GKM TEU Platform Expands to 9 States
After 10 years of successfully servicing Wisconsin-based Importers and Exporters through the largest Inland Port in North America, GKM is expanding the Platform to include…
Expanding Intermode-Direct Export Solution
Since the Platform launched over 10 years ago, every company that has onboarded is still a client. Over the same period, there haven’t been any incidents resulting in damage during…
Integration of GKM Dedicated Fleet
GKM WI constructed a model that would meet execution and operation deliverables and allow Vollrath to eliminate their private fleet…
SOLUTIONS FOR INTERMODAL TRAFFIC (TEUs) TO AND FROM WISCONSIN
The Wisconsin Platform addresses concerns about container turns and drayage shortages. The Platform also stabilizes flows, helps clients manage costs, and increases supply-chain efficiencies for companies using Chicago, the largest inland port in the world.
The Wisconsin Platform can help companies who are struggling to:
- Vessel Management at Origin
- Process goods through NA Ports
- Transload Imports to 53′ Vans for delivery
- Locate goods
- Secure chassis
- Transload exports to 20′ or 40″ containers for delivery to rail
What is the GKM Wisconsin TEU Intermodal Circuitous Platform?
Researched for two years, written in 2012 and piloted in 2014; the Wisconsin Platform is the most sustainable solution for problems related to servicing import and export TEUs for companies in Wisconsin.
The GKM Wisconsin Platform is a copyright and patent protected algorithm with rules that precisely identify supply-chain and related sequences.
Perfected by GKM Wisconsin Global Supply Chain, LLC, which is one of the world’s preeminent experts in managing TEUs; the Platform is a sustainable solution for importers and exporters because it uses integrated equity analytics that create linear and non-linear substrates. Output from models determine how best to execute and manage domestic and international supply chain execution.
Read more about Wisconsin Platform’s presentation to the Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
The Wisconsin Platform has retained every single client onboarded over the past eight years.
“The Wisconsin Platform provides Vollrath with greater control of import freight flows. By acting as our de-consolidation partner near the Chicago port, the Wisconsin Platform eliminates our concerns with container turns and dray shortages while allowing us to prioritize freight as needed. It lowers risk and increases our ability to come through for our stakeholders.”
Benjamin Andrews
Manager Int. Logistics & Customs Compliance, Vollrath
GKM Wisconsin has worked with companies in Wisconsin since 2015 and sponsored dozens of information sessions throughout the state. The goal of the Wisconsin Platform presentations is to allow manufacturers and producers to hear from users about solutions they integrated to better manage import and export supply chains. Information sessions are just that; no sales or marketing occurs and only manufacturers and producers can attend.
Hear what others are saying about the Wisconsin Platform:
“Innovative problem solving using analytical methods is the most ‘in-demand’ skill I hear about from our employer partners. Given the large base of manufacturers in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Platform is a great example of the application of this skill in a context that is particularly relevant to the state.”
Jake Dean
Director, Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management
University of Wisconsin School of Business
“My company and GKM have developed a robust SOP for managing import shipments. All imported products are documented with pictures of the pallet build so that the inbound products are skidded to our specifications. The paperwork from the import warehouse that accompanies the shipment has been simplified for receiving. These processes reduce the receiving and put away time when the truck arrives at our warehouse so we can spend more time fulfilling orders to customers.”
Andrew Houtz
Director Of Transportation
School Specialties
“The platform has allowed us to streamline our logistics process. We went from moving freight daily to a consolidated freight shipment once a week saving considerable time and expense also allowing us to focus on other areas lacking attention prior to us onboarding. It has been everything advertised to us and more.”
Kevin Brauer
Logistics Manager
BTG IPI, LLC
“Since implementation, we have experienced continued support from GKM to hold the dedicated provider accountable to the commitments made. We are three years into our contract and looking forward to an upcoming renewal supported by GKM. The dedicated service provider has far outperformed our previous in-house solution. What used to be a high workload with continual concerns is now a high performing part of our organization without issue. We have predictable costs and predictable service levels.”
Ben Andrews
Director, Trade Compliance, Logistics, and Transportation
The Vollrath Company, LLC
Contact Us
Want to secure your spot on the waiting list for the next informational webinar? Want to learn more about how the GKM Wisconsin Platform helps service importers and exporters in Wisconsin who are having issues or concerns managing their global supply chain from the tower? Contact us to learn how the WI Platform provides options for mitigating TEU instability at inland and coastal ports. Brian Harris, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of GKM WI Global Supply Chain can be reached via email or phone.
Join Us
Prior to 2020, GKM WI hosted four Information Sessions annually. They were held at UW Madison, Oshkosh, Green Bay, and other college extensions in Sheboygan, and Appleton. We look forward to seeing you at our next Information Session.