{"id":25256,"date":"2025-07-07T10:53:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.odysseylogistics.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=25256"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:33:11","slug":"forging-a-modern-metals-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.odysseylogistics.com\/blog\/forging-a-modern-metals-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Forging a modern metals supply chain"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25256\" class=\"elementor elementor-25256\" data-elementor-post-type=\"blog\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbd2b07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fbd2b07\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa014ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa014ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>By Jon Kelly, President, Transport &amp; Warehouse Division<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aba4035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aba4035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Gain Flexibility, Visibility, and Control in Metals Shipping<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c832a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04c832a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shipping metals is extremely difficult. The cargo is dense, heavy, and often in irregular shapes. It requires specialized equipment, strategically placed facilities, and specially designed infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9aad8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9aad8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Among logistics professionals, this high level of difficulty makes status quo biases even harder to dislodge. When shippers have found a system for moving metals that works for them, they want to stick with it. The inflexibility of the cargo makes it hard for shippers to feel motivated to find better ways. Even if some efficiencies get left on the table, and costs are higher than they need to be, at least the unwieldy metals make it from A to B.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d628980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d628980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recently, two forces have tested this state of affairs. First, perpetual disruptions have become ever day, comprising tariffs, regulatory changes, geopolitical conflicts, and more. This is not a time of great stability, in other words \u2014 it\u2019s a time in which shippers must maximize their flexibility. On the other hand, new technological innovations in the wider world of shipping, including AI, have modernized several core operational procedures. Logistical teams are now asking, with increasing urgency, could there be a better way to ship metals?\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b84a114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b84a114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over the last several years, Odyssey Logistics has pioneered a new standard for moving metals that\u2019s suited for this era of unpredictability and technological advancement. Our metals supply chain is based on five key principles that every shipper should be accounting for in their metals strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf028a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fcf028a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0390c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0390c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Offering multimodal options<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e4a0d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e4a0d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When greater flexibility is a priority, multimodal shipping becomes a major advantage. Diversifying your transportation mix to cover over-the-road trucking, rail, and intermodal allows you to respond to disruptions with greater agility. It also equips you with tighter control over every relevant variable in your shipment, allowing you to dial in the perfect mix of speed, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability for your shipments. Say a particular domestic shipment needs to be fast above all else. You might consider choosing trucking as your mode. However, if that shipment needs to cross a land border with Mexico, for example, it might be advisable to ship via rail or even an intermodal mix to avoid getting caught in customs for weeks. With a multimodal provider like Odyssey at your back, these options become possible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd9783 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"efd9783\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd5b78a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd5b78a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Owning the right assets<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1d372a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1d372a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Metals are highly specialized freight. Shipping them successfully requires having access to key infrastructure. Odyssey has made strategic investments into owning the necessary equipment and assets for smooth metals shipping. This includes everything from warehouses with reinforced concrete floors, to heavy-duty material handling equipment that can handle 85,000-pound coils, to trained operators that are skilled in handling metals and know how to do so safely. Odyssey also offers its signature load-and-roll-pallet technology, which makes weight distribution of heavy coils much easier, which in turn simplifies transloading and the entire shipping process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b4023b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b4023b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac721db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac721db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Upholding safety and compliance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259d6fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"259d6fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Safety and compliance also require special expertise. The weight and inherent danger associated with metal coils implicates several regulatory bodies and frameworks, from DOT, to OSHA, to the FMCSA. There are no shortcuts in learning how to navigate this web of regulation and getting even the slightest detail wrong can result in fines and slowdowns. In its decades of experience shipping metals, Odyssey has developed the broad base of knowledge needed to achieve compliance across the board.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72ed800 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72ed800\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-430eecd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"430eecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Investing in technology<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd4ce31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd4ce31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For specialized freight like metals, customers often want to-the-minute visibility\u2014did the shipment leave the warehouse on time? What\u2019s its status in customs? Who\u2019s handling the final mile? Logistics providers with old tech stacks can\u2019t always give answers to these questions, and they certainly can\u2019t provide them in real-time. Frustrated shippers often find themselves logging into several different platforms just to get the information they need on a single shipment. To avoid this frustration and meet the need for increased visibility, Odyssey gives customers\u00a0real-time tracking and inventory management capabilities to ensure that customers can keep track of their freight \u2014 all from a single platform.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e5bd52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e5bd52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visibility, however, isn\u2019t the only advantage technology offers; it can also shave off margins and find unseen efficiencies hiding in performance data. Odyssey\u2019s tools equip customers with predictive analytics and performance metrics that help bring down cost pressures.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0bd170 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0bd170\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee5fd9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee5fd9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Listening to the customer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96afe3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96afe3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every customer&#8217;s needs are different. Though the above captures several key aspects of Odyssey\u2019s approach to shipping metals, at the heart of our strategy is always the needs of our customers. Each engagement begins with an operational assessment: what are your needs in shipping metals? What are your priorities? What are you trying to accomplish? These are detailed, important questions, and the answers will look radically different from customer to customer. Rather than filtering customer needs through a tightly defined playbook, the idea is to ask questions, and then provide as many options as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c727c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c727c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2834826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2834826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.odysseylogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metals-team.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-25259\" alt=\"Odyssey team members standing next to metals in the warehouse\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.odysseylogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metals-team.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.odysseylogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metals-team-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.odysseylogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metals-team-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.odysseylogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metals-team-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.odysseylogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/metals-team-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Team members at one of Odyssey's metals warehouse facilities<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3ca02 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad3ca02\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6e719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d6e719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Relieving the pressure on metal shippers <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a037ba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a037ba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Metal shippers today face mounting pressure. Increased disruptions, technological innovation, and customer demands are putting time-honored playbooks to the test. Success now hinges on having more options, and deeper insight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b71b6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b71b6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Odyssey\u2019s approach to shipping metals is designed for this new reality. Our experience, infrastructure, and technologies help metal shippers break out of old constraints and find new ways of doing business that delight their customers. 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