Pittsburgh Logistics Systems Inc. and its subsidiary, eflatbed.com, have been chosen to jointly provide logistics management services to Allegheny Ludlum Corp., a Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of stainless steels, silicon electrical steels, tool steels, titanium, nickel alloys and other advanced alloys. Under the terms of the agreement, PLS and eflatbed.com will handle the logistics management for two Allegheny Ludlum facilities – a plate facility located in Washington, Pa., and a warehouse in New Kensington, Pa.
PLS will coordinate load pick-up and delivery arrangements, as well as carrier management, while loads will be executed through eflatbed.com’s online transportation management system, which electronically links ready-to-move flatbed shipments with available carrier capacity.
PLS and eflatbed.com are a part of Rochester, Pa.-based Quadrivius Inc., a holding company that aims to be a global provider of total transportation management services with a focus on industries that utilize motor carriers as a strategic component of their logistics system.