What Services Are Included in Warehousing and 3PL Companies?

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December 7, 2019

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Most businesses, regardless of their industry, will require warehousing and 3PL services at some point. A 3PL company is a third party logistics company, that means that it is responsible for delivering products, storing them in warehouses, and more. If a company is selling products to customers online, then it will need to use 3PL in order to handle fulfillment and ensure that the recipients actually get the items they purchased.

What Services Are Included in Warehousing and 3PL Companies?

But even B2B companies providing services will sometimes need 3PL – whether that is to store items that they need, or to provide products that will serve as part of a larger service.

So what precisely is included in warehousing and 3PL?

What to Expect?

The precise services can vary greatly depending on the company in question. A 3PL company might offer any specific aspect relating to the logistics of a supply chain OR it might offer a combined service to handle fulfillment from A to B.

Common smaller warehousing and 3PL services included are:

  • Warehousing – Storing items until they are needed and possibly ensuring they are well maintained
  • Order processing
  • Cross docking
  • Reporting
  • Tracking
  • Packaging

Depending on what a business needs then, 3PL companies can take control of the entire logistics aspect for a client, or can just handle one of these tasks.

3PL vs Freight Forwarding

Freight forwarding refers to the process of importing and exporting, by helping to manage multiple different shipping and cargo companies in order to work together. A freight forwarder then is a kind of broker that will organize multiple different services with the specific purpose of sending items overseas.

Freight forwarding is a form of 3PL, though the term 3PL will typically refer to businesses that provide the practical service themselves. What’s more, is that 3PL does not always involve shipping overseas.

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