Riverside Logistics

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Riverside Logistics and the 2018 RVA LogistXGames

Riverside Logistics is excited to announce that we will be a sponsor and competitor in the 2018 RVA LogistXGames. The games will be held on Thursday April 26, 2018 to raise money “in support of logistics programs offered by the Community College Workforce Alliance (www.ccwatraining.org)”. The event is hosted by CBRE|Richmond and boasts two dozen corporate sponsors.

This is the fourth year of the LogistXGames in Richmond and Riverside Logistics has competed each year. The LogistXGames consists of events similar to activities performed every day in the logistics work environment…but with fun twists. Riverside looks forward to competing with five other teams from the area to win the coveted Golden Pallet Award.

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Trends in Transportation + New Driver Requirements (Electronic Logging)

Riverside Logistics International BusinessVIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL, INC.

Enabling International Trade Success Since 1948™

Join us at our Monthly Luncheon Program on Jan. 24th for:

Trends in Transportation + New Driver Requirements (Electronic Logging)

Featured Speakers: Rick Holden + Jim Durfee, Riverside Logistics

Presentation will include presentation on phases of international transportation. Discussion about recent legislation requiring truckers to replace current paper logbooks with electronic logging devices (ELD) and its impact on freight rates, delivery times, and driver hours of service.  There will be time for questions following the presentation.

Details:  Wednesday, January 24, 2018

11:45am – 12:00pm:   Registration & networking

12:00pm – 1:30pm:     Luncheon meeting and program

Venue for this Luncheon Meeting: Omni Hotel, 100 S. 12th Street, Richmond, VA

Cost:   Early registration [by January 18, 2018]:

$25 for VAIBC members

$35 for non-members

Registration after January 18th:  $35 members, $45 non-members

Register online:  www.vaibc.org

About the speakers:

Jim Durfee – Vice President Business Transformation, Riverside Logistics – Jim is tasked with driving the strategic planning and infrastructure improvements necessary to help Riverside achieve its long term growth targets.  Jim has 33 years of Logistics experience across Manufacturing, Retail and 3PL settings. Most recently running the centralized global logistics operations at Meadwestvaco Corporation. This operation controlled over 400 million in logistics spend and handled shipments across 6 continents.  Mr. Durfee has worked on a variety of TMS platforms using both in-sourced and out-sourced logistics resources. He taught Logistics as an adjunct Professor at the University of Richmond for a number of years and is a licensed ICC Practitioner, a Licensed U.S. Customs Broker, a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, a TIA Certified Transportation Broker, and a Certified Member of AST&L (now APICS). He is also a former President of the Central Virginia CSCMP roundtable and holds a BS in Business Logistics from Penn State and a MBA in Management from Loyola University.

Rick Holden – Vice President of Business Development and Corporate officer for Riverside Logistics. Having joined Riverside in 1998 he has over 22 years of diverse, multi-disciplinary, and multi-industry experience in areas of supply chain management, 3PL Sales, logistics, transportation, warehousing, and contracts management and negotiations in industries including medical surgical supply, pharmaceutical, food, manufacturing, chemical and controlled substances, and various consumer products. Rick Holden is currently responsible for all business development and consultative sales activities for Riverside Logistics. Having started the warehousing operations and previously managing the transportation functions at Riverside, he has worked in almost all of the operational facets of the company.

Mr. Holden holds a BS in Operations Management from Virginia Commonwealth University, with advanced graduate studies in Logistics Management at University of Richmond. He is also certified in ISO 2000 procedures, and is a past president of the Council of Logistics Management, Central Virginia Roundtable (now the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals)

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Does Your Third Party Logistics (3pl) M.O.S.?

Ask them. If they don’t measure their supply chain effectiveness, they should. It shows you how well they manage their business and more importantly, how well they manage your supply chain.

The definition of  MOS is:

A Management Operating System (often abbreviated “MOS”) refers to the system of controls, communication and activity used to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

It has three main components:

1. COMMUNICATION PLAN – This plan represents how the system reports out and communicates results to key stakeholders.

2. KEY ACTIVITIES – This includes what they are, their timelines and the outputs expected.

3. CONTROLS –  The KPI’s/Metrics, current measurements and how progress is addressed.

The MOS provides overall governance with upward reporting to management in order to show progress towards the company’s strategic goals.

The Management Operations System allows a company, and especially a 3PL to create, measure, manage and communicate key operational metrics in support of their strategic plan. The MOS is the “how we get there” mechanism. It makes you “keep your eye on the prize”. The MOS is a crucial tool for achieving the strategic goals of the company. Since the Strategic Plan provides the overall roadmap for business direction and development, if a company doesn’t have a strategic plan, then how do you know if you are getting the best value in your supply chain.

So, now that we know what an MOS is, and how it supports the Strategic Plan….Does your 3PL MOS?

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Why use Riverside Logistics for Local Transportation in Richmond, Williamsburg, Ashland, & Charlottesville?

By James Durfee

Use it or lose it. The name of the game in local transportation is “immediate gratification”. You usually pickup and deliver multiple times a day, and your pickups may be stretched out over the course of the 24 hours each day, night or day, rain or shine. Every time you make a pickup you provide the customer with immediate logistics gratification.

Riverside Logistics handles a vast amount of dedicated local movements in the central Virginia area (Richmond, Williamsburg, Ashland, Henrico, and Williamsburg markets). Headquartered near the Richmond International Airport, Riverside manages over 500 thousand square feet of warehouse space, Riverside doesn’t project a profile like your normal local shuttle operator. Riverside has been moving freight from warehouse to manufacturing, from manufacturing plants to warehouses, from warehouses to Ports (Richmond and Norfolk) and from Port(s) to warehouse. Riverside has moved product for locally based, nationally based and international customers for 20 years. They have a strong fleet of locally-based drivers that they utilize. Some of these drivers have been handling Riverside business for over 17 years. It is Riverside Logistics goal to demonstrate an unmatched level of commitment to its drivers and ultimately to its customers.

If your company needs freight to move within the Central Virginia market, either across the street or across the region, Riverside can move it, each and every day. Most shippers that Riverside does business with are repetitive, daily and/or weekly shippers, moving product within and across the Central Virginia marketplace. Local shippers are typically very demanding. They usually allow little room for error. They usually want extra services over and above the norm on an on-demand, as requested basis (ad hoc) and they also want the rates to be extremely competitive. That’s why Riverside has so much local Central Virginia business. We deliver and we use a repeatable process to make sure that we meet ALL of our shipper’s demands, consistently, every day.

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