February 13, 2025As businesses scale, they must determine whether they can handle all of the increased demands on their operations in house, or whether they need to outsource particular processes. One of those processes is order fulfillment. Businesses looking to make their order fulfillment processes more efficient and less costly turn to 3PL’s that operate distribution centers.What Is a Distribution …
Managing Niche Market: Pet Foods Distribution
Business challenge: With rapid growth, a leading manufacturer and co-packer of natural dog treats and premium canned pet food faced the decision whether to continue handling its own warehousing and distribution or to outsource operations to a third-party logistics provider (3PL). Its 100,000 sq. foot production space was too small to handle demand, so the company would either need to …
Value-Added Distribution Services
Business challenge: A CPG manufacturer of innovative laundry care products experienced trouble with its logistics operations, getting product properly kitted, packaged, stored, and distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada to retail customers (grocery, pharmaceutical, mass merchant stores), and online consumers. Additionally, they did not have access to real-time inventory. The company had multiple manufacturing locations and utilized several warehouses in …