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Article: Building routes, building business. (Maletis Beverage)
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- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- January 25, 1993
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Maletis Beverage automates routing, and reports substantial savings.
As with most beer and beverage distributors, Maletis Beverage has seen a dramatic increase in routing and scheduling complexity in recent years.
With a customer base of almost 4,000, this Portland, OR-based firm maintains a 37-truck fleet and manages routes averaging over 75 miles daily. Maletis is an Anheuser-Busch distributor, and also sells import and micro beers, wines, and natural beverages like Perrier, Evian and Clearly Canadian.
This diverse and steadily expanding product base poses one of the distribution operation's toughest challenges. In recent years, Maletis has seen ...