AIT Delivers Heavy Components from Italy The Challenge A global home appliance industry leader needed an entire production line consisting of heavy automated industrial machinery delivered from a supplier’s factory in Italy to their manufacturing facility in Ohio. The massive shipment of 116,797 kilograms filling 18 ocean containers not only required specialized equipment, but also had to arrive in a precise order to facilitate smooth installation of the line according to plan. Two years ago, the customer received a similar production line shipped from overseas, but the supplier had been in control of the cargo. The supplier used a different forwarder and as a result, that project suffered from poor communication and coordination. The Solution Looking to avoid a similar debacle in the futu

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