The Cutting Edge™ - November 2003Member NewsTPA Lowers Shipping Costs for Members TPA has helped Denray Machine Inc. Two years ago, downdraft tables were given their own classification number, and that number raised our class from 85 to the wonderful class 125. That raised our freight cost by 50%. OUCH!!!! Since trucking is such a cut throat business, LTL companies started to FAK us down to a lower class - some to class 92.5, some to 85, so we were pretty happy. I am always looking to save money. I met Jack Chambers (President of TPA) at the 2003 WIC in St. Petersburg. We got talking one night at the banquet. I ask Jack what he does, and when he started telling me, I thought he might be able to help us. At the (contact) tables the next day, I had an opening, and I visited more with Jack. He told me to send him 30 of our past bills of lading to compare cost savings. We were class 85 with 70-72% discount. TPA could save us from $2-$34 on 29 out of the 30 bills. A re-class at 77.5 and a 68% discount saves us several hundred dollars per year. We deal the same way with their chosen lines as we did before. In fact we were using the lines they had. We got the program rolling. Through TPA, one truck line which we use delivers to everywhere in the US and Canada “direct.” This means that no matter which small town our freight may go through, we do not lose our discount. Also the truck lines that do not participate with TPA have to be competitive, so they lowered their class to be more competitive. For Denray it was a win-win move. In fact, my entire cost to attend the 2003 WIC has been paid for in the savings Denray has received by using TPA. All I can say is WMMA®, THANKS. For more information on TPA, Click here.
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