Our BEST (Buyer Enhanced Shipping Techniques) program is a progression of cost saving initiatives aimed at identifying and stripping the inefficiencies from the New England Distribution pipeline. By partnering with local receivers, DSA has increased operational efficiencies, eliminated OS&D's, and reduced loading, unloading, and put-away times. The results have been benchmarked and present at C.L.M., GMA, NAWGA, and IFDA conferences.

Some of the benchmarked benefits of BEST include:

• 40% reduction in load time
• 100% reduction in damage reduction
• 40-89% reduction in unloading time
• 21-35% reduction in receiving put-away time

Our BEST Program is designed to provide customization of physical deliveries tailored to meet each buyer’s receiving needs. With the advent of ECR and the subsequent increase in smaller, more frequent orders, we felt it crucial to streamline the delivery pipeline.

Our largest Pre-Loading customer realized the following benefit in year 1:

-1067 trailers preloaded
-liveload time average 165 minutes
-drop box load time averaged 19 minutes
-driver/equipment cost $60.hr or $1/min

146 minutes saved * 1067 trailers preloaded = $155,782 saved

These types of cost saving initiatives allow all participants to benefit from our BEST program. By working together to remove inefficiencies from the distribution pipeline, delivering orders On Time, OSD Free and tailored to specified customer receiving needs, we have developed a network of satisfied customers