Learn Your Storage and Fulfillment Needs For The New Year
Learn Your Storage and Fulfillment Needs For The New Year
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Storage and Fulfillment
If you sell products to consumers or other businesses, it’s essential that you have a place to store inventory awaiting sale and shipping. But you need more than just a gigantic storage unit. With the right storage and fulfillment facilities, your chances of delivering perfection end-to-end will skyrocket. When the bones of your operation are healthy, strong, and in-tact, you can provide for others.
Your business is unique, and your warehouse must understand that. So, then, who’s the right choice? Who will fulfill every need? Who is the contender that will give your customers an experience beyond their wildest expectations?
The answer is: whichever fulfillment partner can cater to your unique and specific business needs. Need to spend some time figuring out what those are? No problem. Take our free needs assessment right here.
Moreover, below you’ll find general characteristics to look for in a potential partner to ensure you create and maintain quality for your customers 24/7.
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Inventory protection
Warehousing facilities have to do more that hold inventory in reserve. They have to protect that merchandise, from theft and damage. And if your business is dietary supplements or health and beauty products, your warehouse has to comply with stringent requirements that ensure the quality and efficacy of your inventory as well.
Pick and pack, your way
Warehouse operations include picking products off shelves and packing them together as ordered by each customer. But what if your needs occasionally (or routinely) require something different? You need a storage and fulfillment partner that can provide specialized, customized services – kitting, assembly, subscription boxing, gift wrapping, and so on.
Shipping
A warehousing partner that has your back will pay ongoing attention to the details that go into boxing and shipping orders. They will always look for efficiencies that help you avoid overpaying for dimensional weighting, for example. And they’ll pass along to you the low rates they have negotiated with carriers.
But the best of the best will zoom right in on the package itself, because branding and presentation matter. A box that doesn’t promote your business is a wasted opportunity. On the other hand, a package that turns unboxing into an exciting event is a golden opportunity to wow your customer and build loyalty.
Scalability
The best storage and fulfillment partner is prepared to comfortably take expected volume fluctuations in stride. They’re on their toes and ready to respond to the unexpected, too – without sacrificing customer care. And while those factors are critical in the near term, the right fulfillment partner is also capable of scaling upward to keep pace with you as your company grows into the future.
Are you ready to find the perfect partner? Give us a call, we’d love to talk to you!
