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A growing list of companies from diverse industries rely on NTE to improve how they buy and manage freight transportation. Here is how we're helping some of them.
Hallmark Cards, Inc. Hallmark Cards, Inc. the #1 producer of greeting cards started in 1910. Product is sold under the flagship brand, Hallmark, along with Expressions From Hallmark, Ambassador, Keepsakes and Shoebox. Product is available at 42,000 US retail stores, including mass merchandisers, discount, drug and food stores. Additionally, 5700 specialty stores, which includes Hallmark Gold Crown stores distribute product. Hallmark utilizes the NTE TradeTM product for internal and vendor transportation management.
"NTE TradeTM has delivered on the promised savings from a transportation bid through achieving compliance across our broad transportation network. We have automated our manual processes saving dramatically on labor expense while also improving our carrier partner management."
—Mike Higgins, North American Transportation Manager, Global Services, Inc
Target Corporation, one of the nation's largest retailers, uses NTE's supply chain event management and visibility solution to manage their inbound ready-to-ship transportation processes. Through NTE ViewTM, Target has achieved tremendous benefits in terms of transportation cost savings, increased operational efficiencies, reduced inventory levels, and improved vendor relations and customer satisfaction.
"NTE is helping us better manage our logistics function, streamline interactions with our vendors, and produce significant savings. But the greater value comes in the form of enhanced visibility and control of our supply chain."
—Steve Carter, Director of Domestic Transportation Operations, Target Corporation
Dal-Tile is the nation's largest producer
of ceramic tile. It is transforming management and execution of
its $70-million freight transportation system with an NTE Private
Community involving its vendors, core carriers and retail stores.
"With NTE, what we have seen is a way to take our shipping
activity, economize it, and be more proactive in dealing with
things so we provide better customer service. I see improvement
for visibility and more timeliness of information."
—Charlie Cook, Director of Transportation, Dal-Tile
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