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Penske Logistics was honored by Whirlpool Corporation with two supply chain awards for driving innovation and efficiency with exemplary distribution center management and freight management solutions.

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Safety First

Our teams provide compliance with regulatory requirements for proper transportation, storage, and handling of chemical-related products and implement safety measures across the supply chain.

The Advantage of Experience

Penske has deep experience improving supply chain management for leading chemical, paint and agricultural products companies. We understand the market and regulatory forces affecting this industry and can adapt your operations to maximize safety and effectiveness.

Our logistics experience in the chemical industry includes:

  • Agrochemicals
  • Household Cleaners and Detergents
  • Oil, Gas and Lubricants
  • Paint, Coatings and Adhesives
  • Plastics

How We Help You

We collaborate with you to manage compliance, safety, and scheduling challenges through secure transportation and warehouse logistics solutions, using effective route planning, and visibility tools to make data-driven decisions. We can manage your supplier's shipments, optimize transportation and freight, and operate distribution centers and warehouses.

Smooth Transportation

We prioritize compliance and safety in chemical transportation. Our processes ensure that all your needs are met, including the proper handling of safety standards, safety data sheets (SDSs), carrier certifications, and the transportation of bulk freight and tank trucks.

Efficient Warehousing

Our logistics teams leverage their expertise to operate distribution centers and warehouses that adhere to chemical safety standards. Key safety measures include staff training, management of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), compliance with regulations, and mitigation of risks associated with the stored chemicals.

We comply with OSHA regulations and equip our warehouses and distribution centers with essential safety features, such as fire suppression systems, appropriate lighting and ventilation, specialized containers, and secure storage solutions. Additionally, we have established procedures for cleanup, emergency planning, and specific handling protocols for leak and spill prevention and containment.

Enabled by Advanced Technology

Our technology connects all parts of the supply chain by aggregating data into a single platform, enhancing visibility for data-driven decisions. This technology improves inventory flow and customer service, optimizes delivery routes, and reduces disruptions.

Our warehouse technology improves inventory control, production strategies and labor management while integrating with order and ERP systems, transportation management, warehouse management, and other supply chain technologies.

Penske Logistics is dedicated to fostering thought leadership within the industry. Supply chain and logistics professionals widely use these reports as the benchmark for logistics activity.

A lead logistics provider (LLP), also referred to as a 4th-party logistics provider (4PL), can direct every aspect of your supply chain including managing other 3PLs, overseeing transportation management, supervising warehouse operations or operating any other portion of your supply chain. An LLP becomes your partner in streamlining the processes and of moving parts and products, and creating a lean, cost-effective operation.

An LLP (or 4PL) acts as your primary supply chain management provider. They will define processes and manage the acquisition and integration of logistics services, either through their own organization or via subcontractors. An LLP oversees every detail on your behalf.

Our Expertise as a Lead Logistics Provider

As a lead logistics provider for businesses around the world, Penske finds new and improved ways to coordinate all aspects of supply chain service on a day-to-day basis.

Every business has its strong points. Since ours happens to be warehousing and transportation management, or in other words, freight management, you can focus on perfecting and maintaining your core business.

Our expertise as an LLP will guide us as we work with you to identify opportunities to reduce slack in every area of your supply chain including:

Comprehensive Supply Chain Oversight and Management

Customers turn to Penske for LLP services because we can provide subject-matter expertise to optimize every level of your supply chain. You'll find that our logistics experts can bring their unique operational experience from a wide variety of industries including automotive and food and beverage to help with challenges in every nook and cranny of your supply chain. Some of the areas where you'll recognize their immediate value are:

  • On-site, with parts follow-up, load verification and quality inspection
  • Operations, with border, claims, supplier and warehouse management
  • Network, from site and mode selection to routing and realignment
  • Transportation management, including carrier or fleet management, load building and tracking
  • Financial, including procurement, metrics and invoicing

Outsourcing to a Lead Logistics Provider

You should consider several factors when making the decision to outsource the management of your supply chain:

  • Does outsourcing to a lead logistics provider make sense strategically? Will outsourcing supply chain management responsibilities allow you to focus on your core competencies? Will a lead logistics provider improve customer service? Will it enhance your ability to be adaptable and flexible?
  • Does outsourcing to an LLP make sense operationally? Will outsourcing improve process execution? Will outsourcing give you access to advanced technology, giving you visibility to your freight and improving efficiency?
  • Does outsourcing to an LLP make sense financially? Will engaging an LLP help you gain more control of your bottom line by managing and containing costs? Can an LLP reduce capital requirements?

