GP Pumps: Emergency Transportation Case Study
When natural disasters strike, learn how GP Pumps, a leading supplier of sump pumps and other pump equipment, leverages LeSaint’s transportation and brokerage solutions to get goods to stores fast in order to aid relief efforts.
When hurricanes and floods happen, getting pump equipment to aid recovery efforts becomes mission critical in affected local markets. LeSaint helps it happen for GP Pumps.
- CLIENT GP Pumps
- INDUSTRYDurable Goods
- CHALLENGEWhen natural disasters occur, like hurricanes, floods and spring thaws, GP Pumps must get equipment and supplies to local home improvement stores fast, ensuring consumers have access to the necessary emergency response equipment.
- SOLUTIONLeSaint arranges order fulfillment and emergency transportation to deliver goods to stores quickly. This includes producing pump kits, complete with all the other necessary accessories, in one ‘Total Pump Installation Package’, as well as arranging transportation providers, who can deliver the orders within 12 to 24 hours.
- RESULTSYear-to-Date, we have achieved a 99.71% On-Time Shipping success rate for all orders (emergency and otherwise) – surpassing our goal of 98%. LeSaint also leverages relationships with transportation carriers, who have available emergency capacity in key markets where pumps need to be delivered.
- CATEGORY Case Study
- TAGS Freight Brokerage , Transportation
