Like most businesses around the world, you probably have a sizable amount of goods stored in a warehouse. Whether you’re using a public warehouse or an in-house facility, goods that sit in storage can impact your company’s bottom line if the warehouse space is not used efficiently. There are three main areas where warehouse space can impact your company’s net profits. See where your business stands in warehouse efficiency and follow the tips to improve the effectiveness of how you store your goods.

1. Warehouse Setup

Organizing goods based on their usage is key to efficient warehouse storage capacity. It involves much more than just accepting pallets, crates, and boxes and placing them in whatever space is available to fit them. Rather, warehouse setup needs to reflect order and product activity profiles.

Serious production time is lost when workers have to search a warehouse to find products to fill an order, or move around pallets, crates, or boxes to get to those needed for multi-order batch picking. An ineffective storage setup also increases the risk of damage to goods and errors in filling orders.

Tip: Leave the storing of your goods to a public warehouse. Your business will realize savings from highly efficient warehouse storage and order fulfillment processes.

For example, Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services is a third-party logistics (3PL) warehouse that is equipped with highly advanced equipment and complex computer systems to configure the most efficient layout of your goods within our facility. This takes into consideration various picking and packing strategies, including order lines, order mix, and order size, so the most efficient storage method is utilized.

2. Working Capacity

Working capacity is how much storage a space can hold based on the configuration of the physical space and inventory characteristics, such as the size and shape of items. Most businesses think their storage facility is running at full capacity when in reality, it’s probably around 60 to 80 percent. Failure to run a warehouse at full working capacity costs a business money, especially if a second facility is purchased or rented to handle overload from a warehouse that isn’t even at working capacity.

Tip: Outsource your storage needs to public warehousing experts who specialize in calculating and meeting working capacity. They know how to accurately configure the storage lanes in a warehouse for efficiency in storing inventory based on numerous factors, including the number of different items, their size, volume, and picking requirements.

Brendamour Warehousing uses a very sophisticated warehouse management system that collects the right kind of data and analyzes it to produce extremely accurate utilization reports of your storage area within our facility. We also use warehousing methods, such as floor-stacked bulk storage and customized racking systems to maximize the amount of square footage of your goods. The perfect balance between space utilization and operation productivity ensures full working capacity, delivering savings to your business.

3. Warehousing to Picking Strategy

When it comes to locating, pulling, and packing products for distribution, a warehouse that is aligned with picking strategies operates more effectively. Picking strategies are based on the most common way customers order your goods, such as high and low volume products, the number of units, and the percentage of order lines that require full or broken cartons, single units, full pallets, or any combination of these options.

Knowing your product activity allows you to warehouse to picking and packing, reducing your costs by running an efficient operation.

Tip: Third party logistics (3PL) providers provide both warehousing space and order fulfillment functions. They are equipped with a warehouse management system and automated equipment to identify your order profiles and arrange warehousing and picking methods based on these profiles.

For example, as a 3PL, Brendamour Warehousing performs comprehensive order management and order release approaches, such as single order picking, multi-order batch picking, zone, wave, and order consolidation. What’s more, our expertise allows us to provide your business with a picking strategy that is highly optimized for cost savings.

We are equipped to implement a variety of pick lines depending on your products’ type and volume. They include automated and manual systems, such as straight line, serpentine line, branch and pick zone, pick to conveyor, automated storage and retrieval (AS/AR), automated conveyors, and automated carousels, and pick-to-light.

Go With Brendamour, the Warehousing Pros

At Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services, our business is your business. More specifically, we’re all about performing effective warehousing, distribution, and other logistics functions to improve your company’s bottom line.

Learn more on how we can maximize your company’s bottom line with our warehousing, distribution and logistics services. Contact us today to see what an effective and efficient public warehouse space can mean to your business!

Inventory is a puzzle that very few businesses get right. Too much inventory and it’s costing you money. Too little inventory when you need it also costs you money. But accurately managing inventory doesn’t have to be so puzzling. In fact, when you store your inventory in a public warehouse, like Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services, you can say goodbye to inaccurate inventories and enjoy the savings to your bottom line that inventory accuracy brings.

