Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Co. - Delivering More with Roadnet® Transportation Suite

“With the right equipment, personnel and technology, Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale is focused on doing more with less.” Beverage World, January 2006

To Frank B. Fuhrer service and efficiency are of paramount importance in delivery operations. The company began using the UPS Logistics Technologies, Roadnet® Transportation Suite in 2003. “Before adopting UPS, we used manual and paper process routing. With UPS, we went from stacking piles of invoices that we handed to our drivers to a computerized system.”

Using the suite allows Casey Crawford, logistics manager, the ability to see total time and capacity on each route. With this information he can easily see what routes have extra time and room available allowing the ability to balance them to improve efficiency and service.

"Every day is different, and I enjoy putting it together like pieces of a puzzle and making it work", states Crawford.

After using Roadnet for several years, Frank B. Fuhrer then invested in MobileCast® which allowed them to track driver progress throughout the day. The MobileCast piece, using Nextel phones, is an integral reason for the companies' success with service and efficiency; improving customers' satisfaction, reducing customer calls and providing instant communication with drivers.

With all the pieces of the puzzle, Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Co. has been able to commit to service and efficiency while getting it all done with less.

About Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Co.

Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Co., located in Pittsburgh, PA operates two businesses, an Anheuser-Busch division and a second division that distributes Coors, Molson, Yuengling, and Corona. Routing 55 to 75 routes using 62 power units they are delivering about 50,000 case equivalents per day to customers in 11 counties.

To see the full article, please see the January issue of Beverage World.