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Our specialty
ADS' warehousing and distribution divisions,Roll & Hold and Western Intermodal, integrate inventory management expertise and best-in-industry information systems with truck, rail, barge, and ship transportation to provide the most cost-effective leandistribution solutions.
- We care for your product in the best facilities in the business
- We deliver on-time
- We "sweat the details" like nobody else inthe business
- Our experienced people and comprehensive information systems are easy to do business with and provide the answers you need to run your supply chain.
Inventory Management and Tracking
ADS provides customers with compmlete visibility of their inventory and product flows via the internet. LoMaS®, ADS' supply chain management system, captures analyzes, and reports information necessary to manage inventory and all modes of transportation from the mill or dock, through the processors and warehouse, to the end-user. Information management tools include:
- Anytime, anywhere, secure Web access for inventory inquiries, release, scheduling, load planning, and reporting
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- Barcode inventory tracking
- Railcar locationmessaging
Just-In-Time (JIT) Distribution
ADS earned its renowned JIT distribution credentials by flawlessly delivering millions of loads to the most demanding automotive, appliance, machinery, and packaging manufacturers and their supporting processors. Successful implementation of lean supply chain strategies requires use of an experienced and reliable distribution partner, which precisley describes ADS Logistics.
Management Expertise
Whether by truck, rail, ocean vessel, barge or air transportation,ADS utilizes its experience and management expertise to provide total delivered service. ADS works closely with each customer to understand their current challenges and long term goals to design the best customized supply chain solution. ADS Logistics has greater metals logisitcs expertise than any other logistics service provider in North America.
Modal Integration
The most economical supply chain may involve multiple modes of transportation. For example, a smart supply chain may use rail for the long haul and truck delivery for the last few miles instead of an all-truckrouting. Shippers and receivers who do not have their own rail capabilities can still make use of the economics of rail transport by including an ADS Logistics facility in the supply chain to tie together multiple transport modes. Rail-truck / truck-rail-truck, barge and ship loading and unloading, and other multi-modal combinations are all within the capabilities of ADS Logsitics.
Commodities Handled
ADS' facilities and material handling expertise are suitable for a wide variety of products including: steel of all types plus stainless steel and aluminum; in coils, strips, sheets, blanks or plates; bars, rods, and shapes; pipes and tubes; coil wire, flats, and structurals. ADS is the recognized leader in handling automotive blanks and transferring blanks from light transport skids to tight-tolerance press feed pin pallets. ADS' capabilities are also suitable for other heavy products such as ingots of zinc, aluminum, lead, copper, tin and nickel; refractory brick, machinery, forming dies, motors, rolls, anodes, transformers andswitchgear,mill spares, and similar items. In addition, some facilities are equipped to handle lumber and building materials. If it's heavy and needs quality warehousing and distribution, ADS can handle it!
Compostite of all ADS Logistics Profiles
Composite of all ADS Logistics / Roll & Hold ISO Certificates
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Physical Network and Locations
Roll & Hold and Western Intermodal have a network of facilities throughout the United States and Canada totalling more than 1.65 million square feet. Each facility profile (available below) describes the particular handling, storage, and transportation capabilities of each location. ADS often adds facilities in new locations. If our capabilities are needed in a place where we are not presently located, contact us to add facilities in new locations.
ADS Logistics' facilitiesare located in:
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Roll & Hold
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Western Intermodal
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| Brownsville, TX |
Commerce, CA |
| Charlotte, NC |
Chicago, IL |
| Columbia, MO |
Kent, WA |
| Eldridge, IA |
Richmond, CA |
| Hammond, IN |
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| Indianapolis, IN |
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| Louisville, KY |
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| Macedonia, OH |
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| O'Fallon, MO |
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| Pickering, Ontario, Canada |
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| Portage, IN |
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| Shreveport, LA |
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Strengths
Intermodal Rail / Inventory Management / Just-In-Time Distribution
Modal Integration / Packaging-Repackaging / Transload Services / Warehousing
- Only North American metal specific network
- 17 locations near production and consumption concentrations
- High level service and quality
- Defect-free, JIT handling and delivery of
- Class 1 quality carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum
- Coils, skidded coils, sheets, blanks, tubes, bars, ingots
- Automotive blanks
- Service-intensive supply chain specialists
- "Last-look" inspection
- Damage remediation
- Import/export projects
- Our information systems provide information-intensive supply chainsa competitive advantage
- Innovation
- Widely recognized as a leader in providingcreative solutions that deliver cost savings and improved performance
- Others (customers and vendors) willing to partner with us to create new services
- Experienced
- Motivated people
- Effective training and quality system
Additional Services:
Banding /Rebanding
Burr Removal
Coil Prep
Certifications
Container Unstuffing
Cut Samples
Decanning
Delapping
Export Packaging
Inspections
Measurements: Gauge ("mic-ing"), Width and Length
Package Stripping and Disposal
Prep-for-Use Services
Rattail Removal
Remove / Add ID Rings
Repackaging
Skid to Pin Pallet Transfer
Stock Transfers
VCI Wrap
Wipe Downs
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