It’s All in the Warehouse Management System

One way to eliminate inventory inaccuracy is by implementing technologies like automated bar coding systems. Working in conjunction with these technologies, Brendamour’s web-based warehouse management system goes deep with features that ensure an accurate inventory of your goods by providing real-time inventory counts.

By tracking each piece of your inventory, you reduce errors in ordering too much or too little inventory. It allows your business to account for each and every item, whether it was sold, returned, or still in inventory. You’re also able to better manage counts and distribution, providing you with a fairly reliable inventory forecasting tool that helps determine which customers are ordering your goods most and how often.

Organized Warehousing

If your company warehouses inventory in-house, take a look at the storage areas. Are they overcrowded and unorganized? If so, your inventory is probably suffering. No doubt, goods are at risk for damage due to overcrowded areas and thrown out without adjusting inventory counts. And the lack of organization is probably making it difficult to take accurate counts, let alone accurate picking of orders.

At Brendamour Warehousing and Distribution, your inventory is well cared for in a well-lit, organized area on customized racking systems to accommodate the type and size of your products, maximize square footage to save you money, and ensure more accurate order picking.

In addition, our fleet of modern hydraulic lift trucks and the well-trained and experienced personnel who operate them, ensure your goods are moved with care, eliminating handling damage.

Improving Your Processes

Another way to ensure an accurate inventory is to evaluate your processes and procedures. Inventory accuracy starts with clearly defined processes that involve contributions from all internal departments within the business that impact inventory, as well as third-party vendors whose functions affect inventory. In examining your business processes, look for areas where errors can occur that impact inventory counts and brainstorm ways to reduce or eliminate them.

Once you’ve established an inventory process that incorporates seamlessly into your other business processes, be sure to document them with a procedure to ensure employees and outside vendors follow the process to maintain inventory integrity.

A public warehouse can easily streamline your company’s processes and procedures through its automated warehouse management system that tracks inventory and manages inventory levels. This reduces paperwork, which can bog down the process and create errors and omissions.

Look for third-party logistics (3PL) providers, like Brendamour Warehousing, that have a web-based system so you can authorize as many employees as you like to access the inventory management system from anywhere at any time. With such a system, monitoring inventory is a much easier and less cumbersome process.

Automatic Compliance Monitoring

Public warehousing utilizes automated equipment and systems to receive, store and distribute goods. Their processes and procedures complement those of their customers and set even higher standards for handling inventory, as well as tasks that specifically involve or relate to inventory.

Because the process is automated, compliance to inventory procedures is much easier and provides accountability. Less time is spent tracking inventory accuracy per employee, organization and third-party vendors.

Physical Inventory Counts

Year-end inventory counts are commonplace in many businesses, but a public warehouse facility can make the process less tedious and ensure it does not interrupt regular business functions. For example, Brendamour has the trained staff to perform cycle counting on any frequency your business prefers. This service provides a backup inventory check to identify any discrepancies, resolve them and put process enhancements in place to ensure they don’t happen again.

Flexible to Changes

Businesses need to constantly evolve to compete in the global marketplace, which is why business processes may need to be revisited periodically. That’s where the web-based warehouse management system comes into play in making the changes effortlessly.

As a 3PL public warehouse, Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services is designed to be flexible to meet the ever-changing needs of businesses. Whenever your processes and procedures are revised, they are easily updated into our automated systems and put into practice immediately.

Get the Goods on Brendamour’s Inventory Accuracy Plan

There’s always room for improvement when it comes to inventory accuracy. Let Brendamour work with your business to build a reliable inventory accuracy plan for your goods. Contact us today to learn about our warehousing and inventory management systems. With Brendamour as your 3PL, your business will achieve higher levels of inventory accuracy than ever before!

 

A third-party logistics provider is much more than a public warehouse. It is a complete supply chain resource, offering all aspects of warehouse management, inventory management, order fulfillment and processing, distribution, transportation management, and other forms of logistics. In other words, any function necessary to get your goods from Point A to Point B is offered by a 3PL.

In fact, a 3PL is extremely valuable for helping businesses develop efficient and cost-effective supply chain management solutions. These solutions can help companies save thousands of dollars every year and ensure a streamlined process for moving goods to their applicable destination.