Additional Benefits of Outsourcing Supply Chain Management

Devising common strategic and operational values drives out 8–12% of our customers' supply chain costs. From the ground up, we establish a strategic financial baseline to influence our decision-making as it applies to ideation, design, implementation, validation and value tracking of logistics solutions.

Benefits of outsourcing supply chain management to Penske include:

  • Broad industry expertise – Penske started out as an LLP in the automotive industry, an industry with one of the most complex supply chains, and took that knowledge into other areas including food and beverage, retail and industrial.
  • Our people – The backbone of any supply chain is the people who run it. The average tenure of Penske operators and engineers is 5-9 years respectively. Our people are dedicated to your business and run it as if it were their own.
  • Superior technology – Even the best people can't run an efficient supply chain without having visibility into every part that needs to get from point A to point B. That is why Penske put together the best mix of industry-leading software and database systems combined with our own proprietary applications to keep your business moving forward.

Supply Chains Tailored for Efficient Operations

Penske Logistics knows how to manage and optimize even the most complex supply chains and multi-tier networks. We specialize in creating customized logistics strategies for the consumer electronics and technology industry including:

  • Consumer electronics
  • Household and large appliances
  • Other electronics and devices

We combine technology, engineering and manufacturing expertise to design world-class logistics solutions tailored for technology and electronics industry demands including:

  • Managing supplier and subcontractor relationships
  • Coordinating inbound and outbound flows
  • Optimizing transportation
  • Operating and staffing distribution centers

Reduce Time to Market

Synchronizing the movement of inbound materials with project demands reduces time to market. Penske consolidates points for redistribution, while minimizing transportation costs through route and network optimization.

Streamline Material Flow

When managing the inbound flow of high-value goods, precision, speed and top-notch care are of utmost importance. Our industry expertise means we handle fragile, time-sensitive and nuanced materials, ensuring critical deliveries arrive when and where you need them.

To keep inbound materials moving efficiently, we'll synchronize their movement with the demands of your production floor. We consolidate points for redistribution, while minimizing transportation and labor costs through route and network optimization.

Warehousing and Distribution

Our warehousing and distribution solutions are designed to handle a wide range of tech products, from compact gadgets to large household appliances. Whether your business is looking for comprehensive staffing and order fulfillment or a solution to manage demand variability, our team can support the unique needs of high-value, tech-driven products with care, compliance and efficiency.

Increase Productivity With Fewer Resources

Penske employs Lean methodologies to segment and automate operations. We work with you to eliminate inefficient processes and maximize resources to drive productivity.

Technology That Keeps You Connected

Technology drives the speed and accuracy of data, providing windows of opportunity in mitigating issues like disruption before they arise. Trust Penske Logistics to streamline and connect all parts of your supply chain for measurable results.

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READING, Pa., Sept. 9, 2025 – Penske Logistics was honored by Whirlpool Corporation with two supply chain awards for driving innovation and efficiency with exemplary distribution center management and freight management solutions.

“We sincerely appreciate the recognition of our team and its work by our longstanding customers at Whirlpool,” stated Jeff Jackson, Penske Logistics president. “I am very proud of our associates for their continued commitment to accelerating supply chain performance for our customers.”

Penske’s distribution center management solutions earned the 2024 Whirlpool Supply Chain Supplier Award for Digital Transformation for successfully implementing a new warehouse management system (WMS) in a pilot program now expected to be replicated across the wider supply chain network.

Similarly, the company’s freight management solutions earned the 2024 Whirlpool Supply Chain Supplier Award for Customer Service by supporting inbound and outbound manufacturing processes as well as finished goods related to supplier management and trucking carrier management deliveries.

Whirlpool noted that Penske has implemented industry-leading standards of service while innovating customer service capabilities.

Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania. The company is a leading provider of innovative supply chain and logistics solutions. Penske offers solutions including dedicated transportation, distribution center management, lead logistics, freight management, transportation management, freight brokerage, and a comprehensive array of technologies to keep the world moving forward. Visit PenskeLogistics.com to learn more.

Supply chains are always vulnerable to disruptions, and the increased amount of global and geopolitical uncertainty is introducing new operational challenges that can change by the minute. Flexibility and adaptability are becoming table stakes as shippers and their logistics partners navigate unexpected and often unpredictable changes.

