Supply Chain Brain

Logistics: Fertile Ground for
Entrepreneurs?

Parker Scheuermann believes logistics is fertile ground for entrepreneurs and he is in a good position to know, having recently launched a new company called Zero Waste Logistics. Zero Waste specializes in helping companies that need experienced logistics employees for short-term projects.

The idea for Zero Waste was sparked by
Scheuermann’s observation that the recession
forced many shippers, carriers and 3PLs to lay
off employees with valuable experience and
expertise, he says. “There has never been a
greater need for these companies to drive out
inefficiencies,” he says, “and never have there
been fewer skilled people available to work
on accomplishing that.”
Zero Waste is designed to provide staff
augmentation services to help companies
work on specific projects for themselves or
their clients, he says.

Nu Way Transportation is one company that
has partnered with Zero Waste. “As a special-
ized and dedicated hauler, Nu Way built its busi-
ness on solutions design and solving problems
regarding the movement of specialized materi-
als,” Scheuermann says. “We work with them
by providing people who can come in and aug-
ment their staff on an as-needed basis.”
“Solutions and design work ebbs and
flows,” he says. “The benefit of using Zero
Waste is that Nu Way and other of our cus-
tomers can tailor the size of their professional
staff to match their needs.”
The greatest challenge in making a start-up
succeed is access to the market, says Scheuer-
mann. “Because of the economy there are
fewer buyers out there to talk to and those that
are out there often are tired of pitches from
sales and marketing people,” he says. “That is
what led us to craft partnerships with special-
ized niche companies like Nu Way, where we
can come in as needed to help them build spe-
cific services and solutions.”

The interviews for the Executive Briefings
in this issue were conducted by
SupplyChainBrain editors at major
industry conferences and seminars.
Videos of these exclusive interviews
can be seen in their entirety at
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