The Educational Shippers Association Is Managed By A Third Party Logistics Company, Leveraged Logistics, LLC Focusing On Inbound Freight Cost Reduction Programs To The Educational Market Currently Serving Over 200 School Districts Across The United States and Saving Money on the High Shipping Costs for the Products You Buy. © Educational Shippers Association 2010 Educational Shippers Association A Strategy to Cut Shipping Costs

A Case Study - Textbooks Publisher Value of Purchase Order Publisher Freight Price ESA Freight Price Your $$$ Saved Book Company12, , , Book Company53, , , Book Company13, , , Book Company91, , , Totals170, , , © Educational Shippers Association 2010

Who Are We?  The ESA is an association of public school districts managed by Leveraged Logistics, LLC  The founders have over 70 years of combined logistics and supply chain management experience in Fortune 500 companies  We are dedicated to providing the most cost effective, timely delivery of goods to schools  Our business model is similar to purchasing cooperitives © Educational Shippers Association 2010

What Does The ESA Do?  Through collective freight buying we insure the most cost effective delivery possible  We manage both inbound and returned freight  We prepay the freight bills for you  We bill you on your schedule and provide both consolidated and detailed invoice statements  We handle damage claims © Educational Shippers Association 2010

How Do We Do It?  It’s not magic – It’s a simple process  We partner with your purchasing agents, they control the purchase price and we control the freight price  We have negotiated lower freight rates based upon the combined shipping and receiving volumes of member schools  Our propriety database chooses the best valued carrier for you © Educational Shippers Association 2010

Shipping Instructions  If your PO says, (in 6pt type) “Prepay all transportation charges,” you have given a license to steal from you. And many do, on every order shipped to you.  What your PO should say is, “Reference School Purchase Order on BOL or UPS Bill. Ship FOB Shipping Point, Third Party Billed. Use UPS GROUND ONLY up to 200 LB. Bill UPS account number XXXXXX, zip Over 200 LB. Call for TL and LTL routing. Any charges incurred due to misdirected shipments will be charged back to vendor.” © Educational Shippers Association 2010

The ESA Value to YOU! Products Shipped Weight in Lbs. Supplier shipping ESA Shipping Your ESA Savings Savings Percent Palos Sports % Workbooks % Kitchen Pallet Jack % Textbooks % 2 Dell Computers % Kitchen Products % American Art Clay 3, % BREHOB Kitchen Dryer % © Educational Shippers Association 2010

ESA Frequently Asked Questions  Q: Do you only ship textbooks?  Q: Are there any membership fees or annual dues?  Q: Do we select the delivery companies that ESA uses?  Q: What if our product is damaged at time of delivery?  Q: Are our products insured during delivery?  Q: How do I track my packages?  Q: This all sounds good but what is the down side for the district, what are the risks? © Educational Shippers Association 2010

How Do We Start Saving?  Give us your business card and we’ll do the rest  Go to and click on the Register Button  We will send your account number and special instructions rubber stamps for your PO’s © Educational Shippers Association 2010 ESA