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As rising costs, increasing complexity and shifting market conditions continue to challenge those in the supply chain, integrating logistics services into 2026 planning can help shippers improve their supply chain operations and control costs.

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Penske Logistics is the recipient of a 2025 Manufacturing Innovation Award from Toyota North America. The award was handed out at Toyota’s supplier conference, in recognition of Penske’s dedicated contract carriage solutions. Penske received this honor for attaining high marks in ingenuity, efficiency and cost savings for Toyota.

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READING, Pa., July 30, 2025 – Penske Logistics is the recipient of a 2025 Manufacturing Innovation Award from Toyota North America. The award was handed out at Toyota’s supplier conference, in recognition of Penske’s dedicated contract carriage solutions. Penske received this honor for attaining high marks in ingenuity, efficiency and cost savings for Toyota.

Jeff Jackson, Penske Logistics president: “We thank Toyota North America for their recognition of our hard-working associates, who are dedicated to accelerating the supply chain performance of our valued customers each and every day.”

Penske Logistics supports Toyota’s plant operations in Alabama, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada.

Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania. The company is a leading provider of innovative supply chain and logistics solutions. Penske offers solutions including dedicated transportation, distribution center management, lead logistics, freight management, transportation management, freight brokerage, and a comprehensive array of technologies to keep the world moving forward. Visit PenskeLogistics.com to learn more.

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has released the findings of the Penske Logistics-sponsored 2025 State of Logistics Report. The longstanding report indicates that businesses continue to navigate through a fog of supply chain and economic uncertainty. What is true today may not be true tomorrow in this rapidly changing landscape.

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Data and insights in the report help shippers and carriers plan their business strategy for 2025 and beyond.

The 36th Annual Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) State of Logistics Report, titled Navigating Through the Fog, indicates that businesses continue to navigate a continually changing landscape.

Top Findings in This Year's Report Include:

  • U.S. business logistics costs are $2.6 trillion, which amounts to 8.7% of the national GDP.
  • The logistics industry recovered in some areas, but was also marked by flat business volumes, excess truck capacity and rising operational costs.
  • E-commerce continues to grow, with global online retail sales nearing $6.3 trillion.
  • Ocean freight transit times, capacity constraints and rate fluctuations have increased due to geopolitical tensions, proposed and enacted tariffs, and shifting trade regulations.
  • Mexico overtook China as the United States’ largest trading partner in 2024. Transactions between the U.S. and Mexico topped at a record $840 billion, a 6% year-over-year improvement.
  • Technology investment continues to be an essential component of the modern supply chain. Data analytics, artificial intelligence as well as robotics and automation are among the headliners supply chain leaders are working on.

Chirag Patel is senior vice president of logistics technology for Penske Logistics, where he has enterprise-wide oversight of all logistics IT activities. He leads the company’s technology innovation efforts, including the continued evolution of the ClearChain® Technology Suite, while leading and developing the logistics technology team, and overseeing the management of Penske’s infrastructure and data center operations.

Patel has been with the company for two-plus decades, beginning his career as a logistics engineer. During his tenure, he has held positions of increasing responsibilities including senior manager of product development, director of product development, and his most recent role as vice president of fleet technology.

With a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in computer and information science, Patel combines deep technical expertise with business acumen. He also serves on the Oracle transportation customer advisory board and presiding over their global user group for North America, EMEA, and APAC.

Retail Supply Chain Management Helps Keep Shelves Stocked

Retailers face continued supply chain challenges and shifts in consumer expectations and purchasing habits. Staying ahead of the ups and downs of retail while keeping your shelves stocked and your supply chain moving can be hard. Penske's retail logistics services can be your competitive differentiator — cutting costs, helping you better serve your customers and improving inventory management.

Our retail logistics portfolio spans a diverse array of companies, including:

  • Big Box and Retail Chains
  • Apparel and Soft Goods Retail
  • Healthcare and Pharmacy Retail
  • Grocery, Convenience Stores and Restaurants

The Advantage of Experience

We have experience serving the delivery and retail supply chain management needs of leading major stores in all sizes and configurations, from big box to convenience. And our end-to-end retail supply chain solutions provide control and visibility in this complex and demanding industry. With Penske, you also get:

  • The latest technology to improve efficiency and keep supply chains moving
  • Supply chain innovations to bring additional value to your business
  • A commitment to sustainability including vehicle electrification and sustainable business practices
  • Happy customers

Maximizing Service, Minimizing Cost

With industry knowledge and our routing tools, we engineer custom distribution networks that work for retail. More efficient routes and resource utilization tailored to the seasonal ups and downs of your product mix mean you'll improve service while keeping costs down. Our team provides efficient multi-stop delivery and detailed SKU-level visibility to effectively manage high-turnover products.

