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Warehouse Consolidation: A Complete Guide (2024)

Unleashed

Consolidation warehousing is a strategy that allows your business to reduce transportation costs and improve customer service by combining shipments from various sources into a single truckload. What is a consolidation warehouse? There are two types of consolidation warehouses: third-party and private.

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Expanding Our Distribution Network — Strengthening Our Freight Services Through an Acquisition

Stord

ATLANTA, June 12, 2020 -- Today, we are incredibly excited to announce that Stord has acquired Cove Logistics—a leading transportation provider—to further expand our distribution platform to include freight, strengthen our network of logistics capabilities, and better serve our customers.

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Holiday Warehousing Challenges 2021

3PL Insights

Limited Warehouse Capacity. After the shipping delays and supply shortages that were caused by COVID-19, many businesses have opted to keep more inventory on-hand in distribution centers. The higher demand for warehouse space can lead to increased costs and possible shortages if you cannot acquire the storage space you need.

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Travel Time Is Key to Lowering Labor Costs in Your Distribution Center

GlobalTranz

Travel time in the warehouse represents one of the biggest costs in modern distribution centers. Like transportation management for shipped product, effective labor management and lean processes in the warehouse are key to lowering labor costs in your distribution center. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Download White Paper.

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What value-added warehousing services can a 3PL provide?

Kanban Logistics

In addition to standard warehousing operations, your third-party logistics (3PL) provider may be able to handle additional value-added services. With these services, your 3PL partner can perform – within the warehouse – many services that go beyond basic pick, pack and ship. The driver is early to a retailer appointment.

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What is Domestic Distribution? Insights & Strategies For Ecommerce

ShipBob

They’re implementing domestic distribution channels that leverage the technology and warehouse locations of a fulfillment partner, like ShipBob. What is domestic distribution? What is domestic distribution? This allows for inventory to be stored closer to customers — no matter where they are located.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. Today, there are many top 3PL warehousing companies that handle warehousing, fulfillment, logistics and distribution services for companies of all sizes. Revenue: €63.3 billion/$72.43