Logistics Plus Vice President, Marketing and LTL Carrier Relations Scott Frederick was featured on the weekly Business Spotlight program from WPSE AM 1450/FM 107.1 Radio. Business Spotlight is a 30-minute program airing Fridays at noon. Each segment focuses on a business or organization that is making an impact across the region.
In this segment, Scott discusses his role(s) with the company, how National Logistics Day started, the company’s 25th anniversary, and more. You can listen to a replay of the interview on the Logistics Plus Podcasts page or by clicking the audio link below.
New video documents the company’s history, growth, and success.
ERIE, PA (July 22, 2021) – Logistics Plus Inc. (LP), a leading worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, is proudly celebrating its 25th anniversary. A quarter-century of growth and experience have transformed Logistics Plus from a three-person operation into a $300 million+ global solutions company with nearly 600 employees in 30 countries serving thousands of customers worldwide.
“It’s amazing to think that over 25 years, we’ve grown pretty much every year, and we’ve been profitable every year since our inception,” said Jim Berlin, Founder and CEO of Logistics Plus. “Our only real strategy since day one has been to grow. To have done that for a quarter-century is both humbling and gratifying. By continuing to grow, you find new people and create new opportunities, and I love that. I can’t wait to see what the next 25 years will bring to LP.”
Company Milestones:
August 1996 – Jim Berlin founds Logistics Plus Inc. on a one-year purchase order for $120,000 to manage inbound logistics for GE Transportation (now Wabtec Corporation) in Erie, PA.
1998 – LP opens offices in Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia.
1999 – LP expands to India, China, and Indonesia and adds new customers.
2001 – On the heels of the 9/11 attacks, the LP team heroically rallies to move cargo from six European countries onto one of the first international charter flights booked into the US.
2003 – LP reaches 100 employees with offices in twelve countries and over 200 customers. The company also acquires and renovates the historic Union Station building in downtown Erie where its global headquarters reside today.
2004 – Jim Berlin is named an Ernst & Young (EY) Regional Entrepreneur of the Year and named to the EY Entrepreneur of the Year World Hall of Fame. The LP Mexico division formally opens.
2009 – The LP Turkey division formally opens.
2011 – LP acquires Horizon Logistics, with offices in Irving, TX, Lexington, NC, and San Francisco, CA, adding additional freight forwarding talent and customers.
2015 – LP is named 2014 Employer of the Year by the DevelopErie regional economic agency, named a top freight brokerage firm by Transport Topics magazine, and named a Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain magazine. LP would go on to receive many more similar awards in the years to come.
2016 – LP becomes one of the first approved third-party logistics providers for international services as part of the Amazon Solutions Provider Network (SPN). The company also celebrates its 20th anniversary.
2017 – LP aggressively grows with the furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) vertical. LP acquires Lynx Fulfillment to enhance its growing eCommerce fulfillment business. LP ends the year with $127.3 million in U.S. sales (not including overseas offices), nearly 50% more than the year prior and more than 1000 times greater than its inaugural year-end.
2018 – A global Fortune 10 company signs LP to a multi-year agreement following a successful pilot logistics program in late 2017 for its home products division. LP receives its first certification as a Great Place to Work® company.
2019 – LP is named the 54th best medium-sized workplace by Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE magazine. On June 28th, LP establishes the first and only National Logistics Day to celebrate the logistics industry’s importance to domestic and global economies.
2020 – LP acquires the Erie Times-News building and adds over one million additional square feet of warehousing to its North American footprint, including new or expanded facilities in southern California, Erie, PA, Chicago, IL, and New Jersey. The LP Medical division formed during COVID-19 successfully sources and delivers over one million pieces of PPE to organizations around the world.
2021 – LP is certified as a Great Place to Work for a fourth consecutive year and is named to Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces Editors’ List. Today, the company has nearly 300 employees in the US, another 300 worldwide, and over $300M in annual global revenue.
To commemorate its 25th anniversary, Logistics Plus has released a new online video highlighting the company’s history and many of its milestones. The video can be viewed here or by visiting www.logisticsplus.com/25years.
Logistics Plus is also hosting an all-day celebration on Saturday, August 7th, at UPMC Park in Erie, Pennsylvania – the home city to its global headquarters. The daytime event will feature snacks, open ballpark concessions, a home run derby, and many other family-friendly activities. There will also be a private party for customers, partners, friends, and employees in the evening. Please email marketing@logisticsplus.com to learn more.
