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with customers, and urge them to visit their
facilities as often as they like.
PDS covers every facet of the trans-
portation segment, from LTL to truckload
to TMS. “It gives us the opportunity to pro-
vide capacity with all segments of transpor-
tation,” says Charlebois. “We’re able to build
relationships with our carriers and that con-
nection provides superior service.”
DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY
PDS is also at the forefront of technology,
and operates automated picking solutions
driven by a state-of-the-art and custom
WMS environment. Their fully-automated
operation utilizes forward pick faces for case
picking, allowing for full pallet secondary
inventory that increases inventory accuracy
and improves product rotation. Product
identity is verified by bar code in a multi-di-
rectional scan tunnel that allows for the veri-
fication of manufacturer level bar coding of
all kinds and locations.
“Technology is something we have in-
vested in significantly in this last year andwill
do so going forward. When we talk about
supply chain management, we’re aligning
ourselves with companies that provide inno-
