Menlo Worldwide
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Menlo Worldwide Logistics is a global supply chain company operating in 20 countries worldwide. Its core business offerings include third-party logistics and supply chain management
. Menlo Worldwide Logistics is a business unit of Con-way
, and shares its corporate headquarters with its parent company in San Mateo, California
. Sister companies include Con-way Freight
, Con-way Truckload
, and Con-way Multimodal
.
Menlo Worldwide Logistics specializes in the integration of all functions across the supply chain
, from sourcing of raw materials through product manufacturing to the distribution of finished goods. The company currently operates 210 locations worldwide and has 18000000 square feet (1,672,254.7 m²) of warehouse capacity.
On October 26, 1990, Menlo Logistics Inc. was formed. The name was a deliberate choice to prompt an association with California’s Menlo Park, which was well known as the home of venture capitalists and high-tech industries. Logistics consultants and warehousing experts ran the dedicated, contract carriage operations. The start-up was “carrier neutral” and still does not give special treatment to its sister organizations or to any particular outside carriers.
Menlo Logistics established itself as a leading third-party logistics (3PL) provider in the 1990s, and rode the popularity of the outsourcing trend by notching double-digit growth every year during that era. One of Menlo’s early success stories was its successful bid on a $100 million distribution contract with Sears. The department store wanted to close its internal distribution system, which cost Sears about twice as much as its competitors at 7 percent of its sales.
In December 2000, Menlo Logistics collaborated with General Motors
to create Vector SCM, a new global supply chain management company serving the automotive industry. Vector SCM proved to be a role model for a successful lead logistics provider business model.
Effective January 1, 2002, Con-way formed Menlo Worldwide Logistics in its current form by combining Menlo Logistics (renamed Menlo Worldwide Logistics), Vector SCM and Emery Worldwide Forwarding (later renamed Menlo Worldwide Forwarding). Menlo Worldwide Logistics absorbed the operations of Emery’s logistics unit, Emery Global Logistics (EGL). The EGL operations gave Menlo Worldwide Logistics presence in Asia and South America, and expanded its European scope. The company began leveraging these operations to pursue organic growth outside of North America and grow its European footprint.
In December 2004, Con-way sold Menlo Worldwide Forwarding to United Parcel Service
, and Con-way streamlined its operating units by merging Con-way Transportation Service’s logistics unit, Con-way Logistics, into Menlo Worldwide Logistics. This completed the rationalization of three logistics entities into a single business unit.
In 2006, GM exercised its right to purchase Menlo Logistics' interest in Vector SCM, and the sale was completed in December.
In seeking to grow its business in the Asian logistics market, Menlo purchased two Asian logistics companies, Cougar Holdings Pte, Ltd. and Chic Holdings, Ltd. in 2007. Singapore-based Cougar enlarged Menlo’s operational scope in southeastern Asia, and Shanghai-based Chic significantly expanded Menlo’s presence in China.
Today, Menlo Worldwide Logistics operates on all five continents, offering companies a range of local to global solutions.
Supply chain management
Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers...
. Menlo Worldwide Logistics is a business unit of Con-way
Con-way
Con-way, Inc. is a freight transportation and logistics company with businesses in less-than-truckload and full truckload freight services, truckload brokerage, logistics, warehousing, supply chain management and trailer manufacturing, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Con-way’s services are used by...
, and shares its corporate headquarters with its parent company in San Mateo, California
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...
. Sister companies include Con-way Freight
Con-way Freight
Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Con-way Freight is a less-than-truckload motor carrier utilizing a network of freight service centers to provide regional, inter-regional and transcontinental less-than-truckload freight services throughout North America. The business unit provides...
, Con-way Truckload
Con-way Truckload
Headquartered in Joplin, Mo., Con-way Truckload is a division of Con-way, Inc. offering dry van transportation services using a fleet of long-haul tractors and trailers...