Take a look at three areas in particular where a 3PL like Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services can offer cost-effective supply chain solutions.

1. Strategy

A supply chain management strategy consists of the following stages: transporting raw materials into production; coordinating distribution of materials and parts needed for assembly from vendors; packaging; and distributing finished merchandise to distribution channels or directly to the consumer.

A supply chain network strategy sets policies and procedures for inventory management, warehouse management, transportation management, government regulations and taxes, and tracking and reporting.

A good strategy evaluates how decisions will impact everyone touched by the supply chain. Efficient and cost-effective supply chain management starts with a cohesive distribution network that is flexible to respond to changes and complexities in the global marketplace. Since a 3PL works daily in this industry, it has the expertise to keep logistics costs down while continually updating the supply chain strategy to respond to trends and changes.

As a 3PL, Brendamour has the expertise to analyze a company’s existing supply chain network and offer solutions to make the strategy more effective. We analyze how goods are being transported and distributed from manufacturers and suppliers, how much is being spent on labor, utilities, taxes and logistics, the destination of finished goods, and whether transportation management strategies, such as cross-docking, are being utilized.

In most cases, deep savings can be realized with our supply chain network solutions.

2. Transportation Management

A transportation management system is essential for an effective supply chain network. Focusing solely on transportation operations, it is strategically aligned with order management and warehouse distribution to ensure goods reach their final destination.

Transportation management encompasses load optimization, route planning optimization, carrier management, execution, and freight audit and payment settlement processes. It serves both inbound and outbound orders.

Brendamour can help businesses identify transportation management solutions that reduce costs, allow for delivery flexibility, and improve accountability.

Some of the areas we examine are how the current transportation network is being utilized, how it responds to and overcomes problems in the transportation process, the service metrics in use, in-house receiving protocols for all distribution destinations, the cost of the existing transportation process, and how IT is gathering information and how it is being used.

Brendamour also examines all the transportation routes available by land, air, rail and sea, and determines the most cost-effective and efficient routes for transporting your goods.

3. Efficiency

Achieving an efficient supply chain depends on all the people involved, the performance of the in-house or public warehouse, and the resources used to move goods along the supply chain network. Any misstep along that network, in terms of inefficient use of time or resources, ends up costing a business a substantial amount of money, and could impact customer service.

Streamlining the supply chain network is another key way to efficient operations. This can be done by choosing vendors that offer numerous levels of service so there is one point of contact, and designing logistics that can be flexible to respond to specific needs of the end customer.

For example, it may be less costly to ship a full truckload of goods, but if the end customer cannot handle the large quantity of merchandise, the method is not efficient. A better option may be a less than truckload shipment, with the business still saving money by utilizing a public warehouse and sharing freight space with others to make a full truckload.

A 3PL is equipped to identify and address any inefficiencies and get the supply chain back on track quickly. For instance, Brendamour Warehousing can analyze typical inefficiencies found in warehousing storage methods, technology, shipping times, tracking, and costs of transportation methods, and implement measures to make supply chain processes more efficient, easy to follow, and cost-effective.

Brendamour’s Supply Chain Solutions

With its full complement of warehousing and distribution services, Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services can help your business operations run smoothly and efficiently so your company can compete in the global marketplace.

We understand how warehousing, distribution and other logistics interconnect, and have the expertise from years of experience in the industry to eliminate inefficiencies to maximize your profits.

At Brendamour, we’re also dedicated to helping businesses with small margins to control their transportation and distribution costs so they can realize greater profits.

Let Brendamour Warehousing help you realize business success. Put our state-of-the-art facility, advanced technology and equipment, skilled and knowledgeable team, and our shipping partnerships to work for you.

Get in touch and see how we can keep your goods moving along the supply chain in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.

When it comes to public warehouses, the one thing users of the service want is results. That a warehouse has capabilities like dock-high doors, various clear heights, full pallet storage, roll stock, modern hydraulic lift equipment, barcoding applications and light assembly services are definite advantages that add value. But what really matters to businesses is how public warehousing can deliver results that matter most to their business.

