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The Unglamorous Supply Chain Advice Growing Food Brands Need to Hear: Simplify
By Jim Headley, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing For growing food and beverage consumer packaged goods brands, complexity can feel like progress. More SKUs, more channels, more customer promises, more retail opportunities, and more ways to personalize the experience. But some of the fastest-growing food brands are slowly eroding their margins with every successful product launch. Each new
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The Cost of Precision: Why 99% Inventory Accuracy Isn’t the Same as 99.999% in Warehouse Operations
What Does Warehouse Inventory Accuracy Actually Mean? In supply chain and logistics, we love clean numbers. A 99% inventory accuracy rate sounds impressive, until you do the math. If a warehouse processes one million inventory transactions per year, 99% accuracy allows for 10,000 errors. At 99.999%, that number drops to just 10. Same operation. Same volume. A vastly different reality
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Wagner Logistics Awarded for Driving Operational Excellence Across Complex Multi-Client Warehouse Environments
Made4net, a global leader in warehouse management systems (WMS) and supply chain execution software, today announced that Wagner Logistics, a Top 100 third-party logistics (3PL) provider with more than 80 years of experience, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Made4net Award for Advancing Innovation in Third-Party Logistics. Read More
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Warehouse Consolidation Cuts Storage Costs for Manufacturing Customer
A manufacturing customer with underutilized dedicated warehouse space for hazardous raw materials needed a smarter, compliant, cost-effective storage solution. Wagner delivered. ~30% REDUCTION IN STORAGE COSTS100% REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MAINTAINED0 DISRUPTION TO MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS Overview A manufacturing customer required warehouse space to store hazardous raw materials used in its production process. The customer was operating within a dedicated warehouse facility, which had originally been
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Wagner Logistics Acquires Dawson Logistics’ Contract Division, Expanding National Network
Wagner Logistics, a nationwide provider of third-party logistics, announced today its acquisition of Dawson Logistics’ contract division, which expands Wagner’s national network and enhances its contract logistics capabilities. Wagner is acquiring only the contract logistics operations, which will operate immediately under the Wagner Logistics brand. “Divesting our Contract Division with Wagner Logistics marks an exciting new chapter,” said Doug Dawson,
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Wagner Logistics Receives Prestigious AA+ Rating from BRCGS for Second Consecutive Year
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 8, 2025 – Wagner Logistics, a leading provider of supply chain management solutions, announced today its Portland, Oregon, facility has again achieved the prestigious AA+ rating from the Brand Reputation through Compliance Global Standard (BRCGS). Obtained through an on-site audit, this marks the second consecutive year Wagner has secured this elite certification, verifying the company’s
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Wagner Logistics Announces New Partnership to Expand Agricultural Chemical Warehousing Solutions
Providing Secure, Efficient Storage and Distribution for the Agricultural Industry NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. February 2, 2025 – Wagner Logistics, a leading provider of supply chain and logistics solutions, is pleased to announce a new partnership with a prominent agricultural chemical company. Through this collaboration, Wagner will provide specialized warehousing and distribution services for agricultural chemicals, further expanding its expertise
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Wagner Logistics Earns BRCGS’s AA+ Rating in Unannounced Storage and Distribution Audit
The rating underscores the Portland facility upholds the highest warehouse management and food safety standards to protect the well-being of the nation’s food supply. NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 26, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Wagner Logistics, a leading provider of supply chain solutions, announces that its facility in Portland, Oregon, achieved the Brand Reputation through Compliance Global Standard’s (BRCGS) AA+ rating in an inaugural, unannounced audit. The
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EY Announces Brian Smith of Wagner Logistics as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Heartland Award Finalist
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that Brian Smith, president and CEO of Wagner Logistics was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Heartland Award finalist. Now in its 38th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive business award for audacious leaders who disrupt markets, revolutionize sectors and have a transformational impact on lives. Read More.
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Grassland Dairy and West Point Dairy Forge Partnership with Wagner Logistics
Contract with North Kansas City-based Wagner Logistics will create jobs and expand the supply chain management provider’s real estate footprint. NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Wagner Logistics, a leading provider of supply chain solutions, announces that it has been awarded a significant warehousing contract to support Grassland Dairy and West Point Dairy effective as of January 8th, 2024.
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North Kansas City-based third-party logistics company expands with a Pacific Northwest acquisition
Wagner Logistics, a nationwide provider of third-party logistics, announced today its acquisition of Fulcrum Logistics, Inc., a regional provider of warehousing services, specializing in food and beverage storage and handling, in Portland, Ore. The acquisition of Fulcrum will expand Wagner’s offerings in the food and beverage sector by leveraging Fulcrum’s relationships with blue-chip customers while capitalizing on Fulcrum’s key service
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Panasonic Energy Forges Partnership with Wagner Logistics
Contract with North Kansas City-based Wagner Logistics will create jobs and expand the supply chain management provider’s real estate footprint. NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Wagner Logistics, a leading provider of supply chain solutions, announces that it has been awarded a significant warehousing contract to support Panasonic Energy’s manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kan., which is set to open in
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