5.11 Tactical Faced Major Productivity Challenges
5.11 Tactical was using several different carrier-provided shipping software applications to process their shipments. But once they started to ramp up their shipping to more than 500 shipments per day, they began to experience serious productivity and inflexibility issues.
To solve these problems, 5.11 Tactical began looking for a vendor that could provide a single-platform solution that supported ALL their carriers. They also wanted a shipping system that allowed them to load their own custom rates and base the freight they charged to their clients on that data.
How EasyPost Enterprise Helped
With 25+ years of experience and hundreds of successful implementations for high-volume shippers, EasyPost Enterprise (formerly InfoShip) offered the technology and expertise that 5.11 Tactical was seeking.
5.11 Tactical eliminated their carrier-provided shipping systems and loaded all rates and services on the EasyPost Enterprise platform, integrating with their existing WMS. In doing so, they increased efficiency, accuracy, and productivity, reduced training time, and enhanced customer service. More importantly, EasyPost Enterprise gave 5.11 Tactical the capacity to efficiently process larger shipping volumes as it expanded into new markets.
Their director of distribution, pleased with their new shipping solution, said, “They worked with us to create a new interface that met our specific needs, proving that they really are our one single-source solution.”
Results: Increased Productivity and Accuracy
By consolidating all shipping activity on EasyPost Enterprise, 5.11 Tactical is well positioned to scale up shipping operations based on demand. The software can process 25,000 transactions per hour, a rate not achievable when 5.11 Tactical relied on separate carrier systems. Additional benefits include the following:
- Fewer lost or returned packages. Customer and shipping details, including addresses, are now electronically transmitted directly from the ERP database to EasyPost Enterprise, including details that sometimes got overlooked in the manual data entry process. The new integration has significantly reduced the risk of lost and returned packages.
- Responsive customer shipping service. Shipping options can be adjusted as needed to provide customers with their requested delivery times. The 5.11 Tactical team can now access shipping rates for all carriers via a single system, making it much quicker and easier to compare the available options that meet the speed and cost requirements for an order.
- Warehouse labor savings. 5.11 Tactical saw an immediate increase in productivity on the warehouse floor. The biggest change came from improved accuracy in shipping modes and delivery addresses thanks to no longer inputting data manually.
5.11 Tactical overcame their roadblocks and now enjoy efficient, streamlined shipping processes that will scale as they grow.