Results Businesses Seek

At Brendamour, our public warehousing facilities utilize the latest advancements in security, cleanliness and technology, but more than that, we provide extensive third party logistics services that are designed to optimize the results you’re seeking.

Based on feedback from our clients, these four, results-driven features are important in a 3PL provider because they enable their business to be profitable and meet their customers’ expectations.

• Fast Dock-to-Stock Cycle Times: Accepting goods from a manufacturer or wholesaler is a key task of any public warehouse, but how fast that incoming shipment is turned around and made ready for sale is what impacts a business’s bottom line. At Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services, our diverse equipment and storage options, efficient warehouse design and advanced automated warehousing management system allow for quick movement of your products from dock to storage. With an automated process that logs deliveries, identifies the applicable storage area and enters goods into an inventory tracking system, your stock is quickly made available for sale.
• Accurate Order Picking: When orders are repeatedly sent out incorrectly, they not only cost a business in added time and money, but the errors also devalue the trust their customers have in the company being able to meet their needs. At Brendamour, we take pride in a knowledgeable and skilled staff that understands the importance of quality work. This high quality of service ensures orders are picked correctly and according to specifications.
• Reliable On-Time Shipments: For businesses, getting stock from the warehouse to end users by the date specified and in good condition are essential for building a business’s reputation and customer relationships. The only way to ensure reliable on-time shipments is through a multi-layered transportation system like the one in use at Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services. Not only can our warehouse locations provide our customers with road, rail, air and sea distribution options, but we are able to lock in affordable shipping rates to help them keep their costs downs.
• Speedy Total Supply Chain Cycle Time: The performance of the entire supply chain process dictates how soon businesses will get paid for their sales. Brendamour Warehousing and Distribution has automated measures in place to ensure speedy logistics with order fulfillment and distribution so the end customer receives your goods within a short cycle time. Turning over an incoming bulk shipment quickly by customizing its packaging, packing merchandise according to customers’ orders and shipping orders within their specified dates is what has made Brendamour Warehousing one of the premier public warehouses and 3PL providers.

Grow Your Business with Brendamour

Your business deserves affordable, quality warehousing and distribution services that are proven to deliver results. And that’s exactly what Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services can deliver to your business. Get in touch with us today to learn how our 3PL services can help you grow your business, enhance customer relationships and improve your bottom line.

It’s a common mantra among businesses every year. It goes something like, “I would have had a better year profit-wise if it wasn’t for my overhead expenses.” Those businesses actually could have had a more profitable year if they used the services of a third party logistics provider (3PL). At Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services, we always welcome the opportunity to show businesses how our warehousing, distribution and logistics services can turn ending the year with a so-so profit into one with a big profit.

3 Key Ways We Can Lower Your Overhead

As you know, overhead, such as inventory, warehousing equipment and technology, storage facility expenses, product handling and processing, distribution, returns, etc., is a major drain on your resources. All these expenses exist even if your inventory isn’t moving or your warehouse isn’t at 100 percent capacity. But when you use Brendamour’s 3PL services, you eliminate these major overhead expenses. We can handle your entire supply chain logistics at a fraction of the cost of you doing it in-house. That’s because you pay only for the services you use. With a 3PL, you’re able to scale warehousing space, labor and distribution based on inventory needs, including slow, seasonal, or peak business periods.

In particular, there are three main areas where Brendamour can significantly lower your overhead expenses.

1. Inventory control. Warehousing is typically the main overhead expense. With our state-of-the-art warehouse management system, we’re able to maximize your warehousing so you’re not carrying costly and unnecessary inventory. We store your inventory, pick and pack orders and transport them so you consistently maintain the proper just-in-time inventory system balance.
2. Logistics management. Managing logistics is another big draw on overhead expenses. Activities like order fulfillment, custom packing, light assembly, tracking and tracing orders, package labeling, billing, returns, etc., requires expensive IT solutions that need to be regularly maintained and updated. Since logistics is part of our business, we already have all the necessary equipment and advanced computer systems to manage the logistics functions for any type of company. By switching your logistics to us, you reduce your overhead expenses even more.
3. Decentralized distribution. Since Brendamour has several warehouses, you can grow your business into new market areas without adding additional overhead expenses. In addition, because our warehouses are located near key transportation routes throughout the Midwest and have shipping agreements with different types of carriers that guarantee we receive the lowest transportation rates available, your overhead expenses for distribution will be significantly less than what you are paying now.

