Total Transportation Services LLC Successfully Launches;
The Redden Group is First Member of its National Network
The company aims to create a national network of transportation and logistics
service providers under a single umbrella leveraging advanced technology,
industry expertise and operational efficiencies (March 9, 2006 - Dallas) While
Total Transportation Services LLC (TTS) may be a new company, the management
team is far from new to the transportation and logistics industry. The company
is led by an experienced group of transportation and logistics veterans that
make up the senior managers, executive directors and sales agents with a vision
to be a technology-based, customer-focused transportation solutions provider.
Total Transportation Services is a new third party logistics firm founded and
managed by transportation industry veterans Andy Cole, RC Matney, Douglass
List, Rob Ebinger, and Jeff Vielhaber. The company began operations in January
and got off to a fast start with the addition of its first agency founding
member, The Redden Group located in Addison, Texas.
The Redden Group is a 15-year old transportation and logistics provider
managing transportation and logistics services for large multi-national
corporations. Their client list includes many Fortune 500 primarily in the
chemical, plastics, beverage and automotive markets
“We joined Total Transportation Services in order to provide the services our
customers need and to sustain our growth,” said Vicki Redden, president of The
Redden Group. “Without the integrated TTS resources including the advanced
technology platform, we could never hope to sustain and grow our business in
the manner our customers deserve.”
“We are proud that The Redden Group is the first member of what will eventually
be a national network of transportation services providers operating under the
Total Transportation Services’ umbrella”, said Jeff Vielhaber, vice president
of operations at TTS. Rob Ebinger, vice president of agent support and
development of TTS added, “we have had great success with a number of
transportation professionals and other agent offices throughout the country are
now signing on and will be announced shortly’.
Andy Cole, president and chief executive officer of Total Transportation
Services, said the company was created to meet the growing and complex
transportation and logistics needs every shipper faces today. He believes this
is a business model whose time has come.
"I am particularly pleased with the way our ownership team came together. We
have combined a deep-pockets, flexible, and savvy private equity backer with
the opportunity for agents, sales people, operating personnel and any other
employee to invest along side of them as equals, as well as to have the option
to earn additional equity in the business through performance. I don't know of
any other model like this out there in the industry – a place where all those
associated with TTS can build real wealth through being part owners of the
company that they represent." said Cole.
Cole said there are three significant characteristics that distinguish Total
Transportation Services from its competitors. These include delivering on
best-in-class technology, high touch customer service and highly focused
transportation expertise that is second to none.
“We are transportation experts utilizing best-in-class technology, focusing on
our customers’ satisfaction and their success,” said Cole. “That describes us
best.”
Cole believes nothing makes up for proven transportation experience. “Our team
consists of a network of experienced customer-focused, service oriented sales
and operations personnel who have established long-term relationships with
clients and have an in-depth knowledge of their daily and long term business
requirements,” he said. “The combination of relationships and knowledge move
freight and that is what we get hired to do,” said Cole.
“Each member of our team is empowered to use all the resources the company can
provide to respond to the client’s needs, from supplying transportation
capacity through owned assets or market capacity to offering complete
outsourcing programs,” said Cole.
Cole said the best-in-class technology is the cornerstone of the company. “Our
high-technology focus includes an incredible information system that enables
visibility throughout the supply chain process to see real-time shipment data,
at any time, from anywhere through a secure web-based interface,” Cole said.
“From carrier sourcing and selection, to asset management, all the way through
to shipment settlement, our system expertly delivers on the promised IS
solution that has eluded so many,” he added.
While advanced information technology is a key driver for the company, Cole
acknowledges they are still in a unique business that requires skilled people
to manage the entire process, be accountable and ensure customer satisfaction
at all costs. “People are the heart of our company and technology is the life
blood that makes it pump. We call this approach ‘high touch’ because we want to
provide multiple touches – both human and technological – to our client
throughout out the entire shipment process,” said Cole.
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Total Transportation Services LLC, is a Dallas-based third-party provider of
transportation and logistics management services. The company offers an
integrated network of highly skilled transportation experts with a passion for
delivering consistent, superior customer service. The TTS field sales and
customer service personnel are equipped with best-in-class information systems,
optimized operational infrastructure, and the resources required to achieve our
goal – our client’s success.