About Logistics Plus Inc.
Logistics Plus Inc. is a 21st-century logistics company that provides freight transportation, Warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals. The company was founded 25 years ago in Erie, PA, by local entrepreneur Jim Berlin. Today, Logistics Plus is a highly regarded, fast-growing, and award-winning transportation and logistics company. With a Passion For Excellence™, its employees put the “plus” in logistics by doing the big things properly, plus the countless little things that together ensure complete customer satisfaction and success.
The Logistics Plus® network includes offices, warehouses, and agents located in Erie, PA; Akron, OH; Aurora, CO; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Chino, CA; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Dayton, NJ; Des Moines, IA; Fort Worth, TX; Haslet TX; Houston, TX; Laredo, TX; Lexington, NC; Los Angeles, CA; Melbourne, FL; Miami, FL; New York, NY; Olean, NY; San Francisco, CA; Australia; Bahrain; Belgium; Canada; China; Colombia; Czech Republic; Egypt; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Libya; Mexico; Netherlands; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Taiwan; Turkey; UAE; Uganda; Ukraine; and United Kingdom; with additional agents around the world. For more information, visit www.logisticsplus.com or follow @LogisticsPlus on Twitter.
Logistics Plus and Mammoet joined forces for a recent gas tank project at a confidential location. There were a total of six gas tanks transported, each weighing 110 metric tons. In total, 3,735 freight tons were successfully delivered. Logistics Plus Global Projects Director Bahadir Erdil commented on the success of this project. “Joining forces with Mammoet for this project was a no-brainer. With our shared expertise and experience, we completed this project timely and to our client’s exact specifications.”
Ready to get started on your next big project? Check out our Project Cargo Examples page or Contact Us today for more information. Allow us to show you why our team is among the best in the industry!
The Commodity Classifications Standards Board (CCSB) has published a new supplement to the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC®). These NMFC changes are effective 08/07/2021. Some notable changes are listed below.
Machinery or Machines, NOI, or Machinery or Machine Parts, NOI
Density breaks have been added at 5, 10 and 15 PCF for item 133300.
Item 133300 is now a 8 scale density item instead of a 6 scale density item.
Cereals
New Item 72310 was created for Cereals, NOI and will have 3 classes predicated on density breaks at 8 and 12 PCF.
Items 42300 (Cereal Group), 42310 (Cereals), 42315 (Cereals, NOI, in boxes), 42318 (Cereals, Infant), 42320 (Cereals, Cooked), 42330 Bran, Bran and Wheat Combined), 42350 (Combination Packs), 42380 (Granola), 42390 (Granulated), 42410 (Popped or Puffed) and 42436 (Wheat) are canceled with reference to new item 72310 (Cereals, viz).
Charcoal, coconut shell, nut shell, NOI, or fruit pit, not activated
Item 42450 is amended to a two tier class structure based on packaging (Class 85 and Class 65).
The bomb burst symbol has been removed and now is only applicable when not regulated by the U.S. DOT for placarding.
Flag Poles, Staffs or Sticks, or Sections thereof, including Flag Pole, Staff or Stick Bases or Stands
New Item 160420 was created for Poles, Staffs, or Sticks, flag, or Sections thereof, NOI, with or without baes, holders or stands; or Flag Pole, Staff or Stick Bases. Holders or Stands with classes are predicated on greatest dimension and density, with breaks at 6 and 12 PCF.
Items 22060 (Bases), 69990 (Flag Poles, Staffs or Sticks, or Sections thereof), 70000 (Flag Poles, Staffs or Sticks, or Sections thereof), 70010 (Flag Poles, Staffs or Sticks, or Sections thereof), 94880 (Flag Holders or Stands, iron) are canceled with reference to new item 160420.
Shields, Guards or Flaps, mud or fender, automobile
Item 19480 (Shields, Guards or Flaps) is canceled with reference to item 18260 (Body Parts; Parts; or Trim).
Chemicals Oxygen Generators
New Item 45470 was created for Oxygen Generators with classes based on density with density breaks at 4 and 8 PCF.
Item 43865 (Candles) is canceled with reference to new item 45470 (Oxygen Generators).
