Grede Foundries, Inc. [Supplier/Carrier]

Carrier Reference Guide

Grede Foundries, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge, Inc., located at 3125 N. Gateway Road, Brookfield, WI 53045, to audit and pay our freight bills beginning with shipments with Bills of Lading.

You are required to attach a copy of the Bill of Lading to all outbound prepaid bills and a copy of the Bill of Lading and a Proof of Delivery to all inbound collect bills. In addition, We have instructed Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge to return bills without payment unless you are in compliance.

You may be contacted by Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge to convert our bills from paper to EDI. This is your authority to respond to their request for test file and conversion to EDI. Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge has executed a confidentiality agreement with us not to divulge any information pertaining to our carrier contracts or other confidential data.

Therefore, this instructs you to provide Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge all information such as tariffs, contracts or agreements necessary to fulfill their audit and payment functions for us. It will be required that you provide Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge with updates of any kind that pertain to our contract, agreements or special arrangements. This will enable Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge to make payments to reflect the proper charges in effect at the time of shipment.

Please contact Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge for payment information. Payment information can also be viewed on their web site at www.grdonline.com. You can reach a Customer Service Representative during business hours by calling (262) 790-7000.

Send bill for payment to:
Grede Foundries, Inc.
c/o Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge, Inc.
P.O. Box 26065
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Overnight bills to:
Grede Foundries, Inc.
c/o Goodman-Reichwald-Dodge, Inc.
3125 N. Gateway Road
Brookfield, WI 53045

Sending bills directly to Grede Foundries, Inc. will result in delayed payment.

Grede will not accept individual carrier fuel surcharge programs. In order to simplify the audit and payment process, Grede will pay fuel surcharges according to the attached schedules. Please review the documents below and incorporate them into your billing system.

In regard to insurance coverage and safety ratings, Grede requirements are:

A minimum of $75,000 in cargo liability insurance, with one exception. Bulk material carriers are required to carry $10,000 in cargo liability insurance.
General Liability coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence.
Auto coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence.
Workman’s compensation insurance to meet statutory requirements for the state of incorporation.
A safety rating of "Satisfactory."

Please provide proof of insurance and documentation of your safety rating to Jan Winberg at the Grede corporate address given below. E-mailed copies to jwinberg@grede.com are also acceptable.

Grede Foundries, Inc.
9898 West Bluemound Road
P.O. Box 26499
Milwaukee, WI 53226-0499

Carriers will be required to list certain information on your freight bill in order to expedite the payment process. There are two numbers involved, one is required and one should be listed when provided to you. Bulk material shipments are excluded from this requirement.

The number that is required to be shown on every freight bill is what we have generically termed the "shipper number." Typically, this is the shipper's bill of lading number but it could be any number assigned by the shipper that is unique to each shipment. The shipper must provide you with this number when you pick up a load that is inbound collect to Grede Foundries, Inc. or a third party billing to Grede. Failure to show this number on your freight bill will delay processing of that bill.

The vendor should also show the Grede purchase order number on their paperwork for inbound collect shipments to Grede. If so, that number should also be transferred to the freight bill.

Grede expects that you will be able to capture the shipper number in all cases and the PO number when the vendor provides it on their paperwork.

Grede desires to have the bill payment process be as smooth and timely as possible and your cooperation in capturing this information will be of great assistance to that end.