Lift Your Overhead Burdens

Just imagine your business without having to maintain a warehouse, perform inventory control, spend money to update warehousing and distribution technology, fill orders, manage special fulfillment requests from customers, handle returns, or hire and train extra help during holiday or other peak seasons. You’re seeing an image where you can allocate more resources to core business functions, right?

When you think about it, focusing on the core activities is what brings success and with most businesses, warehousing, distribution and logistics are not core competencies. To gain the competitive edge, it’s important to rein in overhead costs so the savings can be used on enhancing core activities.

Brendamour Warehousing and Distribution makes it easy for you to make the transition. And just think how much better you’ll feel after lifting that overhead burden from your bottom line. Contact us today to get started enjoying lower operational and administrative overhead costs.

 

No matter your type of business or whether you conduct business online or at a storefront, your business reputation can make or break the success of your company. Logistics, from warehousing to fulfillment to distribution, is one area where many businesses stumble and fail to provide top-notch customer service. That’s because most businesses choose to handle the rather complex area of warehousing and distribution in-house instead of sourcing a 3PL like Brendamour that specializes in carrying out the entire supply chain process in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Take a look at three key ways public warehousing can improve your business reputation.

Public Warehousing Ensures Stock Availability

When you think about it, nothing harms your business reputation more than not consistently having inventory available to fill orders. Product availability also is a deciding factor on whether your customers stay with you long term. If you’re out-of-stock, you leave your customers no other choice but to find a competitor who isn’t.

From a business profitability standpoint, your resources should be invested mainly in your core business, whether you’re a manufacturer, distributor, store owner, or any other type of business owner. But if you look at your business expenses, you’ll probably find that inventory management is using a lot more resources than expected. Managing stock is a time-consuming and costly function, especially if you are doing it in-house. Outsourcing the task to public warehouse providers is often the more economical approach.

At Brendamour’s public warehousing facilities, businesses are never caught off guard with out-of-stock situations because our advanced automated warehousing management system flawlessly manages inventory and accurately tracks stock levels so you are alerted in plenty of time when reordering is necessary. The goal at Brendamour Warehousing is to ensure you’re never confronted with not having enough stock to fill customers’ orders. After all, if you can’t fill the order, you can’t make money.

Third-Party Logistics Providers Move Goods Better

No business wants the reputation of being unreliable when it comes to delivering goods to customers. In today’s world, buyers expect orders within days, not weeks, and those expectations are narrowing either further to same day or next day deliveries. Yet, it’s almost impossible for businesses to meet delivery demands and focus on their core business functions. Those who have tried have only ruined their business reputation by not meeting customer expectations.

Most major companies use third party logistics providers, like Brendamour, for distribution.  Because distribution is our business, we have many more options available to us to move your goods to meet your delivery dates. All of our distribution services are designed to ensure your business reputation soars when it comes to getting the goods in the hands of your end-users to meet their expectations.

Public Warehouses Improve Your Service to Customers

When businesses take on functions outside of their core business, they’re not able to invest in them fully. Such is the case with doing warehousing, distribution and other logistics in-house. Without allocating the proper staffing and providing funding to continuously update automated systems, businesses are unable to maximize their returns on logistics. More importantly, they miss the mark on providing five-star customer service in many areas.

Public warehouses, on the other hand, operate in a customer-focused manner that enables businesses to grow and build a stellar business reputation. At Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services, our automated systems benefit your customers in many ways, including:

• Product in stock when they need it;
• Proper storage and handling so goods arrive undamaged and with a good use date;
• Quick assistance as to the status of their order;
• Real-time order tracking;
• Customized packaging and labeling;
• Fast and accurate delivery;
• Quick response to special orders.

If you want to learn more about enhancing your business reputation by using our warehousing, distribution and other order fulfilment, packaging and logistics services, simply get in touch with us. At Brendamour Warehousing and Distribution, we’re all about delivering the highest in customer service to our clients so they, in turn, can increase customer loyalty to their customers.

