What The Warehousing And Logistics People Do That Moves Your Product

By Rosella Campbell


You are in the business of manufacturing or processing your world class products. You take care of the promotion, selling and customer service. You do not need to handle the physical transportation elements of getting them to your clients. A warehousing and logistics company can take care of this as this is what they are set up to do.

The only storage requirements you will need to have is a place for your ingredients and or raw material for your production lines. It is never a good idea to store your finished product for long and, with a logistics company working for you, you will not have to. That reduces the costs of a larger facility and moves that liability to them.

A very good thing about this type of company. They are where they need to be and when they are not needed, you do not see them. They are one of the many unseen hands you need to make your business operate and grow. They move things out and, in some cases, move thing in and otherwise you have better things to do.

Your special needs can be handled in any number of specific ways. You can schedule this firm to arrive on specific days, at designated hours or a certain day of the week. This flexible scheduling capability will allow you to offer a service that many of your local clients may want. That service is known as just in time delivery.

This firm is there for you when material needs to be picked up at the air or water port as well. Making a schedule of pick ups, in combination with the delivery schedules can be arranged to make this an extension of your material handling department. This allows you and your employees to spend more time on revenue generating activities.

All of this is made easier by their experience in this field. They have dedicated storage facilities and your products can be placed in identified sections. They can handle anything from a few packages to several truck loads of material on pallets. Most will suggest that no package is too small or large.

It is simplicity itself as they will generate a document, often by email, that alerts all involved personnel to your need for a pick up that day. You have provided them with some idea as to how much will need to be picked up and they will have the appropriate vehicles there to haul it away. The destinations will be known and the delivery dates will be confirmed. Storage of your products may be as long as several months to meet a seasonal need or as short as a few hours before making delivery to your satisfied clients.

You take great pains to fabricate your product out of the best materials and craftsmanship. You want the same to apply to the transportation to the final receiver. You also know that your firm may not be well equipped to provide this service. You can also rest assured that some transportation companies will allow your name to be placed on the side of their trucks to enhance your branding.




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