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Knoll, Inc.:
Maximizing Low Cost Supplier Opportunities

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Summary

Knoll Incorporated is a global leader in office furnishings, design and manufacturing. Increasing cost pressures caused the company to source lower cost components in Asia. Although improved pricing was achieved, delivery reliability was extremely poor and transportation costs were eroding potential savings. The company required a cost-effective international transportation management process with increased visibility. Penske’s solution to develop a single-provider process with responsibility for vendor management, transportation, order management, warehousing and container consolidation resulted in ocean/air freight savings and increased order visibility yielding nearly a 50 percent reduction of air freight requirements.
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  Challenges   Solutions / Results
  • To reduce international air/ocean transportation costs.

  • To increase overall visibility throughout Knoll’s supply chain.

  • To establish international supplier conformance standards.
  • Enhanced shipment visibility enabled Knoll to reduce airfreight requirements by approximately 50 percent.

  • Penske works with ABX LOGISTICS and Knoll to identify consolidation opportunities while ensuring delivery dates are met.

  • Penske monitors all Asian shipments and ensures status visibility, supplier conformance and route optimization.


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