Spools
New Item 177400 was created for Spools, NOI with classes based on the 11 sub full scale density scale.
Items 177450 (Aluminum, wire shipping, used), 177470 (Aluminum, NOI), 177500 (Brass, Bronze, or nickel-silver), 177520 (Chemically hardened fiber and pulpboard, wood or metal combined), 177540 (Chemically paper or pulpboard, or chemically hardened paper or pulpboard and wood combined), 177560 (Compressed ground wood or fiberboard wallboard heads (ends) and fiberboard drums), 177580 (Iron, Steel or wooden, or iron or steel and wood combined, assembled or not assembled), 177600 (Magnesium, or Magnesium alloy, cast, rubber thread shipping), 177620 Paper or pulpboard, NOI) and 177640 (Rubber composition or wood and rubber composition combined) are canceled with reference to new item 177400 (Spools, NOI).
Gratings or Foot Walks, aluminum
New Item 13450 was created for Footwalks, Walkways or Grating with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density, with breaks at 9 and 12 PCF.
Item 13490 (Gratings or Foot Walks) is canceled with reference to item 13450 (Footwalks, Walkways or Gratings).
Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials – Hazard Class 9, and infectious Substances- Hazard Class 6, Hazard Division 6.2
A new item, Item 45322, has been established for Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials, NOI, including Environmentally Hazardous Substances, NOI, or Other Regulated Substances, NOI.
The class is predicated on density breaks at 20 and 30 PCF.
Patient Care, Comfort or Treatment Kits or Sets
Item 56790 (Kits) is canceled with reference to item 56785 (Kits or Sets, patient care, comfort or treatment).
Item 56785 is a full scale density item.
Bulbs or Tubers
Item 71130 (Bulbs or Tubers) is canceled with reference to item 71120 (Bulbs or Tubers, NOI).
Item 71120 is amended to provide classes predicated on packaging and density, with breaks at 9 and 15 PCF.
Brick, building or paving, or Firebrick
Item 32100 (Brick) is amended to provide classes predicated on a density break at 30 PCF.
Artists’ or Crafters’ Material or Supplies
New Item 14535 was created for Artists’ or Crafters’ Materials or Supplies with classes based on the 11 sub full scale density scale.
Items 14530 (Artist’s Board), 14540 (Artists’ Materials and Paints) and 14560 (Kits, craft, NOI) are canceled with reference to 14535 (Artists’ or Crafters’ Materials or Supplies viz).
Halogenated Monomethyldiphenyl-Methanes, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), or Polyhalogenated Biphenyls or Polyhalogenated Terphenyls
This item is no longer approved for use in the United States but can be manufactured in the United States for export to other countries.
Class 500 will apply if inadvertently accepted.
Disposable Clothing and Related Articles
Item 56710 (Drapes, Sheets, Pillowcases, Towels, Washclothes or Patient Examination Gowns) is canceled with reference to item 56545 (Clothing and Related Articles).
Item 56545 (Clothing and Related Articles) is amended to provide classes based on density breaks at 6 and 10 pcf.
Belts, abrasive
Item 1060 (Belts, abrasive) is amended to a full scale density item.
Refrigeration Units (reefer Units), truck, trailer or marine container
Item 123600 has been amended to provide classes predicated on greatest dimension and density, with breaks at 8 and 15 PCF.
Seats, bathtub or shower
Item 172680 (Seats, bathtub, baby, nested) is canceled with reference to item 159000 (Seats, bathtub or shower, including Baby bath Seats).
Item 159000 is amended from class 77.5 to class 150.
Butchers’ Block (Butcher Blocks); or Butchers’ Cutting or Chopping Tables or Table Tops
New Item 39120 was created for Butchers’ Blocks (Butcher Blocks); or Butchers’ Cutting or Chopping Tables or Table Tops with classes predicated on greatest dimension and density, with a single density break at 12 PCF.
Item 24120 (Blocks, butchers; Cutting or Chopping Tables; or Butchers’ Cutting or Chopping Table Tops) is canceled with reference to item 39120 (Butchers’ Blocks (Butcher Blocks); or Butchers’ Cutting or Chopping Tables or Table Tops).
