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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.

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Crowdfunding Fulfillment Solutions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

There is much more to shipping rewards than throwing products in a box and slapping on a label. If you’re like a lot of small business startups, however, you might have forgotten to figure in fulfillment costs, including shipping and warehouse storage fees. After all, that geode science kit or spiffy new bicycle design is your baby.