Manufacturing FTL timed to production windows.
Production-linked inbound and outbound FTL - raw materials in, finished goods out, inter-plant WIP - timed to shift gates and line schedules, not a generic truck hunt.
Products we haul
5 typesInbound raw materials
Supplier-to-plant timed to shift and bay
Finished goods outbound
Plant-to-warehouse and plant-to-customer
Inter-plant WIP
Transfers across multi-plant networks
Packaging & components
Closed or open body by SKU profile
Peak / model-change surge
Labeled network when own fleet is short
What goes wrong
- Inbound misses a shift gate and the line waits - freight cost is secondary to lost production hours.
- Outbound finished goods and dealer pushes pile up when vehicles are shopped the morning of indent.
- Multi-plant networks create different gate rules, body preferences, and SLA clocks on every site.
- Peak weeks and model changes blow past internal fleet; ad-hoc carriers lose ePOD and escalation discipline.
How we run it
- 1.Dedicated and contract FTL on repeat supplier-to-plant and plant-to-DC corridors with shift-window language.
- 2.Own open and closed body where the SKU fits; labeled Tranzfort overflow for peak and model-change weeks.
- 3.One Amravati desk across plants so indents are not a new broker hunt per site.
- 4.TMS trip status, documentation, and ePOD so production and logistics share one record.
- 5.Honest split: manufacturing pages sell production windows - heavy tipper / coil / bulker verticals stay on their own desks.
Corridors
- Supplier-to-plant inbound on industrial corridors.
- Plant-to-warehouse and plant-to-customer outbound lanes.
- Inter-plant transfers for WIP and finished goods.
- Regional dealer and DC push weeks with planned surge cover.
Equipment
- Open-body and closed body for varied SKU profiles
- FTL assignment for production-linked lanes
- Commercial LCV where DC and dealer drops fit
- Labeled network capacity for peak production windows
FAQ
Do you support multi-plant manufacturing networks?+−
Yes. Inbound supplier-to-plant and outbound plant-to-warehouse or customer lanes can run under one ZAFTYS account with site-specific gate language.
How is this different from industrial logistics?+−
Manufacturing focuses on production-linked SKU flows and shift windows. Industrial logistics is the multi-plant account layer for mixed body classes, shutdown cargo, and contract-plus-spot programs across sites.
How do you handle production peaks?+−
Core lanes stay on owned or dedicated trucks. Extra volume goes on Tranzfort and is labeled clearly. Listing and search are free; broker fee applies on trucker bookings.
What visibility do plant teams get?+−
ZAFTYS TMS provides trip status, documentation, and ePOD so production and logistics teams share the same information.
Quote Manufacturing
Corridor + product + volume. We reply with class and capacity.