West Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pizza Wholesale of Lexington, Inc. which is a founding distributor of Hunt Brothers® Pizza, the No. 1 pizza brand in convenience stores across the U.S., has deployed Cloud Logistics and its award-winning transportation management system (TMS) to manage their logistics network. Pizza Wholesale of Lexington, Inc. has two master distributors supplying 21 main distributors, which service more than 3,500 retailer locations across the country.
“Hunt Brothers slogan- Made for Me- exemplifies our culture of meeting our customers’ need for delicious pizza when they want it, where they want it and how they want it,” comments Wade Wickus, Vice President of Supply Chain. “We required a TMS that matches that philosophy. The Cloud Logistics solution gives us all of the functionality needed to manage our distribution network. I’ve worked with a lot of transportation solutions during my career. Without question, I’ve never seen a project this quick and easy.”
The Cloud Logistics TMS offers a wide variety of functionality that was important to Pizza Wholesale of Lexington. In addition to traditional TMS features such as rating, tendering, invoice matching, etc. the ease of use of the Carrier Portal was of particular importance. They have a very close partnership with their strategic carriers, to the point where they actually involved some in the selection process. The carriers were enthusiastic in their support for the system, declaring it very intuitive and able to help them improve their productivity, as well.
Mark Nix, CEO of Cloud Logistics added, “Partnering with great companies such as Pizza Wholesale of Lexington is a real honor for Cloud Logistics. We look forward to helping them continue to provide incredible service and pizza to their customers while improving the bottom line with lower transportation spend and improved visibility to inventory in motion.”
About Hunt Brothers® Pizza
With more than 7,500 locations in 28 states, Hunt Brothers® Pizza is the nation’s largest brand of made-to-order pizza in the convenience store industry. Hunt Brothers Pizza offers original and thin crust pizzas available as a grab-and-go Hunk perfect for today’s on-the-go lifestyle or as a customizable whole pizza that is an exceptional value with All Toppings No Extra Charge®. Brand Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Hunt Brothers Pizza is family owned and operated with more than 25 years of experience serving great pizza to convenience store shoppers through its store partners. For more information, please see www.huntbrotherspizza.com.
About Cloud Logistics
Cloud Logistics provides the newest generation of transportation logistics solutions for the global supply chain market. Our solutions make the complexities of order collaboration, communication and international transportation management simple and beneficial for companies of any size. The offering includes a patent pending configurable workflow architecture, a unique user experience, customizable alerts, dynamic dashboard widgets, and ad-hoc reporting all delivered in a cloud-based network. Social technology for business allows each person involved with an order or shipment the ability to attach documents, claims photos, and Proof of Delivery (POD) signatures within a private secure community. More information about Cloud Logistics can be found at www.gocloudlogistics.com.