Beyond Transportation
TCO Solutions
Practical supply-chain and procurement insight built around the total cost of doing business.
The Bigger Picture
Transportation is only one piece of the supply chain.
TCO Solutions helps companies understand purchasing costs, supplier relationships, logistics expenses, inventory, and supply-chain opportunities. The goal is not theory for theory’s sake—it is clearer information and better business decisions.
— TCO
One name.
Two ideas.
Both define how we work.
Service Promise
01Taken
Care Of
When you send a shipment to TCO, our goal is to take ownership of the transportation process from pickup through delivery.
- +Coordinate with the supplier
- +Secure and vet the carrier
- +Track the freight
- +Follow up on issues
You run your business.
Let us worry about the freight.
Business Philosophy
02Total Cost of Ownership
The cheapest freight rate isn’t always the lowest-cost transportation decision. We consider how transportation affects the entire operation.
- +Employee time and uncertainty
- +Detention and storage
- +Inventory requirements
- +Production disruption
The goal is a solution that makes financial and operational sense.
TCO Solutions
Sharper insight.
Stronger decisions.
Experience managing significant procurement spend across commodities and suppliers—while supporting manufacturing operations with complex material requirements.
Source With Purpose
Procurement Strategy
Build a deliberate approach to suppliers, competition, terms, and continuity.
- — Strategic sourcing
- — Supplier negotiations
- — Competitive bidding
- — Supplier consolidation
- — Dual-source strategies
- — Commercial-term review
Know What It Should Cost
Cost Modeling
Create greater transparency during negotiations and make decisions from data.
- — Commodity inputs
- — Manufacturing costs
- — Transportation
- — Packaging
- — Supplier margins
- — Total landed cost
See the Whole Spend
Transportation Cost Analysis
Identify opportunities across lanes, utilization, consolidation, and accessorials.
- — Freight rates
- — Lane strategy
- — Carrier utilization
- — Broker utilization
- — Shipment consolidation
- — Inbound vs. outbound
Price Isn’t Performance
Supplier Performance
Evaluate suppliers against the factors that actually keep operations healthy.
- — On-time delivery
- — Quality
- — Communication
- — Responsiveness
- — Supply continuity
- — Pricing transparency
A low rate can become an expensive decision.
Late deliveries, damaged freight, emergency shipments, accessorials, and hours of employee time can quickly erase the savings from a cheap transportation rate.
How We Approach the Work
Understand.
Measure.
Improve.
Understand the Operation
Learn how materials, suppliers, freight, inventory, and production fit together.
Find the True Cost
Look beyond quoted prices to landed cost, risk, time, and operational impact.
Identify Opportunities
Turn the analysis into focused sourcing, supplier, and transportation actions.
— A BETTER QUESTION STARTS HERE
What is your supply chain really costing you?
Let’s talk about purchasing, suppliers, transportation, or an operational challenge that deserves a closer look.