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Corporate History and FactsSignificant Business Highlights• 1938 – A $500 investment in a

Chevy truck starts Dedeaux’s Automotive Repair and Transit

• 1946 – DART Transportation Service expands to serve the retail industry

• 1961 – DART Warehouse is incorporated in Los Angeles

• 1978 – DART begins operations in the Midwest

• 1999 – DART’s state of the art fulfillment center is opened in Naperville, Illinois

• 2016 – DART expanded its public warehousing division to Dallas/Ft. Worth

Company Profile• Closely held corporation• In business for 78 years• 900 Employees companywide• 14 Operations in 7 states• TL and LTL Transportation,

Contract Warehousing, Cross Docking, 3PL Provider, Import/Export, Package Fulfillment, Rail Transload

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The Dart Entities• Transportation• 3PL Management• Equipment Leasing• Property Development• Labor Leasing• Public Warehousing• Fulfillment• Import/Export• Rail Transload

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• Truckload Transportation• On-Site Logistics Services• Local LTL Shipments• Full Pallet Distribution• Yard Hostling• Shuttle Service• Import – Cross-Dock

Transportation Services

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• 60K Square Foot True Cross-Dock Facility located in Compton, CA

• Less than 10 miles from the Port of LB and LA• 120 Operational Dock High Doors• 24-Hour Guard and Gate Access

Flow-Through Center (FTC)

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Fulfillment Environment• 721,000 Square Feet• 30’ Clear Height• Dimensions = 440 x

1600+• Fully Sprinklered ESFR

System with 75 PSI Heads• 116 Truck Doors with

Levelers• 300+ Trailer Stall Parking• 25,000 Feet of Automated

Conveyor• 3 Multi-level Pick Modules

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Capacity and Activity Data

96,000 Cartons through sorter into 10 loading docks

Virtually unlimited shipping capacity through balance of 100 dock doors

1,560 Pallets picked daily

Over 300M cases /day

Over 1MM pallets handled annually

100+ Trailers shipped per day

Daily CapacityB2B ActivityDirect to Customer

3.5 Million orders annually

10 Million lines Over 20 million units

• Over 400,000 Bin Locations• Over 15,000 Pallet Rack

Locations• Over 500,000 Active Items

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Fulfillment Center Supports• Distribution• DR, E-Commerce and

Catalog Fulfillment• Full EDI and Internet• Bar Coding/ Radio

Frequency• Kitting/Custom Packing• Cross-docking• Freight Consolidation• Reverse Logistics• Scanned Receipts by UPC,

Vendor Number, or UCC128

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Drop Ship Support

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EDI, TCP/IP

Call Center/Web Order Entry

Ship Confirm

Receive-Store, Pick, Pack, Ship

• Full EDI capability including ship notices and tracking• Can accommodate several levels of sophistication for data transfer• Call center and credit card clearing arrangements• Web access to inventory and order status to retailer & vendor• Shipment within 24 hours of order receipt• Kitting and packaging• Full returns processing and restock

Ship via Parcel or LTL Carrier

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Apparel and Softlines HardlinesAppliancesElectronicsHousewaresPartsRoll PaperSpecialty MerchandiseSporting GoodsToolsToys100,000+ SKUs

ClothingFoldingGOH & Musical AssortmentsHome FashionsHangingInspectionRetaggingPolybaggingShoes100,000+ SKUs

Experience

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Management and Labor Deployment

• Management Team = 28+ Years• Supervisors = 25 Years Average• All have Softlines, Hardlines and High Security Item

Experience• Ability to Scale Up From a Labor Base of 200 up to 800+

Dart maintains a staff of distribution and fulfillment professionals with a proven track

record.

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• Labor Force• Warehousing space• Serving different sales channels

concurrently• Flow through programs• Kitting and other VAS

DART Flexibility

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Major Customers

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Currently Drop Ship for Vendors of:

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• GE Operational Excellence 2014, 2013• GE Customer First 2014, 2013• GE One Team Award 2012, 2010• GE Win from Within 2011• GE True Grit 2011• GE Team of the Year 2009, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997• GE The Will to Win 2008• GE Best Inventory Results 2008• GE Bulldog of the Year 2007• GE Cost Champion 2007, 1997• GE Excellence in Execution/Operational Performance 2006, 2003,

2002, 2000• GE Appliances Most Improved Quality of Service in Region 2004• GE Excellence in Execution/Productivity Performance 2002• GE Appliances Excellence in Execution Award 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997• GE Manager Recognition/Outstanding Leadership 1999• GE Excellence in Execution/Cost Champion 1998

Awards & Recognition - GE

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• Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Mr. Rod Dedeaux 1994• Sears Partners in Transformation Award – DART International 2013• Sears Partners in Transformation Award – DART Entities 2012• Sears Top Performing DDC in Service Quality Award (Ontario, CA)

2010, 2009, 2007• Sears Exemplary Performance in Logistics Award (Ontario, CA) 2008,

2006, 2005• Sears Exemplary Performance in Direct-to-Customer Fulfillment and

Retail Support Award (Naperville, IL) 2006• Sears Partners in Progress Award 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009• Sears Quality Vendor of the Year Award • 2002 – Selected “Best of the Best” in the logistics category out of 124

Companies

Awards and Recognition - Sears

“Dart is a reliable partner who has been instrumental in developing and executing solutions that have allowed us to improve our results year in

and year out.”-Tony Brooks, Vice-President – Logistics Operations, Sears Holdings

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Why Dart Makes SenseHighly Flexible and Lowest Risk Solution• Proven Operational Systems• Execution• Proven Capacity (throughput and expandability)• Available Today• Service Multiple Drop Ship Accounts from a Common

Inventory• Easy, Fast and Efficient Start Up and Implementation• Minimal Learning Curve• Prior Experience• The Right “People”- Management and Labor Force

For More Information and Pricing: Joseph M. Medlin

VP Business Development & Strategic PlanningOffice: 323.981.8238

Email: jmedlin@dartentities.com

www.dartentities.com