Agropur masters freight rates for better cost control

About Agropur Cooperative

Founded in 1938, Agropur is a North American dairy cooperative that processes more than 15 billion pounds of milk per year at 30 plants across North America. It’s a major supplier of products to the retail, food service and industrial sectors and also offers an impressive roster of brands to consumers. With sales of more than $6 billion USD in 2023, Agropur is a source of pride to its nearly 3,000 members and 7,500 employees.

Agropur’s US Operations manufacture more than 1 billion pounds of cheese each year. Agropur is also one of North America’s largest producers of whey protein and a leading global supplier of dairy ingredients. Agropur’s ingredients team provides customers with vast expertise in health, wellness and functional applications. They can help customers improve flavor and texture, extend shelf life, enhance nutrition, streamline production processes and more.

The Cooperative’s traditional approach to freight assignment simply wasn’t working. Manual methods of requesting and analyzing freight rates meant that they were unable to carry out large-scale RFPs. As a result, carriers were dictating rates on a shipment-by-shipment basis.

It was also hard to predict deliveries, due to a lack of dock scheduling and wasted time and resources on calls and emails.

Transporeon’s Freight Procurement coupled with Rate Management, enabled a seamless bid process and more control over rates, leading to massive cost savings. In addition, Transport Execution made freight assignment a smoother ride, by empowering Agropur to stick to the rates agreed upon during the RFP process.

Deliveries can now be predicted, as carriers can schedule and maintain their own appointments, thanks to Time Slot Management.