issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message total logistic control industry supply chain predecessor taylor cold storage founded 1902 1902 founder george k. taylor headquarters holland michigan united states area served united states key people pete westermann ceo services transportation warehousing distribution and contract packaging parent supervalu united states website http www.totallogistic.com total logistic control is a supply chain company started around 1902 by george k. taylor . the company began as a regional distributor of frozen products known as taylor cold storage . they operated frozen warehouse operations for other regional food companies in great lakes region . around 1930 they merged with wisconsin cold storage . in 1958 taylor became the first public refrigerated warehouse to offer consolidated ltl distribution to its customers . in the 1960s their total freezer capacity hit 10 000 000 cu ft 280 000 m3 . taylor introduced tinman the total information management system in 1976 becoming the first firm in the industry to offer on line inventory management . in 1982 a flood wiped out the company warehouses creating the opportunity to refocus the company on third party logistics as total logistic control . they achieved foreign trade zone status in 1990 . citation needed acquired by christiana companies inc in 1994 the company went into a growth phase . merging with wiscold in 1996 starting a logistics management services division in 1999 and then acquiring the prosource group in 2000 offering turnkey facility design . in 2002 they purchased two over the road trucking companies of tsi and birkmire trucking ; taking their fleet total to around 400 tractor trailers . they were acquired by supervalu in 2005 and moved their corporate offices to holland mi in 2008 . today tlc is a source to shelf supply chain company targeting the consumer goods supply chain . 97 % of the products they touch end up in retail . last year that was over 2 billion cases ces . citation needed see also edit supervalu united states v t e supervalu inc. chains county market cub foods farm fresh food & pharmacy hornbacher s the market save a lot shop n save shoppers food & pharmacy supervalu pharmacies supply chains advantage logistics total logistic control w. newell & company this truck related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title total logistic control & oldid 714573639 categories distributorsdistribution companies of the united statessupervalu united states truck stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from october 2011all articles lacking sourceswikipedia articles containing buzzwords from june 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2013all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 april 2016 at 16 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view