Chemicals (Specific Provisions for Commodities regulated as Hazardous Materials)
Items 44950 (Sulfate, crude), 44960 (Sulfate, refined) 44690 (Bromide) and 47110 (Tin Bichloride) are canceled with reference to item 44155 (Corrosive Materials).
Items 44855 (Isobutyric Anhydride), 45260 (Methyl Acetone), 46023 (Pyroligneous Acid), and 46850 (Cumene) are canceled with reference to item 44500 (Flammable Liquids, NOI; or Combustible Liquids).
Items 44910 (Peroxide, ground, dry), 44920 (Peroxide, paste), 46270 (Chromate), 46480 (Perborate), and 47100 (Thorium Nitrate) are canceled with reference to item 45467 (Oxidizers, NOI).
Items 45960 (Potassium-Xanthate) and 46690 (Sodium-Xanthate) are canceled with reference to item 44515 (Flammable Solid, Spontaneously Combustible or Dangerous When Wet Materials).
Items 45325 (Monochloroacetic Acid), 45900 (Silicofluoride), 46530 (Prussiate), 46870 (Dinitrochlorobenzene (Dinitrochlorobenzol)), 46890 (Dinitrotoluol, dry), 46930 (Mononitrotoluol) and 46970 (Orthodichlorobenzol) are canceled with reference to 45615 (Poisonous or Toxic Materials).
The below rules have been updated and clarified.
Item (Rule) 250- Definition of or Specification for Cylinders
Packaging specifications for cylinders is amended to ensure it can withstand the LTL environment.
Item (Rule) 680- Freight that Must be Floor-Loaded
Section 17 has been added.
Item (Rule) 220- Definition of or Specification for Boxes
Notes 3 and 4 are canceled.
Item (Rule) 235- Specifications for Bundles, Coils, Reels or Rolls
This item has been amended by adding “Except where more specifically provided in individual items,”
Item (rule) 240- Specifications for Carboys
Packaging specifications for cylinders is amended to ensure it can withstand the LTL environment.
The following items are canceled as obsolete:
39710 Outfits, amateur retouching
40340 Gelatine
40380 Paper and Tin Ring
40610 Clinker
40960 Cans, cream or milk shipping
40970 Cans, ice cream, fiberboard, insulated
40980 Cans, oyster shipping, iron
42500 Checks, baggage or parcel
43510 Blasting Chlorate, NOI
48375 Ore, actinolite
48383 Ore, beryllium
50020 Color, butter
50023 Color, cheese
50395 Compounds, wood splitting preventive
54230 Unginned (Cotton in the Seed)
54670 Match Book, not cut to specific size, printed
55060 Shot
55500 Concentrated Sweet Cream
55510 Egg Albumen Concentrate
55895 Christmas Trees, natural, preserved, flocked or not flocked, mounted on stands
55905 Christmas Trees, with wooden trunks and flock coated metal branches
56210 Ruscus or Eryanthus
57580 Doubletrees, Eveners, Neckyokes or Singletrees
57900 Hydrobarometers
58960 Malt Tonics
62725 Platters, phonograph turntable
62740 Racks, mine lamp charging
64460 Sumac
65660 Pails, fruit gathering, iron, with cloth bottoms
65780 Seed Corn Driers
65800 Silo Door Frames
67940 Felt or Felt Wheels
67960 Felt, gun wad
67970 Felt, hair, not woven
68660 Fiberware
68960 Filling, sisal
69790 Fish Roe, fresh
69930 Fish Livers, salted or chemically preserved
69980 Fish Scrap
71240 Lily of the Valley Roots (Pips)
71840 Foliage or Leaves
72460 Citrons or Lemons
Logistics Plus India Certified as a Great Place to Work
The assessment was conducted by Great Place® to Work Institute, India.
NEW DELHI, INDIA(July 8, 2021) – Logistics Plus Inc., a leading worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, is pleased to announce that its Logistics Plus India Pvt. Ltd. division has been certified as a great workplace by the Great Place to Work® institute in India.
Every year, more than 10,000 organizations from over 60 countries partner Great Place to Work® Institute for assessment, benchmarking, and planning actions to strengthen their workplace culture. Great Place to Work® Institute’s methodology is recognized as rigorous and objective and is considered the Gold Standard for defining great workplaces across business, academia, and government organizations.
