There’s no doubt about it — today’s business environment is a roller coaster of challenges and opportunities, especially when it comes to packaging logistics. When chaos strikes, there are two key things you can do:
- Focus on what you are uniquely qualified to do for your business.
- Leverage the expertise of your suppliers and business partners to augment critical aspects of your business that aren’t your core areas of expertise.
Right now, some of the biggest obstacles businesses face include hiring qualified people, reliable sourcing, managing inventory and handling packaging logistics. That’s where Pipeline Packaging can help. As a distributor, we are known for our ability to leverage our buying power with more than 300 global suppliers and manufacturers to offer competitive pricing and a variety of choices.
What you might not know is that our warehouse and logistics services can alleviate the burden of managing and storing inventory, repackaging and shipping your products efficiently and cost-effectively. Let’s break it down.
Knowing What to Outsource
Hiring is difficult and running a warehouse and managing packaging logistics requires special skills and expertise. At Pipeline Packaging we’ve got teams across the country with the capability to manage complex inventories in real time and the resources to ship products efficiently and quickly.
Each of Pipeline Packaging’s warehouses has experienced packaging logistics teams broken into three groups: picking products, unloading and storing products, as well as a specialty unit for labeling. Why spend the money and time trying to replicate these functions when Pipeline Packaging already has people in place?
Hiring is difficult and running a warehouse and managing packaging logistics requires special skills and expertise. At Pipeline Packaging we’ve got teams across the country with the capability to manage complex inventories in real time and the resources to ship products efficiently and quickly.
Each of Pipeline Packaging’s warehouses has experienced packaging logistics teams broken into three groups: picking products, unloading and storing products, as well as a specialty unit for labeling. Why spend the money and time trying to replicate these functions when Pipeline Packaging already has people in place?
Keeping track of inventory and anticipating when to reorder products is a full-time job and might not be your team’s area of expertise. Our packaging logistics team can help avoid stock-outs and reduce lead times with our experts overseeing Just-in-Time deliveries. Shipments can arrive as quickly as 1-2 days from the order date and we can adjust volumes based on changing market demands.
Another plus is that Pipeline Packaging’s warehouse facilities adjust with the growth of your business. Starting out you might only need to store a specific product in one or two locations. As your business expands, our expertise in packaging logistics enables us to match you step-by-step to provide, store and manage the inventory you need, when and where you need it.
Pipeline Packaging has more than one million square feet of space which gives us the room to palletize and re-bundle products to maximize your efficiency. For example, our packaging logistics team can:
- Transfer products to specific pallets.
- Breakdown bundles of products and re-palletize.
- Band products for security and ease of handling.
- Reorganize packages to fit your production schedule.
In addition, Pipeline Packaging has nine warehouses throughout the U.S. What does that mean for your business?
- You can have inventory in several locations across the country enabling us to ship your products from the location nearest to your destination. The result — faster delivery and lower shipping costs for you.
- Plus, multiple locations help minimize disruption during severe weather events such as hurricanes and snowstorms.
Our Buying Power Saves You Money
A key benefit to working with Pipeline Packaging is the ability to leverage our buying power to get you the products you need at the right price. This same advantage holds true when it comes to shipping your inventory. The combination of our packaging logistics expertise and our long-standing relationships with a variety of vendors enables us to negotiate the best shipping solutions for your business.
The current shipping crunch means higher prices are here to stay — at least for the time being. Our long-standing relationships with freight companies means we can negotiate shipping contracts on your behalf, selecting a contract that is best suited for your needs. Packaging logistics information such as shipment routing, tracking and performance reporting can be made available when we manage your freight.
Demand for less-than-truckload shipments shows no sign of declining as it continues to be a fast, efficient and flexible way to deliver smaller loads for less. Our packaging logistics team can mix and match any combination of products on the same shipment while cutting your shipping costs.
Pipeline Packaging: Your Competitive Advantage
As the saying goes, “the only constant is change.” At Pipeline Packaging we’re are experts at navigating change and have established the relationships, infrastructure and capabilities vital to helping our customers thrive. The combination of our network of warehouses and packaging logistics gives our customers a competitive advantage in a complicated marketplace.
