May 09
alexmsnyderTechnology 3PL, Blaine WA, Canada, Freight, Fulfillment, Third Party Logistics, Warehousing
If you have a business in Western Canada that ships product to customers in the US, there is a good chance you need a quality Third Party Logistics partner on the US side of the border. ProPack offers cutting edge order fulfillment, freight forwarding and warehouse cross dock services designed to get your product to your US customers quickly and accurately. Please go to our website to find out more, at www.propack.com.
ProPack is located in Blaine Washington, less than one mile from the US-Canada border. The company has been in business for 20 years. We make use of very robust custom built technology to achieve a high level of accuracy and speed. This technology also provides online visibility to your supply chain activity. We take the stress out of the distribution part of your business to allow you more time for marketing and product development.
Mar 07
philsnySouthbound Forwarding British Columbia, Canada, Consolidation, DHL, FedEx, Southbound Forwarding, UPS, USPS
ProPack’s Southbound Package Forwarding is a service that provides Canadian businesses a way to get packages to their U.S. customers in a cost-effective and efficient way. This service allows Canadian clients the flexibility to pick and pack from their own location in British Columbia, then consolidate their shipments together and courier them down to ProPack’s facility in Blaine, WA. At ProPack the shipments are broken apart and shipped out on domestic services.
The service is broken down into these cost-saving and value-added steps:
- Flexible timing for consolidated pickups in the lower mainland
- Border clearance through your Customs Broker, or one of our Customs Broker partners
- Domestic U.S. shipping to your clients using your choice of carrier (e.g., UPS, Fed Ex, US Postal Service, DHL)
The entire process is technology-driven, providing you with online access to tracking information, charges, history and much more.
ProPack’s southbound consolidated forwarding program reduces the cost for Canadian clients directly shipping their product into the states. It also adds value through giving them online visibility throughout the process as well as access to their historical information through reports and statistics.
For more information please visit our website at www.propack.com.
Jan 31
philsnyNorthbound Forwarding Canada, Clients, Northbound Forwarding, Shipments, USA, WMS
ProPack is excited to be launching the new and enhanced version of our Northbound Forwarding program today. We’ve offered this program for over three years now, but today it gets a facelift with new computers, new processes and a new more throughput friendly location within our warehouse. The main reason for these changes are the new dozen or so Northbound Forwarding clients that we are equally as excited to welcome into the ProPack family.
Our Northbound Forwarding program facilitates the receipt, cross dock and couriering of packages and pallets being shipped from the US to our clients in Canada. Our clients first give our address to their customers in the US. These customers then send their shipments directly to ProPack. We receive the shipments and input them into our WMS (Warehouse Management System). Our clients then instruct us on which shipments are cleared and ready to be couriered across the border. We then scan the selected shipments out of our system, palletize them and courier the combined shipment to our client’s requested location in Canada.
The entire process is visible online and all packages/pallets are scanned in and out of our WMS system.
This saves our clients and their customer on international shipping fees and provides a simple straightforward solution for our client’s northbound shipments. Also, the majority of packages that are received into our facility are processed and couriered up to Canada the very same day. Not only is our program cost-effective and accurate, it’s also fast.
We’re excited to be expanding this area of our 3PL (3rd Party Logistics) operation and look forward to providing future clients with the same level and quality of service as we continue to grow.
For more information please visit our website at www.propack.com.
Jan 24
philsnyFreight Forwarding 3PL, Canada, Freight Forwarding, LTL
ProPack specializes in 3PL (3rd Party Logistics) and one of the areas we focus on is forwarding LTL (Less than Truck Load) shipments. This process of Freight Forwarding encompasses the movement of palletized shipments from point A to point B. ProPack has an experienced team of freight forwarding specialists who use custom built software to forward dozens of shipments a day through the United States, Canada and worldwide.
Let’s say you have a pallet of product sitting in Miami, FL and you need it transported to Richmond, BC. Now you could drive down and pick it up yourself, but that would take at least a week and cost you in airfare, truck rental and gas. Or you could try to arrange to have the shipment picked up, put on a plan or truck, shipped to the US Canadian border, cleared through customs and delivered to your doorstep in Richmond. However, this requires knowing which carrier to call for the different parts of the journey and how to deal with customs brokers.
Your other alternative is to call a Freight Forwarder. Forwarders are familiar with all shipping lanes and carrier options. They’ll make the calls and setup the pickup and deliveries. They will also either clear the shipments themselves or partner with a customs brokerage firm. All this is done by the forwarder within the time frame you, the customer, specify. Then after the shipment is delivered the forwarder will send you one bill for the service.
At ProPack we specialize in being very competitive at Freight Forwarding. We’ll forward your shipment, track it along the way, confirm delivery and charge you less than you could do it on your own. Your time is valuable. Let us save you time, money and the headache of trying to manage your own freight.
For more information please visit our website at www.propack.com.
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