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CNF is a $3.7 billion company that is a leading provider of global supply chain solutions for a wide range of manufacturing, industrial, retail, and government customers.

Effective supply chain management is increasingly important for businesses worldwide as competition drives them to reduce inventories and speed up cycle times. The potential savings from these efforts are enormous: the value of the U.S. supply chain alone is estimated to be $936 billion, or 8.5 percent of gross domestic product.

While CNF transports freight for many of its customers, for an increasing number of them the company is taking on a much larger role. Today the CNF companies are assuming total management of the complex transportation and information networks required for companies to get all of the raw materials they need in the door not just on the right day, but at the right time of day. And then effectively managing warehouses, completing final configuration, packaging products, and distributing the finished goods with the same timing precision.

Although CNF's roots are in heavy freight transportation, the nature of moving freight has changed and become so sophisticated that the movement of information is now as important as the movement of the products that CNF delivers for its customers. The company continues to invest heavily in technology focusing its efforts on conducting customer transactions via the Internet; developing and implementing state-of-the-art dispatch, warehouse management, order fulfillment and tracking systems; and optimizing the routing of its delivery vehicles to increase efficiency and reduce transit times.

Together, the CNF companies offer a broad range of supply chain services to meet the ever-increasing needs of the global business community.