Get In Gear With Help From The Best
Looking for a third-party logistics provider? For the third year in a row, the editors of Food Logistics have identified 50 of the leading 3PL providers that service the food industry. Here's an alphabetical listing of the 3PLs, along with their...
• Cardinal Logistics Management Corp., Concord, NC
www.cardlog.com
Area served: National (U.S. only)
Both asset- and non-asset based
Transportation services: Dedicated contract carriage, drivers, equipment
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, fulfillment, inventory/cost accounting, pick/pack assembly, reverse logistics, site selection, store support, vendor managed inventory, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: Privately-held Cardinal Logistics is one of the fastest growing and highly regarded 3PLs in the U.S. Cardinal offers integrated transportation and warehousing services including: asset-based dedicated contract carriage, "final-mile" home and jobsite delivery, warehousing and inventory management, supply chain modeling and logistics management.
• CaseStack, Santa Monica, CA
www.casestack.com
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Both asset- and non-asset based
Transportation services: Intermodal, LTL, ocean, rail, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, fulfillment, inventory/cost account, pick/pack assembly, reverse logistics, vendor managed inventory, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: CaseStack provides logistics outsourcing services to companies that sell products to retailers, distributors and other manufacturers. CaseStack combines an advanced transportation and warehousing system with proprietary, web-based software to provide end-to-end fulfillment services that enable customers to reap the benefits without all the infrastructure costs. CaseStack has received awards from Ernst & Young, Deloitte and Inc. magazine, recognizing it as one of the fastest growing and technologically advanced outsourcing companies in North America.
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
www.chrobinson.com
Area served: International
Non-asset based
Transportation services: Air cargo, bulk, dedicated contract carriage, intermodal, LTL, ocean, rail, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, import/export/customs, pick/pack assembly, reverse logistics
Corporate overview: Founded in 1905, C.H. Robinson is a global provider of multi-modal transportation services and logistics solutions, serving over 29,000 customers throughout a network of 220 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. C.H. Robinson is a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest third-party logistics companies in the world, with 2007 gross revenues of $7.3 billion.
• CLS, Winston-Salem, NC
www.cls.inmar.com
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Non-asset based
Warehousing services: Fulfillment, reverse logistics, warehousing/distribution management
Corporate overview: CLS is an industry leader in providing technology-driven reverse logistics and supply chain solutions to the consumer goods and healthcare market. Our solutions include: returns management, asset recovery and liquidation, regulatory compliant disposition, recall management, supply chain analysis, web-based analytics. By combining excellent execution with information intelligence, our solutions provide the foundation for collaboration between our clients and their trading partners to improve the overall supply chain.
• Cryo-Trans Inc., Owings Mills, MD
www.mhwgroup.com
Area served: North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
Both asset- and non-asset based
Transportation services: Rail, TL
Warehousing services: Crossdocking, public refrigerated warehousing, warehousing/distribution management, consolidation, LTL trucking
Corporate overview: Cryo-Trans and its sister companies in the MHW Group provide a complete asset-based cold supply chain solution to the marketplace. We provide refrigerated railcar leasing, railcar fleet management and 3PL services, public refrigerated warehousing and refrigerated trucking services across North America.

