It’s not easy. Each of those locations has its own peaks and valleys in supply and demand. A plant might average, say, 15 truckloads a day, but that means it will run five to six during slow periods and up to 20 at peak demand. What’s more, Sonoco doesn’t make money dealing with all the complexities of operating a fleet. Its core businesses are those cores, tubes and packaging materials. From PerFormance to InnovatIon To lighten that logistics load, Sonoco in 1999 turned to Landair, a Greeneville, Tennessee–based third-party logistics provider (3PL). For Sonoco, Landair operates as a dedicated contract carriage (DCC) service provider— Landair owns and operates about 170 trucks that transport products and recycled materials between 19 Sonoco facilities. Landair pro

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