Menlo Worldwide Network Logistics Center (NLC) Overview

While we have reported on many Menlo global warehousing operations over the past years, warehouse management is only half of the Menlo 3PL story. With a global transportation management staff of 374 serving 45 customers, Menlo managed approximately 3.3 million international and domestic transportation shipments in 2008. It is on track to manage $1.2 billion of transportation in 2009 and is targeting to grow its transportation management business to over $2 billion by the end of 2012.



A large amount of Menlo’s transportation is managed from its 150 person Network Logistics Center (NLC) operation in Aurora, IL making the NLC a significant player in domestic transportation network management. Approximately 83% of the transactions the NLC manages are for outbound shipments and 17% are inbound. Of the NLC transactions, 72% are for domestic shipments and 28% are international. Menlo’s key transportation management accounts include more recent customers Bayer MaterialScience, Dana, and the DTCI (Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative), and long-running Menlo customers Dow, HP, Starbucks, Ricoh, Sears, Electrolux, and Stanley.