Transportation logistics services, namely, assessing coordination with suppliers including order quantities, pick up windows, carrier routing, freight allowances and packaging; assessing inbound transportation management including carrier rates, performance, mode selection, consolidation, and payment; assessing receiving operations including yard management, load visibility, and receiving process; assessing outbound transportation management including carrier rates, performance, mode selection, consolidation, load building, payment, parcel management, cube and weight optimization and management of surge periods; assessing reverse logistics process including returnable containers, and product return programs; assessing the metrics reported, the method of reporting and storage of data; assessing facility placement, growth, fulfillment and outsourcing strategies; assessing routing, service, and landed cost strategies and supporting supply chain software; assessing distribution and warehouse operations, layout and equipment; and assessing lean supply chain synchronization including inbound flow, intraplant transfers, inbound backhauls and vendor integration