Managed transportation combines people, technology and processes to help companies coordinate transportation activities. Depending on customer requirements, Lineage teams can help manage carrier relationships, transportation execution, reporting and optimization while providing visibility across inventory and shipments.

On-demand transportation provides customers with access to transportation support when additional capacity or short-term solutions are needed. Companies may use on-demand transportation during seasonal spikes, disruptions or changing market conditions.

Managed transportation provides ongoing transportation expertise and operational support as an extension of a customer's supply chain team. On-demand transportation focuses on providing additional transportation capacity and support when customer requirements change. Many companies use both services together.

Managed transportation services can benefit food manufacturers, processors, distributors, retailers and other companies looking to improve transportation operations. These services are particularly valuable for growing organizations and companies that want transportation expertise without expanding internal resources.

Supply chain businesses often turn to managed transportation when transportation operations become too complex to manage internally or when they want to improve visibility, optimize networks and reduce the burden on internal teams. Managed transportation can also help support growth and changing business requirements.

On-demand transportation can help during seasonal demand spikes, unexpected disruptions, changing market conditions or periods when additional transportation capacity is needed. It provides flexibility without requiring long-term commitments.

Yes. Lineage provides both managed transportation and on-demand transportation services. Customers can use ongoing transportation management programs, access additional transportation support when needed or combine both approaches based on their requirements.

Lineage transportation solutions support multiple transportation modes, including truckload, less-than-truckload shipping, temperature-controlled rail and other transportation options. Services can be tailored to support different products, markets and operational goals.

Yes. Transportation services can be connected with Lineage cold storage warehousing and integrated logistics solutions. This helps customers improve visibility, position inventory strategically and create a more connected cold chain.

Yes. Technology and reporting tools via Lineage Link® help customers gain greater visibility into inventory and shipments across transportation operations. Visibility helps support decision-making and improve coordination across the supply chain.

Yes. Lineage teams help customers evaluate transportation strategies and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce complexity and support changing business requirements. Transportation solutions can also be connected with broader supply chain engineering capabilities.

Managed transportation helps simplify coordination by providing a single source for transportation expertise, execution and reporting. By reducing handoffs and connecting transportation with warehousing and logistics services, customers can spend less time managing providers and more time focusing on their core business.

Lineage combines transportation expertise with cold storage warehousing and integrated logistics capabilities. Rather than operating transportation in isolation, Lineage helps customers connect inventory, transportation and logistics services across the cold chain.

Lineage helps customers adapt to capacity constraints, seasonal spikes and changing market conditions through managed transportation expertise and on-demand transportation support. Additional services, including temperature-controlled rail and Velocities® multivendor consolidation, can provide greater flexibility as customer requirements evolve.

Yes. Lineage transportation solutions are designed to support temperature-sensitive products and can be connected with cold storage warehousing and other integrated logistics services. This helps customers maintain product integrity while improving visibility and coordination across the cold chain.