Aggregation of Information: Taking advantage of the rate savings that HLS MedFreight offers through the aggregation of freight volume across all of our customers is a great reason to allow HLS MedFreight to help you control your freight. However, there is a more strategic reason. The ongoing aggregation of freight information providing long term management of freight and “hidden” costs. Using our proprietary systems we evaluate your freight data for hidden charges (e.g., handling fees, minimum order fees), ongoing supplier compliance, and opportunities for you to mode optimize and achieve even greater savings. Our business is about reducing your costs over the long term.

Simple Business Process Changes: A successful implementation of a freight management program in your business is a key element to maximizing your cost savings. Using "Lean" process re-engineering, we have refined our implementation process to provide the most effective set-up while minimizing the time and effort of your staff. Changing supplier behavior is another key element. HLS MedFreight’s supplier certification process moves far beyond just sending a routing guide to a supplier and hoping savings will follow. We will work to change business processes with suppliers to ensure that they are setup on the program so you can realize the savings.

Mode Optimization: One of the core tenants of supply chain management is to "get the right product, to the right place, at the right time, at the right cost". HLS MedFreight has developed several tools and reports designed to help you and your staff ship the least costly way. For example, our ShipPro™ tool will proactively make recommendations to help you make the most cost effective choices when you are shipping outbound. Our mode optimization analysis tool will evaluate your facilities' and departments' shipping after the fact and look for patterns and trends that can be changed to maximize savings.

Quality Assurance Metrics/Supplier Management: One of HLS MedFreight's main roles is to ensure that the suppliers are consistently utilizing the freight management program to ensure maximum savings. HLS MedFreight has developed the first automated carrier and supplier quality assurance program in the industry which is critical to ensuring you reach as close as possible to 100% of your potential savings. Without effective supplier quality assurance reporting, customers potentially would lose 20% to 25% of savings that no one would ever realize is being lost.