Warehousing Solutions

Inventory control can make or break your brand. When controlled efficiently, with warehouse technology, you can reduce waste and improve inventory turns and space. Penske helps retailers of all kinds solve demand variability, spoilage and fashion trend cycle pressures with flexible and comprehensive warehousing, order fulfillment, streamlined deliveries and returns handling.

Retail Delivery Services

In the fast-paced world of retail, your customers expect speed, accuracy and consistency. When partnering with Penske Logistics, you get all three to meet demand and exceed expectations. Our tailored solutions provide precision for high-volume, multi-stop routes when our customers need it most, such as during non-peak hours and seasonal surges.

Sustainability in Retail Logistics

Public perception of sustainable practices in retail is at an all-time high, and for many, brand loyalty only goes so far. Adopting sustainable logistics exemplifies that a retailer is committed to ethical and responsible operations, something Penske has decades of experience doing for our customers.

The Tech Advantage

Penske’s logistics solutions are backed by technology that enables precise end-to-end supply chain visibility. Experience real-time tracking, management tools that flag and resolve issues quickly, integration with existing systems and data-driven insights that support low- and high-velocity fulfillment.

Our Associates Make the Difference

Our seasoned management professionals apply best practices developed over decades of proven service, and our team can help you stay responsive, flexible and competitive by optimizing supply chains, streamlining inventories and reducing transportation costs. And our professional drivers provide excellent customer service to stores and use the most advanced technology available to monitor, track and trace products. We manage your business like it’s our business.

Customized Automotive Supply Chain Solutions

As a top auto logistics company, let us show you how we partner with you to implement our quality logistics strategies to streamline your automotive supply chain and maximize efficiency.

With decades of industry experience working with leading OEMs and Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers from around the globe, Penske Logistics can help you:

  • Optimize supply chains with just-in-time and just-in-sequence (JIT/JIS) delivery, enhanced supplier coordination, and expertise in inbound logistics
  • Support production continuity and aftermarket parts logistics with specialized transport and warehousing solutions
  • Improve the visibility of your supply chain

Automotive Supply Chain Expertise

Penske delivers customized logistics solutions to meet specific service and cost requirements for:

  • Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OEMs)
  • Automotive Parts Manufacturers
  • Aftermarket Parts Delivery for Service Centers and Retailers

Manage and Monitor Your Automotive Supply Chain

We offer solutions across the supply chain including inbound logistics, production warehouse management and service parts delivery for retail and dealer service centers. Our expertise in domestic and international transportation management facilitates imports and exports of overseas or cross-border shipments with international suppliers or manufacturing facilities.

Optimize Inbound Logistics

Effectively managing your automotive inbound logistics is crucial for enhancing visibility, reliability, and cost savings. Penske can optimize your inbound logistics by sourcing and managing materials, receiving and storing inventory in warehouses, and handling reverse logistics.

You will gain insight into when your products arrive at the facility, where they are headed, how they should be handled, and how long they will stay. We provide real-time tracking and tracing of loads to identify disruptions and determine the best alternatives.

Production Warehousing

At Penske, we understand the critical role of parts sequencing networks in the automotive manufacturing process. Our management ensures that auto parts and components arrive just in time and in order, creating a seamless build sequence at your facility and reducing downtime.

Additionally, we offer sub-assembly, assembly, and kitting services to simplify processes, reduce errors, streamline operations, and improve just-in-time assembly. Penske provides properly managed, just-in-time, and just-in-sequence deliveries that allow manufacturers to reduce the amount of buffer inventory, free up capital, and reduce the risk of obsolete inventory, ensuring efficient and secure operations.

Automotive Aftermarket Parts Delivery Services

Penske will work with you to develop solutions for your freight needs. For example, we can set up shared transportation by combining freight with multiple Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Or we can provide a dedicated fleet with our dedicated contract carriage transportation. In addition, we also oversee warehousing and cross-docks, ensuring the smooth movement and delivery of parts.

Apply Industry-Tailored IT Solutions for Visibility

We employ top-tier technology systems to meet specific requirements and we develop custom networks addressing service and cost concerns. Advanced technology is used to collect and analyze data, helping to optimize routes, manage drivers, and keep goods in transit.

