Reasons to Outsource Fulfillment
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Contact: Bill Jacobson 510-651-5100 x208
FREMONT, CA, January 05, 2009 - Picking, packing, and shipping—these are areas that can make or break a business. Without an efficient product picking system, you risk improper deliveries and high return rates. Spend too much on packing material, and your profits could evaporate. Charge too much for shipping and your customers will go elsewhere. Outsourcing these functions to DCL relieves you from these worries, saves you money, and helps you provide better service to your customer. Some of the most important reasons to outsource distribution and fulfillment are:
Overhead costs:
Running a business takes a lot of money. A dedicated warehousing system requires capital expenditures for things like picking systems, bar code readers, and costly warehousing space. With DCL, these capital expenditures are no longer necessary, and you can put that money to use where it’s needed. Divert your focus to marketing, promoting and expanding your business and have full confidence that your products are being optimally distributed to your customers.
Bulk discounts:
It’s easy to underestimate the amount of money a business can spend just on packaging and shipping. To get the best rates on your own, you’d have to have a warehouse full of packing materials—but with DCL, regardless of how much or how little you ship, you can take advantage of our volume packaging and shipping discounts we have in place with suppliers and carriers.
Streamlined, consistent service:
We have a proven fulfillment and shipping procedures in place, highly efficient and trained staff, and 26 years of experience in the business. As a result, your customers get dependable service they can rely on. Customer service is one of the most important differentiators that you can use to set yourself apart from the rest—and this is what will drive customers back time and time again.
Purely variable expenses
Why invest in building leases, full-time employees, security systems and other fixed expenses. With DCL, you can keep costs to an absolute minimum and increase them as you increase your bottom line.
Space constraints:
You've outgrown your current area and need a practical solution without any transitional 'hiccups'. Rest assured, DCL can make that transition seamless, with virtually no interruption of service.
Online shipping and handling costs:
Online consumers compare prices online, including shipping and handling charges—and because our fees represent volume discounts, you can pass these saving onto your customers.
Labor costs:
In many cases, personnel costs are the highest expense for many businesses. Salaries, benefits, insurance, regulatory compliance, health and safety, and auxiliary support costs can be overwhelmingly constraining on a company. Outsourcing to DCL will free you from all such burdens!
Increased profit margin:
Good margins are essential for the well-being of your business. By reducing costs in multiple areas, your operating margin increases significantly.
About DCL:
DCL, www.dclcorp.com,
is a leading provider of outsourced manufacturing and logistics services for technology
industries. Its customers include electronics, software and healthcare companies.
DCL's business-to-business services include order processing, project management,
packaging and assembly, fulfillment and distribution, inventory management and
warehousing and returns management. DCL is ISO 9001-2000 certified, EDI, RFID
and MRP/ERP enabled for on-line, 24/7 visibility to production, inventory and
shipping information.
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