 

As a business owner, you know how important business capital is to any type of business, of any size. The more capital you have, the better positioned your company is to succeed. Many businesses that initially seek out our public warehousing services as a means of securing extra storage for their stock soon realize the extent of third party logistics provided by Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services and added business benefits.

Fulfillment Services for Managing Stock

With Brendamour’s public warehousing, businesses receive fulfillment services that include receiving your goods or materials, storing them and shipping your goods to the end customer per your request.

These fulfillment services benefit businesses in several key ways:

• Gaining automated backend processes without having to invest or upgrade your company’s infrastructure.
• Having around the clock, real time access to your entire supply chain data so you know where your goods are at all times.
• Automatic auditing to verify quantities and quality of receivables so your inventory is 100 percent accurate throughout the entire lifecycle.
• Complete control over how your goods are packaged, assembled, customized and distributed.
• Access to an experienced and conscientious staff for assembly work or kitting your goods without increasing your payroll.
• Advantages that come with our computerized shipping process, including faster delivery times and reduced shipping rates through efficient transportation and shipping routes.
• Automated management reporting that gives you access to accurate inventory data and tracking reports upon demand.
• Better management of your different product lines and overstocks.

Growth Without the Infrastructure Expense

One underlying benefit of a 3PL is scalability. With Brendamour Warehousing and Distribution, you can expand your business without having to take out a business loan or borrow against business assets to acquire or construct a new building, make renovations, purchase equipment and supplies, expand utilities and information technology, and other infrastructure expenses.

Besides providing additional space, a public warehouse like Brendamour offers office rentals, packing services, processing needs, import and export services and distribution to augment your company’s needs. And with unlimited space at your disposal, your sales are no longer restricted and your profits can grow by leaps and bounds.

Better Allocation of Resources

When companies allocate money and staff on areas that are not part of their core business, they lose valuable capital. Warehousing, distribution and logistics services are areas where businesses can save considerable dollars by outsourcing them. For instance, Brendamour Warehousing has been in the 3PL business for 30 years. Not only have we gained incredible expertise in the logistics industry and have the resources to implement the latest in logistics technology, we also have acquired knowledge, key resources and industry inside information that is not available to businesses outside the logistics industry. This depth of expertise gives you an adept warehousing, distribution and logistics company as a trusted business partner so you can focus on your core business goals.

Experience the Benefits of Brendamour

Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services welcomes visitors at any one of our four Midwestern locations to see our logistics operations in action. Get in touch with us anytime to schedule a tour. You’ll quickly discover how redirecting your business logistics to Brendamour will allow your company to expand with new products, sales territories and marketing opportunities, respond quicker to market changes and trends, and outpace your competition.

At Brendamour, order fulfillment takes on many roles. It could be as simple as receiving an order, packaging it up and sending it out, or as multifaceted as custom picking an order of multiple products, repackaging them, relabeling for a specific client and sending the pallet out for distribution. Small or large, simple or complex, whatever your order fulfillment needs may be, Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services has the expertise and personnel to get the job done to your specifications.

How Businesses Benefit from Third Party Order Fulfillment

As a third party logistics provider (3PL), Brendamour specializes in order fulfillment, a major supply chain management component for businesses, particularly e-commerce stores. We have advanced technologies that save your company time and money in numerous ways and accommodate peaks in your business without the added expense of adding, training and coordinating more resources.

• Resources – Order fulfillment takes a great deal of resources, including space, personnel, supplies and computer systems. Rather than you making these investments, we’re a more cost-effective and efficient solution. Our highly automated systems also streamline the process to ensure timely and accurate order fulfillment. Our facilities are spacious and secure to store your product and our personnel are highly trained to properly handle your goods throughout the entire fulfillment process.
• Shipping Preparation – With most businesses, order fulfillment encompasses several distribution methods, such as B2B, regional distribution centers, or direct to customer. These  require various shipping configurations, but without advanced systems, multifaceted shipping can be time consuming and require the focus of a large staff. We help you by using our systems so you can focus on your core skills.
• Returns – Returns are always a hassle for businesses because they take up a lot of resources in tracking their return, routing them to the specific area for resolution, restocking and re-sending another order. But our order fulfillment system incorporates a returns component, creating a complete warehousing and distribution cycle that is easy to track.

