Dec 10
philsnyWarehousing 3PL, Freight Forwarding, Logistics, Pallet, Storage, Supply Chain, Tennessee, Utah, Warehousing
With ProPack’s exciting expansion in 2012 comes two new warehouse locations in Utah and Tennessee. Apart from order fulfillment and freight forwarding ProPack is also opening these warehouses up to cross dock palletized storage at competitive rates. This provides a great opportunity for companies in both these areas to utilize ProPack’s available space and online technology to store and manage palletized product.
Both the Utah and Tennessee warehouses have pallet racking, available docks and can accommodate all sizes of trucks and freight. These locations are secure, alarmed, monitored with video surveillance and temperature controlled.
ProPack utilizes custom online software to manage all freight receiving, storage and shipping. Pallets are entered into ProPack’s system along with their delivery carrier, shipment information, item descriptions, weight and dimensions. Pallets and their information are visible online by the clients. Orders can be submitted for one for multiple pallets to be ether picked up by the client or routed through ProPack’s own Freight Forwarding department.
ProPack’s Utah and Tennessee warehouses in combination with custom online technology can go a long way towards adding value and reducing costs for businesses looking for palletized storage.
Aug 29
philsnyFreight Forwarding, Inventory Management, Northbound Forwarding, Order Fulfillment, Southbound Forwarding Cross Border Forwarding, Freight Forwarding, LTL, Order Fulfillment, SupplyChain, Warehousing
ProPack does not just handle Order Fulfillment, Freight Forwarding, Warehousing and Cross Border Forwarding , these business functions are combined together to create a diverse service offering for the benefit of our clients. The synergy created between these functions allow clients to add value and reduces cost to their supply chains.
Order Fulfillment clients wishing to ship an LTL shipment can take advantage of the Freight department’s competitive rates. Freight Forwarding clients looking to continuously forward packages from US customers to their Canadian location can utilize the Cross Border Forwarding system. Warehouse storage clients looking to distribute their product can input their inventory and start sending orders to our Order Fulfillment department.
ProPack’s different business units combine to form a diverse supply chain solution. To find out more please visit our website at www.propack.com.
Apr 11
philsnyFreight Forwarding, Technology Billing, Freight Forwarding, Online Access, Online Interface, Quoting, Technology, Tracking
This week, ProPack is launching our new online freight forwarding interface. This new system exists within our current online WMS (warehouse management system) and is available to any of our clients who ship through our freight program. It pulls directly from our freight management system and represents real-time information about freight shipments at ProPack.
ProPack’s new freight forwarding portal contains four main value-added areas for our clients: quoting, work orders, tracking and billing.
Quoting
Clients can submit requests for quotes directly to ProPack’s freight department. Our qualified freight forwards are notified instantly when a new request is put through and respond within a hour. Once a request has been quoted by ProPack’s team, clients can then authorize those quotes through the online interface, thus directing ProPack to begin forwarding the freight. All quotes are visible online, along with built-in search and reporting capabilities.
Work Order Management
Clients can view all their current and past freight work orders online via the new interface. All details contained within the work orders like consignee and shipper information, weights and dims, and billing information are represented. Clients can search for individual work order numbers or filter the work order log based on a variety of criteria.
Tracking
All of ProPack’s freight shipments are tracked individually by our freight department. This information is entered into our freight management system and will now be available online. Clients will be able to view their “In Transit” shipments, “Delivered” shipments, tracking details and notes, as well as filter and search through the tracking records. Finally, PODs (Proof of Delivery) will be scanned into our system and made available online for download via PDF.
Billing
The final component of ProPack’s new freight online interface is billing. Clients will have online access to their pending and paid work orders. They will be able to view billing information and accessorial fees as well as reprint invoices. As with the other areas of the interface, they will be able to search for and filter by a variety of different criteria.
After seven years of providing online access to our order fulfillment customers, ProPack is excited to be offering the same technology and online visibility to our freight customers. Our new interface will add value to the services we provide and reduces the costs of our freight customers by giving them easier access to their information.
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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