Services Overview

Company Background

Our Credentials




Transportation Logistics Systems, Inc (TLS) is a third-party logistics provider, offering customers a full-service shipping resource. From a few packages to entire trainloads, TLS can become an extension of your shipping department by providing a wide range of services, locally and nationally:

  • Truckload; Less-Than-Truckload (LTL)
  • Expedited Ground and Air Freight; Charters
  • Rail Transportation: Intermodal and Bimodal
  • Warehousing and Distribution
  • Freight Management Services, including EDI capabilities
  • Further, our team of experienced logistics experts can customize pickup and delivery schedules to satisfy unique client needs. We trace all shipments from beginning to end to ensure a timely delivery. To assure safety and carrier compliance, TLS maintains in-house contractual agreements, copies of operating authorities and insurance certificates on all of our carriers.

    In short, TLS provides consistent, quality deliveries of both inbound and outbound goods and products.


    Established in 1992, the founder saw a need for reliable service providers in an industry where commitment was lacking. Thanks to the reputation of its staff, TLS experienced early and continued success. Begun as a transportation brokerage company, TLS quickly grew into a full-service, third-party logistics provider and freight forwarder because of the loyalty of its customers. Now, the customer base is well over 100 companies, many of which are Fortune 500; but also many are smaller companies who have come to rely on TLS as their “in-house” shipping department.

    As the company has developed, so has its reputation. Since buying, renovating, and moving into a new (85 year-old) building, TLS has gained visibility in the local community as well. TLS was recently the recipient of the Cornerstone Award from the Economic Development Corporation for unique building re-use and renovation. The building is located in a HUB Zone and Enterprise Zone, a further demonstration of the company’s commitment to supporting the community.

    TLS is poised for steady expansion of services and customer base, sustaining the steady growth experienced over the last decade. As technology changes the industry; as new business management practices affect shipping patterns; and as changing market conditions require flexibility, TLS is ready to meet each challenge.


    Transportation Logistics Systems, Inc. is bonded and insured. Our credentials include:

  • Interstate Commerce Commission Property Broker License #MC261628
  • Hazardous Materials Authority Licensed
  • Certification by the city of Kansas City, MO and the state of Missouri as a woman-owned enterprise (WBE/DBE)
  • DUNS# 92-743-7020
  • SCAC code: TLSS
  • Contingenct Cargo Liability Insurance.
  • If you are interested in the opinions of others, read what our customers have said about TLS, as well as taking a look at the numerous awards TLS and its founder have received.