January 22, 2026Whether you have your own warehouse space or rely on a third-party logistics (3PL) provider to store your goods, there are times when your storage needs exceed available storage space. That’s where overflow warehousing can become an essential lifeline for your operations.What Is Overflow Warehousing? Overflow warehousing is temporary, semi-permanent, or flexible storage space that supplements your primary …
Flexible Polymer Bagging and Re-Pack Solutions
January 15, 2026Looking to optimize your polymer distribution or manufacturing operations? Work with a 3PL expert to provide custom re-pack and bagging services to help you meet different customer requirements and handling needs. Whether you or your customers require resin to be bagged directly into 25 kg volumes; bulk shipments to be broken into smaller quantities; smaller bags to be …
The Importance of Pellet Control
January 14, 2026Having been a logistics partner to the plastics industry for over four decades, we understand the importance of pellet (nurdle) control, which is preventing plastic resin loss throughout the supply chain. That’s why we are a member of Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS), a global plastics industry-led initiative founded in 1991. OCS encourages best practices in plastic resin handling, …
Cross-Docking Can Be a Retailer’s Best Friend
October 23, 2025Cross-docking can be a retailer’s best friend during seasonal peaks. This is because it speeds up the distribution process. Cross-docking refers to the transfer of product from inbound to outbound transportation in a relatively short timeframe without having to warehouse it. Usually, trucks carry the inbound and outbound shipments, but sometimes transfer occurs with other modes of transportation, …
6 Tips for Efficient Inventory Management
Company owners that provide products have a lot to think about when trying to establish and maintain a successful, profitable business. Unless your products are entirely dropshipped from manufacturer/wholesaler to customer, one area that is extremely important—but sometimes executed poorly—is inventory management. Any business owner that sells products that they have warehoused should make sure that the inventory management of …
ASW Polymer Services Packaging Types
What kinds of containers are used to package plastic resin? ASW’s Polymer Services can package or re-pack plastic resin into various types of containers depending on our clients’ requirements. Containers vary by size and material type. Larger containers can hold bulk quantities weighing several hundred to several thousand pounds. Smaller containers typically hold product weighing between 50 to 900 pounds. …
ASW Polymer Services Overview
Handling plastic resin has long been in our blood. This is easy to understand, as our headquarters sits in the center of the U.S. polymer industry and polymer research. The Greater Akron region’s early history in the rubber industry expanded to other polymers, including plastic. In the early 1980’s we created the Gilchrist Polymer Center, which is where our headquarters …
Advantages of Transloading and Intermodal Transportation Involving Rail
March 27, 2025As a company that has a rail spur on site to transload, store, and transport dry bulk plastic resin, we understand the importance of rail transportation. Within our Transportation Management division, we also understand the value of rail when brokering freight. Rail is often a part—and usually an integral part—of both transloading and intermodal transportation. What are the …
A Proactive Approach to Tariffs and Other Supply Chain Disruptions
March 5, 2025Tariffs recently levied on Canada and Mexico, along with new tariffs on China, have left manufacturers and retailers that import products from these countries calculating the extra costs they will have to pay, and how much might have to be passed onto consumers. It is a time of uncertainty and importers will be looking for alternative solutions. Savvy …
How Can a Distribution Center Help Your Business?
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 …