Menlo Worldwide Logistics
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Logistics |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
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Key people
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Robert Bianco, President |
| Revenue |  US$ 1.72 billion (2014) |
| US$ 27 million (2014) |
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| Parent | XPO Logistics |
| Website | www.menlologistics.com |
Robert Bianco, President
Gary Kowalski, Senior VP - Chief Operating Officer
Menlo Logistics is a global supply chain company operating in 20 countries on five continents. Its core business offerings include third-party logistics and supply chain management. Menlo Logistics is a business unit of Con-way, and its corporate headquarter is in San Francisco, California. Sister companies include Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload, and Con-way Multimodal.
Menlo Logistics specializes in the integration of all functions across the supply chain, from sourcing of raw materials through product manufacturing to the distribution of finished goods. The company currently operates 210 locations worldwide and has 18,000,000 square feet (1,700,000 m2) of warehouse capacity.
The idea for Menlo Logistics was developed in the late 1980s. At that time, CF Inc.’s director of marketing, John Williford, presented the idea for the company's creation — an organization that offered warehouse, inventory, and transportation management as well as full integration of supply chain links through customized systems and software — to upper management. The initial business plan was to create, implement, and manage logistics projects for its customers.
On October 26, 1990, Menlo Logistics Inc. was formed. The name was a deliberate choice to prompt an association with California’s Menlo Park, which was well known as the home of venture capitalists and high-tech industries. Logistics consultants and warehousing experts ran the dedicated, contract carriage operations. The start-up was “carrier neutral” and still does not give special treatment to its sister organizations or to any particular outside carriers.
Menlo Logistics established itself as a leading third-party logistics (3PL) provider in the 1990s, and rode the popularity of the outsourcing trend by notching double-digit growth every year during that era. One of Menlo’s early success stories was its successful bid on a $100 million distribution contract with Sears. The department store wanted to close its internal distribution system, which cost Sears about twice as much as its competitors at 7 percent of its sales.
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