Case Study: Hexcel achieves global visibility and $4M airfreight savings with MercuryGate TMS

Hexcel Corporation - Customer Case Study

Hexcel, a global manufacturer of advanced carbon-fiber composites, was expanding across the U.S., Europe, and Asia and struggled with disparate systems, siloed plant operations, poor end-to-end visibility, and rising expedited freight costs—about $6M annually in airfreight. Inter-plant shipping and lack of supply-chain transparency were creating inefficiencies that threatened production timing and margin.

Hexcel implemented MercuryGate’s SaaS global TMS with quick, ERP-integrated deployments (about two weeks per plant), gaining real-time visibility and centralized control. The TMS enabled load consolidation (planning up to 10 days ahead), reduced LTL to roughly 25–30% of prior levels, cut airfreight from $6M to about $2M (saving ~$4M in year one), freed logistics staff for other roles, and produced analytics used in carrier RFPs—results Hexcel is scaling across additional plants and control towers.

Hexcel

Troy Mabe

Globle Logistic and Warehouse Manager