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Riviana Foods
America's largest rice processor was leaving money in every trailer. AutoO2 closed the gap in four months.
"The increase in weight per truck adds up in terms of cost savings."
Zachary Dale · Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Manager, Riviana Foods
3.2%
Avg. weight increase per truck
More product shipped per load
75%
Reduction in loader training time
Days to productive, not weeks
10k+
Annual shipments optimized
Across Memphis operations
1M$/yr
Freight cost reduction per lane
By maximizing legal payload
The Challenge
Rice ships in every size. Trucks were weighing out before they were full.

Riviana Foods — America's largest rice producer — ships everything from lightweight single-serve cups to heavy 20-lb family bags. That product mix created a persistent problem: when trucks were loaded with heavier products first, they hit legal axle weight limits before the trailer was physically full. Every load leaving Memphis was carrying less than it legally could.

The problem was compounded in the warehouse. Loading mixed-weight products correctly required expertise that took weeks to develop. High turnover meant that expertise walked out the door constantly — and new operators defaulted to conservative loads that made the weight problem worse.

The gap between what each truck was carrying and what it could legally carry was small per shipment. Across 10,000+ annual shipments, it added up to millions in avoidable freight cost.

Trucks weighing out short
Heavy products loaded first hit legal limits before trailers were full — leaving payload capacity unused on every load.
Expertise-dependent loading
Correct mixed-weight placement required experienced loaders — knowledge that took weeks to build and was constantly lost to turnover.
Hidden freight cost at scale
Small per-truck inefficiencies compounded across 10,000+ annual shipments into millions in avoidable freight expense.
Weeks of onboarding per loader
No systematic load guidance meant productivity suffered during every new hire's ramp — and never fully recovered before the next turnover.
Data pull from ERP & planning
AutoO2 pulls item master data — dimensions, weight, stacking rules, customer requirements — for every SKU in the shipment before building the load.
300+ parameter optimization
AutoO2 solves placement across weight, cube, axle distribution, damage risk, and stacking constraints simultaneously — placing heavier products beneath lighter ones while respecting every customer-specific rule.
Visual load diagram to the floor
Loaders receive step-by-step visual instructions on RF devices — exactly where each product goes, in what order. No expertise required. New operators are productive in days.
Axle-legal, max-weight shipment
Every load exits the dock fully optimized — maximum legal payload, no axle violations, damage-free. What was planned is exactly what ships.
ERP WMS Planning RF Devices
What Changed
AutoO2 turned a weight puzzle into a solved problem.

AutoO2 takes in every item's dimensions, weight, stacking constraints, and customer-specific requirements — then solves the placement problem across 300+ parameters to produce a load that is simultaneously full, axle-legal, and damage-free.

For Riviana, that meant heavier rice bags positioned correctly on the bottom, lighter SKUs stacked above, every axle within legal limits for every destination state — and a visual diagram sent to the warehouse floor so any loader could execute it correctly from day one.

Implementation was complete in four months. The weight increase per truck was immediate and measurable. Training time dropped dramatically. And the expertise that used to walk out the door with every experienced loader became embedded in the system.

The result
A small increase in average weight per truck — applied across 10,000+ annual shipments — adds up to a meaningful reduction in total freight cost every year, on an ongoing basis.
The Results
More weight. Less cost. No expertise required.
0%+
Avg. weight increase per truck
Immediate and measurable from day one
0%
Reduction in loader training time
New operators productive in days
10k+
Annual shipments optimized
Across Memphis operations
10%+
Freight cost reduction per lane
By maximizing legal payload
"
The increase in weight per truck adds up in terms of cost savings.
Zachary Dale · Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Manager, Riviana Foods
See It In Your Operation
Are your trucks leaving with payload on the table?

Riviana ships 10,000+ loads a year. The weight gap per truck was small — the annual cost wasn't. If your operation runs mixed-weight products or complex stacking requirements, AutoO2 will find the same opportunity. Most clients see ROI within 90 days.

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AutoO2 solves 300+ real-world constraints simultaneously — weight, cube, axle distribution, stacking rules, damage risk — producing axle-legal, damage-free loads and step-by-step guidance for your warehouse floor.

5–10%
Freight cost reduction
90 days
Typical ROI timeline
300+
Configurable optimization parameters
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