LOGISTICS

Automotive

INDUSTRY FOCUS

Solutions built for the automotive industry. From sourcing and supply of raw materials, inbound component assembly, outbound automobiles to end users, to aftermarket automotive industry logistics, we adapt to meet changing needs and growth of your business.

Our warehousing, transportation and logistics services help ensure the right components are delivered to the right assembly lines on time, in the proper build sequence – without sacrificing quality.

REDUCE LEAD TIMES, FLOOR SPACE AND INVENTORY LEVELS

DTC offers automotive logistics solutions for OEMs and Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers that include aftermarket logistics, spare part logistics, tire logistics, 2-wheel/motorcycle logistics, automotive supply-chain activities, inbound logistics and production logistics.

With a collaborative style, DTC works with automotive clients to understand which processes are customized, where efficiencies can be found, and supported by a sector-specific and flexible IT system. DTC’s automotive logistics solutions can bring together all the pieces, integrating multiple suppliers from around the world to be your logistics hub. We partner with you to deliver operational efficiencies that give you better visibility and better control.

We understand that your business is only as strong as the decisions you make. Our team of logistics experts help you make smarter decisions, faster. Tell us your most demanding requirements. Bring us your toughest challenges. We’ll partner with you to develop smart solutions based on innovative, customer-driven logistics and distribution strategies. All backed by over a century of service and expertise. Any company can offer warehouse space. But few logistics providers can provide the storage, service and problem-solving capabilities of DTC.

Our automotive logistics solutions integrate multiple suppliers around the world with blended in-sequence inbound logistics, just-in-time logistics and established processes.

We offer solutions for OEMs and Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers that include aftermarket logistics, spare part logistics, tire logistics, 2-wheel/motorcycle logistics, automotive supply-chain activities, inbound logistics and production logistics.

Automotive Industry Focus

— Inbound Supplier Management
— Purchase Order Management
— Manufacturing Support
— Aftermarket Parts Replenishment
— After Sales Support
— Components And Parts
— Contract Manufacturing
— Logistics For Finished Vehicles
— Logistics For Tires
— OEM Distribution

Finished Vehicles

DTC’s logistics experts work with you to provide warehousing capacity and distribution networks for all types of cars, as well as light and heavy commercial vehicles, motorbikes and even boats to dealer networks. We can also handle your automotive industry logistics needs for specific events, such as marketing road shows, special vehicle transportation and temporary import licenses. To make sure vehicles arrive in factory condition, we continually work with the best transportation equipment in the industry, such as fully-enclosed transporters for prestige and racing cars.

Inbound Supplier Management

We facilitate more streamlined supply-chains by helping you to measure lead time, fulfillment and shipment information from your overseas and local vendors. When you need to keep your automobile production line on schedule, and with no delays, count on DTC to help you manage your suppliers more effectively.

Manufacturing Support

Whether your needs are on-site or with one of our warehouses, DTC provides logistics support for your manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe and North America.

Spare Parts

Keeping vehicles on the road requires efficient logistics for spare parts. We design and optimize supply-chains to deliver parts to dealers using sophisticated inventory management to keep you in control and give end-to-end visibility.

Our end-to-end parts logistics services are designed to ensure the components required for the production and maintenance of your equipment are delivered where and when you need them, even when the time frame is tight. We have a network of warehouses to meet your storage requirements, and a diverse road, rail, air and sea fleet capable of transporting components of almost any size, configuration and type.

Aftermarket Parts Replenishment

DTC operates logistics centers for your aftermarket parts replenishment needs. With online order management and WMS software, you can outsource the entire logistics support function for all of your warranty and service parts needs.

Our distribution experts ensure that agreed service levels are maintained and performance tracked, leaving you free to manage your dealer relationships. With agile distribution methods that help keep processes simple and reduce errors, we can also manage eligible returns.

Tire Distribution

Our team of supply-chain experts work with manufacturers, wholesalers, independent distributors, and retailers representing all aspects of the automotive tire industry.

Whether you are looking to flex warehouse space due to varying customer sales locations, or properly allocate product supply based on customer demand, we will help you define and develop the right solution.

Purchase Order Management

Our latest, in-house developed PO Management System keeps you informed on where your containers are, where they are going, where they are stored and when they have arrived. From home or office, it’s easy and effortless.

