Case Study: Sargento reduces freight spend and improves visibility with BluJay Solutions

Sargento Leverages BluJay Solutions to Reduce Freight Spend and Improve Visibility

Sargento Foods, a family‑owned U.S. cheese producer with roughly 1,300 employees and multiple production sites, faced a failing Transportation Management System that couldn’t plan shipments by cost, service or carrier contracts, nor allocate transportation costs at the order level. Needing better visibility and control over freight spend while integrating dozens of carriers and existing supply‑chain systems, Sargento sought a flexible, multimodal TMS to meet current and future operational goals.

Implementing BluJay’s multimodal TMS automated freight payment and contract management (locking carrier rates), enabled real‑time accruals and accessorial capture, and eliminated manual reconciliation — cutting payment reconciliation from 15 to 6 hours per week (≈60% admin reduction). The platform delivered a 15% reduction in cost per pound (ex fuel), improved order‑level cost allocation, reduced LTL shipments from 10% to 4% through consolidation (about four orders per shipment), and greatly improved shipment visibility.

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