“Many congratulations for building a high-trust, high-performance culture in your organization,” said Prachi Chandak, Relationship Manager at Great Place to Work Institute-India. “We hope that you make great strides in surpassing your own culture assessment results and keep raising the bar for yourself and other organizations aspiring to become great workplaces.”
“I am extremely proud of all our team members to have achieved this feat,” said Sundreysh Sarup, Managing Director for Logistics Plus India. “Logistics Plus creates great workplaces all around the world.”
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, it has surveyed more than 100 million employees around the world and uses those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Great Place to Work helps organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Great Place to Work’s unparalleled benchmark data is used to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the U.S. and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For® and World’s Best list published annually by Fortune. Everything it does is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a Great Place to Work For All™. Learn more at greaplacetowork.com.
About Logistics Plus Inc.
Logistics Plus Inc. is a 21st-century logistics company that provides freight transportation, Warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals. The company was founded 25 years ago in Erie, PA, by local entrepreneur Jim Berlin. Today, Logistics Plus is a highly regarded, fast-growing, and award-winning transportation and logistics company. With a Passion For Excellence™, its employees put the “plus” in logistics by doing the big things properly, plus the countless little things that together ensure complete customer satisfaction and success.
The Logistics Plus® network includes offices, warehouses, and agents located in Erie, PA; Akron, OH; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Chino, CA; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Des Moines, IA; Detroit, MI; Fort Worth, TX; Haslet TX; Houston, TX; Laredo, TX; Lexington, NC; Los Angeles, CA; Melbourne, FL; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Olean, NY; San Francisco, CA; Australia; Bahrain; Belgium; Canada; China; Colombia; Czech Republic; Egypt; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Libya; Mexico; Netherlands; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Taiwan; Turkey; UAE; Ukraine; Uganda; and United Kingdom; with additional agents around the world. For more information, visit www.logisticsplus.com or follow @LogisticsPlus on Twitter.
Media Contact:
Sundreysh Sarup
Managing Director
Logistics Plus India Pvt. Ltd.
Office: +911244749200
Mobile: +919810316928
Email: sundreysh.sarup@logisticsplus.com
Tim Annett, President and CEO of WorldWide Logistics (a long-time Logistics Plus partner), completed the Break The Cycle 200 (BTC200) bike ride. The BTC200 is a 200-mile bike ride through the state of Iowa that helps create awareness and raise funds to help those caught in the horrible reality of human trafficking. Each participant must raise a minimum of $500 before the journey, and Logistics Plus proudly donated to support Tim’s adventure.
Tim showed his appreciation to all of his donors in the email received below:
“I am so humbled by all of your prayers, love, and support during the Stop the Traffic 200 ride. It was not an easy day for me. I had a lot of pain in my lower neck and shoulder blade area at about mile 40. Of course, that was not going to slow us down! Had torrential rains after lunch for over an hour. Never ridden in horizontal rain and wind with a tailwind pushing us to 28 MPH on 2 lane roads! Some may consider that a little crazy; I called it a good cleansing!!! Anyways, your donations…I really don’t have the words other than to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Never in my life did I think we could generate $10,000 for such a wonderful cause. Know this; your contributions are going to help some kids that currently have a miserable life. Hopefully, with God’s love and hope, we can find them all and give them a second chance. You guys are the best, and I’m so thankful to have you in my life. God bless!!”
Logistics Plus would like to send a huge congratulations to Tim! Photos from the ride can be seen below.
What is Break The Cycle 200? Break The Cycle 200 (BTC 200) uses two hundred-mile bike rides, run relays, and other endurance events to create awareness and raise funds to help those caught in the horrible reality of human trafficking in the U.S. and around the World. The problem is global with 40+ mil entrapped in modern forms of slavery, including sex slavery. In the US, a child is exploited for sex trafficking every 2 min (US Department of Justice). It’s around the world and in our backyard. Our participants are signing up to join the fight against modern slavery by giving voice to the issue and raising funds that help rescue and restore real victims in the US and worldwide.
Logistics Plus Vice President, Marketing and LTL Carrier Relations Scott Frederick was featured on the weekly Business Spotlight program from WPSE AM 1450/FM 107.1 Radio. Business Spotlight is a 30-minute program airing Fridays at noon. Each segment focuses on a business or organization that is making an impact across the region.
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