Consolidation & Distribution
Pick up your goods from several locations and deliver them to one destination with Consolidation. Works vice versa with Distribution: one pick-up location, several destinations.
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Overview & benefits
Consolidation & Distribution lets you scale your operations without requiring additional real estate and allows you to expand without extra costs.
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Cost Efficiency
You only pay for the space your freight takes up, even if it’s only two-thirds of the truck.
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Reduced Damage Risk
A single partner for consolidation and distribution means less handoffs and consequently a lower risk of damage.
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Reduced Carbon Footprint
By consolidating shipments with other shippers, you can contribute to sustainable shipping by reducing fuel consumption and emissions.
Features
Our fleet features a variety of equipment types to accommodate any of your shipping & capacity needs.
- Dry Van
- Oversize
- High-Value
- Refrigerated
- Flatbed
- Door-to-door
FAQs
Warehouse consolidation involves combining multiple smaller shipments into a single larger shipment at a warehouse or distribution center. Distribution refers to the process of storing, handling, and delivering goods to their final destinations. Together, these processes aim to optimize the supply chain by reducing shipping costs, improving efficiency, and ensuring timely delivery.
The benefits include cost savings through bulk shipping and reduced transportation costs, improved inventory management, faster and more efficient order fulfillment, reduced handling and associated risks of damage, and the ability to centralize and streamline operations.
By combining multiple smaller shipments into one larger shipment, warehouse consolidation reduces the number of individual shipments, leading to lower transportation costs. This method takes advantage of economies of scale, optimizing the use of shipping space and resources, and often resulting in better rates from carriers.
Businesses of various sizes and industries can benefit, especially those with complex supply chains, multiple suppliers, or customers requiring frequent, smaller shipments. Retailers, manufacturers, e-commerce companies, and wholesalers often find consolidation and distribution services particularly advantageous for improving efficiency and reducing costs.
Key considerations include the provider’s location and proximity to major transportation hubs, their experience and expertise in handling specific types of goods, the technology and systems they use for inventory management and tracking, their capacity and flexibility to scale operations, and the range of additional services offered, such as cross-docking, pick and pack, and value-added services.