With Penske technology, customers can track all aspects of an order, including pickup and delivery times, status, origin, destination, and part-level details. This transparency allows for comparison between requested and shipped quantities, helping to identify potential shortages as well as aiding in fine-tuning production schedules and labor planning.

NEW YORK, June 3, 2025 – The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has released the findings of its annual State of Logistics Report. The longstanding report indicates that businesses continue to navigate through a fog of supply chain and economic uncertainty. What is true today may not be true tomorrow in this rapidly changing landscape.

Created annually for CSCMP by global consulting firm Kearney and presented by Penske Logistics, this publication offers to the industry a close-up of the American economy through the lens of the logistics sector.

The report further suggests ongoing fragile business optimism driven by fluctuating demand, emerging technological disruptions, and a renewed need for resilience and agility.

Notable trends and statistics include:

  • U.S. business logistics costs are $2.58 trillion, which amounts to 8.8% of the national GDP. Last year, the numbers were $2.45 trillion and 8.8% respectively.
  • The logistics industry in 2024 saw a return to pre-pandemic patterns in some areas, but was also marked by flat business volumes, excess truck capacity and rising operational costs.
  • E-commerce continues to move along at a brisk pace, with global online retail sales nearing $6.3 trillion, resulting in more efficient last-mile delivery, increasingly agile warehousing, and a stronger demand for air freight.
  • Geopolitical tensions, combined with proposed and enacted tariffs, and shifting trade regulations around the world, have combined to increase transit times, capacity constraints, rate volatility in ocean freight (leading to longer home package delivery times and delays), and a greater reliance from third-party logistics providers to deliver end-to-end support.
  • Mexico overtook China as the United States’ largest trading partner in 2024. Transactions between the U.S. and Mexico topped at a record $840 billion, a 6% year-over-year improvement.
  • Technology investment continues to be an essential component of the modern supply chain. Data analytics, artificial intelligence as well as robotics and automation are among the headliners supply chain leaders are working on.

Mark Baxa, CSCMP president and CEO stated: “Today’s logistics leaders are operating in a world of rapid shifts and persistent uncertainty—a true fog of global commerce. This year’s State of Logistics Report helps supply chain professionals cut through that fog with insight, data, and direction. It highlights not only the challenges of disrupted trade flows, evolving customer expectations, and constrained capacity, but also the resilience and innovation reshaping the logistics landscape. At CSCMP, we’re proud to provide this essential industry benchmark, empowering leaders to navigate complexity and chart a confident course forward.”

Korhan Acar, Kearney partner and lead author for the State of Logistics Report, shared: “As the fog thickens, the logistics industry must move beyond short-term fixes and fundamentally rethink resilience—not as a luxury, but as a strategic imperative embedded in networks, technology, and decision-making. In a world defined by disruption, resilience is what ensures continuity, enabling agility and long-term durability. And as AI and automation drive down the cost of building resilient supply chains, the greater risk now lies in standing still.”

Andy Moses, senior vice president of solutions and sales strategy, Penske Logistics remarked: “There is a great deal of quality content in this year’s State of Logistics Report. Each day, we are helping our customers find resiliency in their supply chains, as we leverage best-in-class technology and amass capacity on a flexible basis as needed.”

Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania. The company is a leading provider of innovative supply chain and logistics solutions. Penske offers solutions including dedicated transportation, distribution center management, lead logistics, freight management, transportation management, freight brokerage, and a comprehensive array of technologies to keep the world moving forward. Visit PenskeLogistics.com to learn more.

Since 1926, Kearney has been a leading management consulting firm and trusted partner to three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500 and governments around the world. With a presence across more than 40 countries, our people make us who we are. We work impact first, tackling your toughest challenges with original thinking and a commitment to making change happen together. By your side, we deliver—value, results, impact. To learn more about Kearney, please visit www.kearney.com.

Since 1963, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has supported the supply chain management community through their mission to lead the supply chain profession by connecting, developing and educating the world’s supply chain management and logistics professionals throughout their careers. With more than 10,000 members globally, representing business, government, and academia from 62 countries, CSCMP members are the leading practitioners and authorities in the fields of logistics and supply chain management. To learn more, visit cscmp.org [cscmp.org]

The survey for the 30th annual Third-Party Logistics Study is now live. If you are a supply chain professional, we welcome your input. Please click here to take part. It closes on June 20. The study will be released and available at no cost, at this year’s Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE conference, where Penske Logistics will be the exclusive Premier Sponsor.

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