Value-Added Services Can Elevate Your BrandDetails, flexibility, and speed are three qualities that can affect how your product is perceived and received by customers. How products are packaged, labeled, and bundled and how quickly they reach store shelves shape the customer experience. That’s where value-added services can make a difference for CPG and retail brands. What Are Value-Added Services? Value-added …
Benefits of ASW’s FTZ Operations
Benefits of ASW’s FTZ OperationsThe Foreign-Trade Zone program was created in 1934 by Congress as an incentive to encourage companies to keep investment and jobs in the United States and not move production offshore. The program removes certain costs and barriers that do not exist in foreign locations. Located in FTZ #181, ASW’s Akron/Mogadore operations are strategically located to quickly …
Comparing Shared and Dedicated Warehousing
Comparing Shared and Dedicated WarehousingWarehousing is a critical service for manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and other companies that need to store material, semi-finished goods, or finished products. Third-party logistics providers (3PL’s) operate warehouse space for businesses. There are two main types of warehousing provided by 3PL’s: shared warehousing and dedicated warehousing. Let’s take a deeper look into these types of warehousing.Shared …
NE Ohio Ideal for Warehousing & Logistics Growth
NE Ohio Ideal for Warehousing & Logistics GrowthJune 4, 2024The Midwest region, including Northeast Ohio is poised for continued growth in the industrial warehousing & logistics sectors. Half of the U.S. population can be reached within an 8-hour drive from the Akron region1. Our rail system provides a reliable and affordable distribution channel2.As re-shoring increases and manufacturers look for ways …
Simplifying Shipping Operations Using a Freight Forwarder or Broker
Simplifying Shipping Operations Using a Freight Forwarder or BrokerApril 5, 2024Shipping challenges have likely been an issue since the very first product had to make its way across a distance to a customer. During the pandemic, many issues were brought to light from container shortages and port congestion, to shortage of drivers and other carrier workers tasked with managing freight. …
What Should You Look for When Trying to Find the Right Warehouse Partner?
What Should You Look for When Trying to Find the Right Warehouse Partner?If you need to store goods and have them distributed to your customers, choosing the right warehouse partner is vital to the success of your business. There are many options available, so how do you narrow down your choices? What are some key factors you need to consider …
Do You Have a Transactional Relationship or Relational Partnership with Your 3PL?
Do You Have a Transactional Relationship or Relational Partnership with Your 3PL?September 24, 2021Would you describe your relationships with the 3PLs you utilize as merely transactional relationships or as relational partnerships? That is, are you mostly dictating to them what you want done on a case by case basis, or are you working with them collaboratively to devise solutions that …
Understanding Direct-to-Consumer (DTC)
Understanding Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) There are B2B companies–those businesses providing services and commodities to other businesses–and there are B2C companies that provide services and commodities to individual customers. Or are they DTC companies?Overview If you’re a supplier, you’ve probably been asked by fellow suppliers and corporate buyers if you are B2B or B2C. What about DTC, which is being talked about …
Why Transitioning to DTC with an Ecommerce Store Makes Sense for Your CPG Company
Why Transitioning to DTC with an Ecommerce Store Makes Sense for Your CPG CompanyIf you’re in the CPG industry and you’re not engaged in selling direct-to-consumer (DTC), you could be missing out. Mass market and niche retailers and CPG companies know their bread and butter has always been establishing, nurturing, and strengthening consumer loyalty. With greater reliance on ecommerce, however, …
Demand for Warehousing & Distribution
August 6, 2020Swell in Ecommerce Sales Fuels Demand for Warehousing and Distribution Services The demand for warehousing has been increasing. The Wall Street Journal reported an increase in new leases or renewals of warehouse space by 43% just between April and May and year-to-date, a nearly 3% increase in warehouse leasing as compared to the first half of 2019. The …