With innovative supply-chain technology comes the ability to make better business decisions. That’s why we’ve invested in advanced systems to help streamline and integrate your warehousing, transportation, order fulfillment and inventory management needs. Whether you are a manufacturer, supplier or retailer, DTC provides technology that gives you complete control over your inventory. Our integrated technology systems give you the data, control, and oversight you need to inform your supply-chain decisions.

We know the impact technology has on your core operations, your supply-chain and your profitability. Because of that, your logistics partner should continually push to improve operations and adapt to the dynamic demands of omni-channel markets. Integrating your internal ERP, EDI and software systems with your supply-chain is critical to keeping your data and your people on the same page. Our technology systems integrate with your existing software so they can speak the same language and keep your data up-to-date. By streamlining how data is shared, you’re able to make better decisions, faster. For over a century, we have been providing logistics solutions for clients, with extensive knowledge in warehousing for public, contract and distribution center management.

INDUSTRIES SERVED

DTC LOGISTICS
Unrivaled end to end supply-chain services and solutions

All industries face logistical challenges that are unique to the products they distribute and the customers they serve. Understanding your business and the capability to adapt and respond to your needs sets Distributor’s Terminal apart. DTC provides world-class shipping and logistics with unrivaled end-to-end supply-chain services and solutions. We meet the demands for operational efficiency and flexibility in a constantly changing world, helping ensure no compromises to your supply-chain.

Retail
Retail Logistics Solutions

Logistics solutions for retail and fashion industries need to be highly flexible. In retail especially, the constant need for change and the demand for exponential growth is the standard, not the exception. Managing logistics in retail and fashion markets requires supply-chains that are increasingly proactive with technology that can help teams make decisions on urgent demand.

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Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
Digitally-managed Distribution of Time-critical Products

Patients rely on your products. Make sure your supply-chain is up to the challenge. We’re proactive in managing your logistics needs, helping reduce costly damages and exceptions to better protect your bottom line and your patients. With real-time data, supply-chain optimization, damage and cost reduction strategies, and aligning customer expectations with transportation and industry best practices, we help you deliver on your promise to patients.

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Automotive
Reduce Lead Times, Floor Space and Inventory Levels

Solutions built for the automotive industry. From sourcing and supply of raw materials, inbound component assembly, outbound automobiles to end users, to aftermarket automotive industry logistics, we adapt to meet changing needs and growth of your business.

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Industrial / Manufacturing
No Matter Your Industry, We Keep Your Freight Moving

Industrial and manufacturing clients know that the right logistics, the right supply-chain can be make or break. Our industrial logistics solutions give you the right balance between quality, cost, flexibility and standardization. We help you meet the challenges you face in a dynamic market that is often underpinned by regulatory demands and supply-chain disruptions.

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Food & Beverage
Creating a Smarter Food Supply Chain

When you need to deliver the freshest food and beverage products daily, partner with the experts who know your business as well as you do. Our FDA Certified facilities have maintained a Superior Rating with the American Institute of Baking (AIB) since 2009. This certification provides assurance that our facility is maintained to the highest standards of quality, cleanliness and food safety for customers with food service and dry product storage needs.

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Consumer/CPG
CPG Supply-chain Efficiency, from Production to Distribution

Big sales volume can mean big challenges. We provide customized, end-to-end logistics for CPG producers in all sectors to keep your products on the shelf, safer, faster and where you need them. With agile solutions that flex with seasonality and deliver major competitive advantages, our logistics experts work side-by-side with CPG clients to deliver real value.

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Agriculture
Agriculture Supply-chain Optimization and Value Creation

Most people don’t fully understand the level of cutting-edge systems and technology that drives the modern agriculture industry. From farmers, distributors, wholesalers and producers, Ag companies know that logistics and technology play a key role in complex agriculture supply-chains.

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Technology
Integrated Logistics Solutions For A Changing World

In a disruptive, fast-moving market, our team works with you to find solutions, listening to your business vision and understanding your goals. Additionally, our state-of-the-art IT systems can be fully integrated with your systems. Our Logistics IT Systems can be integrated with your technology and provide you with the real-time data visibility your business needs.

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A CENTURY OF SERVICE

It takes great service to build a company that can last. Distributors Terminal Corporation (DTC) has lasted for over 100 years, continuously managed and operated by the Hendricks family for more than four decades. We’re extremely proud of our longevity and look forward to the next century of service.

The Longview

HOW WE SEE THE WORLD

We take the time to learn your business. That kind of service and insight is what sets us apart. Understanding your needs and the capability to adapt and respond to change is why clients depend on us year after year.