, and Con-way Multimodal
Con-way Multimodal
Through its relationships with both small and large third-party carriers across the United States, Canada and Mexico, Con-way Multimodal offers shippers access to a broad range of transportation and logistics services with a nationwide network of over 15,000 3rd party carriers...
.
Menlo Worldwide Logistics specializes in the integration of all functions across the supply chain
Supply chain
A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to...
, from sourcing of raw materials through product manufacturing to the distribution of finished goods. The company currently operates 210 locations worldwide and has 18000000 square feet (1,672,254.7 m²) of warehouse capacity.
History
The idea for Menlo Logistics was developed in the late 1980s. At that time, CF Inc.’s director of marketing presented the idea for the company's creation — an organization that offered warehouse, inventory, and transportation management as well as full integration of supply chain links through customized systems and software — to upper management. The initial business plan was to create, implement, and manage logistics projects for its customers.On October 26, 1990, Menlo Logistics Inc. was formed. The name was a deliberate choice to prompt an association with California’s Menlo Park, which was well known as the home of venture capitalists and high-tech industries. Logistics consultants and warehousing experts ran the dedicated, contract carriage operations. The start-up was “carrier neutral” and still does not give special treatment to its sister organizations or to any particular outside carriers.
Menlo Logistics established itself as a leading third-party logistics (3PL) provider in the 1990s, and rode the popularity of the outsourcing trend by notching double-digit growth every year during that era. One of Menlo’s early success stories was its successful bid on a $100 million distribution contract with Sears. The department store wanted to close its internal distribution system, which cost Sears about twice as much as its competitors at 7 percent of its sales.
In December 2000, Menlo Logistics collaborated with General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
to create Vector SCM, a new global supply chain management company serving the automotive industry. Vector SCM proved to be a role model for a successful lead logistics provider business model.
Effective January 1, 2002, Con-way formed Menlo Worldwide Logistics in its current form by combining Menlo Logistics (renamed Menlo Worldwide Logistics), Vector SCM and Emery Worldwide Forwarding (later renamed Menlo Worldwide Forwarding). Menlo Worldwide Logistics absorbed the operations of Emery’s logistics unit, Emery Global Logistics (EGL). The EGL operations gave Menlo Worldwide Logistics presence in Asia and South America, and expanded its European scope. The company began leveraging these operations to pursue organic growth outside of North America and grow its European footprint.
In December 2004, Con-way sold Menlo Worldwide Forwarding to United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service, Inc. , typically referred to by the acronym UPS, is a package delivery company. Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the...
, and Con-way streamlined its operating units by merging Con-way Transportation Service’s logistics unit, Con-way Logistics, into Menlo Worldwide Logistics. This completed the rationalization of three logistics entities into a single business unit.
In 2006, GM exercised its right to purchase Menlo Logistics' interest in Vector SCM, and the sale was completed in December.
In seeking to grow its business in the Asian logistics market, Menlo purchased two Asian logistics companies, Cougar Holdings Pte, Ltd. and Chic Holdings, Ltd. in 2007. Singapore-based Cougar enlarged Menlo’s operational scope in southeastern Asia, and Shanghai-based Chic significantly expanded Menlo’s presence in China.
Today, Menlo Worldwide Logistics operates on all five continents, offering companies a range of local to global solutions.
List of Services
According to its website, Menlo Worldwide Logistics provides the following services to its clients :- Dedicated contract warehousing
- Multi-client warehousing
- Transportation management
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- Light assembly
- Packaging
- Kitting
- Order fulfillmentOrder fulfillmentOrder fulfillment is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer...
- Postponement
- Reverse logisticsReverse logisticsReverse logistics stands for all operations related to the reuse of products and materials. It is "the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from the point of consumption...
- Supply chainSupply chainA supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to...
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Recent Awards
Menlo Worldwide Logistics has been recognized with many industry awards during the past two years.- Inbound Logistics Top 10 Providers of 3PL Excellence (2009)
- Inbound Logistics magazine's Top 100 3PL Provider Award (2008)
- 2008 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100
- Food Logistics Top 50 3PL Providers (2008)