Our Order Fulfillment Services

Because all businesses have different order fulfillment needs, Brendamour Warehousing is designed to cater to customized fulfillment requests. Our menu of order fulfillment services and support services include: receiving goods; quality control inspections; warehousing, including via barcoding; inventory management and reporting; receiving orders; order picking; pick and pack; custom labeling; light assembly; kitting; full case or full pallet shipping; distribution; and transportation to the final destination.

However, our fulfillment services are not limited to these more commonly requested needs. Whatever type of order fulfillment you require, simply get in touch and we’ll accommodate you. You’ll find our order fulfillment and order picking services flexible to your needs, giving you the option of using them on a single shipment or continuous movement stock, and having the capability to expand to meet your company’s growth. And with Brendamour, you only pay for the services you use.

More importantly, using Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services for your order fulfillment means you’ll have more time and resources to focus on and manage the core activities of your business. And that translates into business success!

We totally get that you’re fearful about turning your logistics over to a third party logistics (3PL) provider. Who wouldn’t be? After all, it’s your company and its reputation on the line. That’s why Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services considers itself an extension of your company and does whatever it takes to address your outsourcing fears head-on and demonstrate the systems and processes we have in place to alleviate your concerns.

Over the years, we have found that the most common fears associated with outsourcing logistics to a 3PL are linked to five potential risks. Here’s a look at them and the risk reduction measures we have in place to ensure a smooth and responsive partnership with you.

The Fear of Losing Control

We understand your concerns about losing full control over your storage and distribution when handing over your products to a third-party public warehouse. But with Brendamour’s advanced warehouse management system, you never lose that control. You can log in to your secure online account at any time and see the real-time status of your goods and where they are in the supply chain.

The Fear of Mistakes Being Made

Mistakes in warehousing and distribution occur because of inefficient management, inexperienced workers, a failure to obtain all the pertinent information about the client’s needs and a lack of clear protocols that address the logistics needs of the client. Brendamour eliminates the risk of mistakes with hands-on management personnel with an extensive background in logistics management, a comprehensive continuing education and training program for our staff, and our thorough information gathering and sharing practices. Our information technology systems are accurately programmed with your operational information and are accessible to all those involved with your account so they are fully knowledgeable about your logistics expectations. Plus, Brendamour Warehousing’s management and staff keep close watch over our processes to ensure your logistics needs are being met to your specifications every step of the way. We demand nothing but high accountability from our employees because we know you and your business depends on it. Our performance matrix ensures that we are delivering warehousing and distribution services to your specifications.

The Fear of Mismanagement of Your Goods

This is a valid concern whenever you entrust the handling of your merchandise to someone outside your organization. And with so many segments within the supply chain process, the opportunity for mishandling of your goods widens. But at Brendamour, our entire team is dedicated to the proper handling and safe delivery of your merchandise. Our quality controls extend to other delivery and transportation carriers we work with. We have a commitment of excellence to our clients that exceeds industry standards; if anything goes wrong, we’ll make it right.

The Fear of Customer Service Being Adversely Affected

As business owners ourselves, we know that customer service can make or break a business. That’s why our clients and our clients’ customers always receive the very best service. Our staff has been trained to be customer-service oriented and to follow our customer service objectives. What’s more, when we enter into a partnership with you to handle your warehousing, distribution and other logistics-related services, we put into place performance standards that our entire team follows to ensure we are not only meeting, but exceeding, the expectations of you and your customers.

The Fear of a Culture Conflict Between Companies

All businesses are run differently and have different business cultures. When you add an outsourced vendor to the mix, naturally concerns arise that organizational cultures between the two companies may conflict. Our philosophy at Brendamour Warehousing is to apply our expertise while respecting your established business culture, operations and goals. Whatever business values you have established, feel free to tell us about them so we can ensure they are incorporated into the warehousing, inventory control, order fulfillment, distribution, processing, shipping and tracking, and other services we provide to you.

