Consumer Commodities

Coty Inc.

Through astute acquisitions and licensing partnerships, Coty Inc. has achieved a leadership position in fragrance and has quickly emerged as a leading global beauty company with sales of nearly $4 billion for the year ended June 30, 2010.

Challenge

Coty Inc. is a large fragrance and consumer commodities company. Many of the goods that they sell are deemed hazardous in nature due to their flammability. The shipping of hazardous materials internationally in support of their flourishing and expanding business posed many problems.

• Shipping costs were exploding
• Operational conformity had become complex
• Performance tracking was very difficult

Solution

FGX’s dangerous goods service was coupled with its INX service to deliver an all encompassing international shipping platform that supported the goals of Coty. We brought in our web shipping application, expertise, planning and with-in 1 day Coty was reaping the benefits of shipping direct.

Benefits

FGX’s direct shipping methodology allowed Coty to stream-line its shipping platform, realize operational efficiencies, easily track and plan with-in projects that often times prove to be moving targets.

• Fiscal savings of over $350,000.00 yearly
• Average transit decrease of 1.26 days
• Soft cost capture in:
  Administrative requirements
  Deadline flexibility (faster delivery = more time to work)
  Time spent managing problem shipments