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We offer 70,000 products from 700 food industry manufacturers. We consolidate those products and deliver in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities to distributors in all 50 states on a weekly basis. All of this is done by Dot employees with our own fleet of multi-temperature trucks.
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Food Manufacturers -- manufacturers (General Mills, Kraft, etc.) market products either through their own sales force of direct reps, through independent brokers, or using a combination of both. |
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Distributors - companies that buy directly from manufacturers and deliver food products to operators. Distributors may be broadliners carrying all types of products, or specialists who sell a particular product category or customer segment. They typically service a 50- to 200-mile radius. |
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Operators -- end users such as restaurants, hotels, convenience stores, vending, dairies and bakeries -- anywhere food is prepared away from home. Operators buy food products from distributors. |
Manufacturers are experts at product development, production and marketing. They develop transportation systems designed to efficiently ship their products in large truckloads to distributors. But in the United States, there are more than 10,000 distributors. Many of these distributors are not large enough to regularly order in truckload quantities...or do not want to order large quantities that will need to be warehoused for long periods. Manufacturers usually do not have the ability to deliver to those customers efficiently.
Dot specializes in servicing distributors who buy in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities. Dot consolidates products from the 500 manufacturers in our warehouses for weekly delivery to distributors.
There is normally no extra cost to the distributor when buying from Dot. Manufacturers compensate Dot to handle distribution of their LTL orders, the most expensive orders for a manufacturer to fill.
- Increase profits by improving inventory turns
- Increase sales
- Improve their return on investment, since they no longer tie up capital in slow-moving inventory
- Improve service levels to operators with a bigger selection of products and regular weekly Dot deliveries
- Reduce administrative costs by placing 1 order, scheduling 1 delivery on their dock, and processing 1 invoice
- Increase market share by reaching Dot's 3,300 customers
- Avoid the financial burden of transportation and warehousing to fill LTL orders
- Reduce costs and credit risks in servicing LTL orders
- Successfully launch new products
- Extend their sales and marketing team
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