Today’s food distributors are under increasing pressure to deliver fresh, frozen, and refrigerated products faster and more efficiently than ever before. Expanding SKU counts, changing customer expectations, labor shortages, and rising transportation costs continue to add complexity to cold chain operations.
PLM helps food distributors optimize cold chain operations through scalable refrigerated fleet solutions, improved visibility, and flexible capacity designed to support growth.
Food distributors must constantly balance inventory flow, customer demand, and transportation efficiency. Refrigerated trailers provide the flexible storage and distribution capacity to maintain temperature integrity.
Whether staging inventory, supporting cross-dock operations, or expanding distribution capacity, PLM has solutions that support operational flexibility.
Access the refrigerated trailer capacity your operation needs without the capital investment and ownership challenges of a large private fleet.
Know where your refrigerated assets are, monitor shipment conditions, and proactively manage disruptions before they impact service.
Gain actionable insights into equipment utilization, trailer location, and temperature performance to help improve cold chain execution.
Sustainable distribution begins with smarter fleet utilization, reduced waste, and optimized transportation resources.
Activating Success: A Grocer’s Cold Chain Performance
A regional food distributor serving grocery, foodservice, and retail customers was experiencing rapid growth across multiple markets. Increasing order volumes, seasonal demand fluctuations, and expanding product offerings placed significant pressure on refrigerated capacity throughout their distribution network.
PLM partnered with the distributor’s operations and transportation teams to evaluate inventory flows, fleet utilization, delivery requirements, and seasonal demand patterns. Through a consultative assessment, PLM developed a refrigerated capacity strategy designed to improve operational flexibility and cold chain performance.
The distributor frequently experienced capacity constraints during seasonal demand surges, creating operational inefficiencies and limiting growth opportunities.
Leadership needed greater flexibility to balance inventory across distribution facilities while maintaining the temperature integrity required for fresh and frozen products.
PLM implemented a scalable refrigerated fleet program designed to support distribution operations throughout the network.
Customer Impact
By aligning refrigerated capacity with store demand, the retailer improved fleet flexibility while maintaining the temperature integrity necessary for fresh and frozen food products. Enhanced visibility, scalable capacity, and proactive maintenance support helped strengthen operational performance and improve supply chain reliability across the retail network.
Today, PLM continues to support the retailer through a flexible refrigerated fleet strategy designed to adapt to changing customer demand and future growth opportunities.
