PVMI: A New Approach to Supply Chain Control

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Production vendor managed inventory enables manufacturers to gain supply chain control.

Inbound Logistics Winter Reading Guide 2014

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New books on supply chain, logistics, and transportation help logistics professionals stay sharp.

Setting the E-Commerce Gold Standard

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Chris Halkyard, chief supply chain officer for e-commerce site Gilt, discusses managing flash sale logistics.

Well, There’s One Thing That’s Certain…

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Inbound Logistics Editor Felecia Stratton shares highlights from the January 2014 issue.

Year of Uncertainty?

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2014 may be a year of uncertainty, but inbound logistics best practices can help improve supply chain operations, writes Inbound Logistics Publisher Keith Biondo.

Automotive Logistics: The Upside of Resiliency

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Collaborative risk management helps automakers and their supply chain partners protect against disruptions.

Minimizing the Financial Impact of Peak Season Returns

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Processing defective returns and overstocks quickly helps retailers maximize the recovery rate on this inventory.

Five Ways to Drive Efficiency In International Logistics

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These five components are key for companies who want to streamline their international supply chain.

The Direct Sales Supply Chain: Where There’s a Will There’s Amway

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George Calvert of Amway explains how the company’s supply chain strategy supports its business model.

Weathering Climate Change and Supply Chain Risk

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Supply chains must develop strategies for reducing risk related to climate change, such as drought and extreme weather.

Warehousing
Your business is growing by leaps and bounds and now you need additional warehousing capabilities. When warehousing needs are more long-term and predictable, contract warehousing ensures that you receive guaranteed space whenever you want it at a reliable cost for the amount of time you specify. Dedicated services and specially-chosen resources are precisely designed to meet your needs.

First Logistics will perform the warehousing functions for you. Your contract warehousing agreement provides you with a one-stop integrated logistics solution that can be combined with cross docking, kitting, pick & pack, material handling services, and even freight brokerage. As a result, you can focus more fully on the strategic side of business development and at the same time, save substantially on operating costs.

If your products require special care, your volumes are predictable, your customers require system functionality that you don’t offer, or if your labor agreements discourage adding company head count, contract warehousing may be a smart choice for you.
Pick and Pack
As a key component of our standard services, we can pick and pack individual items into multi-pack cartons. This process of managing open case inventories requires hands-on experience, and First Logistics has long been a leader.

Our pick and pack expertise dates back to the mid 1990s when we launched the first large scale pick and pack operation in the Chicago area focused on Internet fulfillment. We quickly demonstrated our ability to pick hundreds of multi-part orders for rapid next-day delivery. Some of our biggest accounts went on to become household names.

Today First Logistics offers you a wide range of options that can be customized to any market. Whether you are producing infomercials or selling online, we can seamlessly manage the data, billing, and fulfillment to meet your needs.

In addition, we streamline transportation, ensuring undamaged delivery while simultaneously lowering costs and minimizing packaging materials.
Site Leasing
There is much more to warehousing leasing than negotiating the right amount of square footage at the best price. You need to ask yourself: is the location near a hub so that we can quickly ship directly to customers? Is it configured to get your products from racks to trucks and back? Is there temperature control for perishable items?

First Logistics can carve out any amount of space, structured as a basic lease and based on a per square foot rental. We work with each customer individually to determine the best warehouse space for the business’ special needs.
POP Display Fulfillment
Retail POP displays and accessories for multiple store locations can tax the existing space of even the largest companies. With more than 500,000 square feet of storage space, First Logistics can easily handle your largest displays, even for national rollout. We are experts at assembling, collating and shrink-wrapping even intricate POP displays.

And, our fulfillment capabilities are second to none. We understand that potential sales revenue is lost if your POP materials or brand promotional products do not reach your store locations on schedule. Count on us to make it happen. We are strategically located at America’s crossroads so that stores receive your displays quickly, no matter where they are located.