Full Facility Relocation, Concurrent ERP Migration. Zero Delivery Disruptions.
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Very few logistics challenges are harder than a full manufacturing relocation. This construction equipment manufacturer was moving its entire operation from the Midwest to the Southeast. New building, new location, new carrier network to build from zero. All while simultaneously migrating from a legacy ERP system to SAP. Either one of those projects would stretch most organizations. Running them concurrently, while keeping customer deliveries on schedule, was the real test.
The compounding problem: the company had no way to forecast freight costs from the new Southeast location before the move. Financial planning for the transition relied on estimates that nobody could validate. Heavy and oversized equipment, the company’s core product, had no product dimension database, making load planning manual, inefficient, and expensive. Customs management, spare parts distribution, and dock scheduling were all operating without centralized controls.
Argus was brought in to build the entire new logistics infrastructure: before, during, and after the move, while the legacy network stayed operational.
Every customer delivery was maintained throughout the transition. The new network was operational from day one at the Southeast facility.
Six simultaneous problems
Full facility relocation
Moving manufacturing and distribution from Midwest to Southeast while maintaining uninterrupted customer deliveries, with no margin for error on production-critical shipments.
Concurrent ERP migration
Legacy ERP to SAP transition happening simultaneously with the physical relocation, compounding complexity, risk, and the demand on internal IT and operations teams.
No cost forecasting
No ability to forecast freight costs for raw materials and customer deliveries from the new Southeast location, making financial planning and product pricing decisions unreliable.
Manual load planning
No product dimension database meant load planning for heavy and oversized construction equipment was manual, producing inefficient truck utilization and avoidable cost on every shipment.
No trade compliance structure
No centralized solution for customs management, spare parts optimization, or dock scheduling, creating labor inefficiencies and exposing the operation to compliance risk.
No new carrier network
The existing carrier relationships were built for the Midwest facility. The Southeast location required an entirely new regional heavy-haul carrier network, built from scratch while the legacy network still had to run.
Built before, during, and after the move
Immediate legacy facility visibility
Argus implemented the Freight Bill Audit & Payment system and integrated the legacy ERP with Argus TMS from day one, providing immediate visibility into current operations, coordinating product-level data collection, and placing Heavy Haul logistics specialists on-site at the existing facility.
visibility achieved
New facility cost modeling
Argus conducted detailed cost modeling for inbound raw materials and outbound customer deliveries from the new Southeast location, enabling accurate financial planning and validated product pricing decisions before a single piece of equipment moved.
accuracy for new location
Product data & heavy haul network
Argus built a comprehensive database of product dimensions and weights, enabling shipment optimization for oversized construction equipment. A regional asset-based heavy haul carrier network was established, tailored specifically for the Southeast location's product mix and delivery requirements.
planning enabled
Spare parts controls & dock optimization
Argus implemented advanced spare part distribution controls achieving multimillion-dollar savings in parts logistics costs. KPI-driven dock scheduling was developed to align labor allocation with steady daily shipment volumes, reducing operational cost variability from the first week of Southeast operations.
cost savings
SAP integration, delivered alongside the relocation
Argus successfully integrated SAP ERP with the Argus TMS during the transition period, providing a proactive heavy-haul freight quoting system that determined precise rates during the sales process, improving quoting accuracy and protecting margins from the moment the Southeast facility opened.
The numbers
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Disrupted customer deliveries
$2M+
Spare parts cost savings
100%
Freight cost forecasting
SAP
Fully integrated with Argus TMS
The new Southeast logistics network was operational from day one at the new facility. A regional heavy haul carrier network established. SKU-level load planning implemented. KPI-driven dock scheduling aligned labor with shipment volumes. The company entered its next chapter with a stronger logistics foundation than it had before the move.
30 years of freight expertise. One accountable partner.
30+
Years of freight expertise
2.7×
Savings vs. fees paid
4PL
Logistics Control Tower model
See where your freight spend is
actually going
You’ll walk away with a documented view of what’s working, what isn’t, and what it’s costing you — regardless of what you decide next.
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