lower inventories, and move to a demand driven supply network for the spare parts fulfillment. We are delighted that Kewill is an important element of Mazda's strategy."
About Mazda North American Operations
Mazda North American Operations is responsible for the sales and marketing, customer parts and service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., MNAO has more than 700 dealerships nationwide.
About Kewill Solutions North America
Kewill Solutions North America is the shipping management solutions division of Kewill Systems Plc, a leading international company dedicated to the development and provision of software and services to manage complex business-to-business supply chains. Over 55,000 customers worldwide have trusted Kewill Systems Plc for the management of their supply chain information including Federal Express, Pratt & Whitney, Mazda, Smith & Nephew, Littlewoods, Sainsbury's, Express Gifts, JD Williams, SRG, Iomega, Marks & Spencer, Xerox, and Toys R Us. For more information on Kewill, please visit http://www.kewill.com/.
For more information contact: Mariana Haven Kewill Solutions North America 508.787.1864 mariana.haven@kewill.com