Brendamour Removes the Fear of Logistics Outsourcing

We want you to feel comfortable and confident in your choice of selecting Brendamour Warehousing and Distribution as your third-party logistics service provider. To assist you in your information gathering stage of looking for a public warehousing provider, we offer tours of our facility, introductory meetings to get to know each other and discuss your needs, and as many follow-up meetings, phone calls and email exchanges you see fit to ensure we’re the best match for the logistics needs of your business.

Whether you’re a potential client or an existing Brendamour client, we want you to feel at ease with our services. We are always available to answer your questions or address your concerns, so please never hesitate to get in touch with us. We’re here for you and truly value the trust you’re placing in us to manage your company’s logistics.

Public warehousing, 3PL, what’s in a name as long as you get the services you need, right? But we can relate to the confusion over these two terms. They are interchangeable, yet there are distinct differences between the two. And that’s where the confusion comes in. So we turned to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the preeminent global professional association of supply chain management professionals, to bring some clarity to the two terms.

What Is Public Warehousing?

A public warehouse is a business that provides storage to multiple businesses on a short or long-term basis. The public storage warehouse typically owns its own equipment and staff to manage the operations of the facility. Public warehousing can be used as the sole storage for a business or to supplement a private company’s storage facilities.

What Is a 3PL?

No, it’s not a cousin to the infamous Star Wars droid. 3PL is an acronym for third party logistics. A 3PL warehouse provides all or most of a company’s logistics operations. This includes warehousing, scheduling, transportation, inventory management, packaging, cross-docking and freight forwarding. A 3PL service provider facilitates the movement of goods from suppliers to manufacturers, and finished products from manufacturers to distributors, retailers, or consumers.

Distinguishing Between Public Warehousing and a 3PL

At Brendamour, we provide warehousing, distribution and other services essential to supply chain management, so we fit under the definition of both a public warehouse and a third party logistics service provider. That’s why we often refer to ourselves using either of the terms. But be careful out there, because the words are not interchangeable with all public warehouse companies.

The major differences between a public warehouse and a 3PL are the services provided. With a public warehouse, you can store your goods, but you may need to coordinate their movement in and out of storage. This works fine for businesses with automated in-house systems that manage their supply chain. But for others, this type of arrangement could cause you to spend a lot of time managing your stock rather than running your business. On the other hand, a 3PL warehouse handles all operations and logistics for you, but keeps you in the loop with 24/7 private and secure access to real time tracking and inventory status of your goods via an automated warehouse management system.

Another differential factor is focus. A public storage warehouse concentrates mainly on the storage function, with other logistics functions secondary. Third party logistics companies, like Brendamour, focus on all functions equally, providing a smooth and seamless operation from the supplier to distribution to customers. Think of us as a median in getting your products where they need to go.

Brendamour Goes Beyond Third-Party Logistics

At Brendamour Warehousing, we don’t just meet the logistics needs of our clients, we anticipate their needs. That’s why we offer additional value-added services beyond storing your inventory and managing its inbound and outbound movement. These production and fulfillment services are an integral part of supply chain management and save our clients valuable time and money.

Among our value-added logistics services are:

Distribution – Brendamour serves as your distribution center, offering fulfillment and order processing, storing and compiling of special materials, stock rotation and more. It’s an invaluable service to e-commerce businesses and companies of all sizes where using capital to build or lease a distribution center is not advantageous.

Processing – Consider us your support staff, providing custom packing and labeling; assembly work; inspection; over wrapping or stretch wrapping; bundling or folding; bulk mailing; advertising kit preparation; or whatever your needs may be.

Office Support – Our single and multi-office rentals provide essential business support, including secretarial or phone answer service, word processing, and computer and copy services.

Foreign Trade Zone Services – Brendamour Warehousing and Distribution has been designated a foreign trade zone, which means your imported products can be assembled, remanufactured, cleaned, tested, repaired, repackaged, stored, exported, etc., and not incur import duties.

Whether you’re more comfortable calling us a public warehouse or a 3PL, whichever you can relate to is fine by us, just as long as you call us for your logistics needs!