Have you considered utilizing warehouses in foreign trade zones to help your business? Foreign Trade Zone Facts For those who aren’t familiar, foreign trade zones were first introduced in the United States back in 1934– and today every state has at least one. Why store your goods in a warehouse in a foreign trade zone?… Read more »
Look around you and you’ll see a world changing at a frantic pace in all facets of life. This is especially true when it comes to business. It seems like we’re at a fork in the road where the companies who can adapt to changing technologies and incorporate them to help their businesses will leave… Read more »
Whether you’re someone who works at a warehouse or someone who stores things at a warehouse, one thing to think about is this: safety. If hazardous materials need to be stored in a warehouse then safety is of the utmost importance. After all, you don’t want a serious threat to happen to people, the environment,… Read more »
The term drayage refers to a logistics service that carries freight over a short distance. As a part of intermodal shopping, drayage is especially important to the container shipping industry. How else would freight or containers get from, say, a ship to a rail car or from rail to a truck? Drayage is an essential… Read more »
More and more people (and businesses) order items online and then have them shipped to their residence or place of business. How can eCommerce order fulfillment in warehouses be optimized? Order fulfillment involves the whole process from the sale of an item to the post-delivery experience of the customer. Typically, there are several steps involved,… Read more »
Have you ever been to a store in January? It’s not too crowded. But if you’ve ever been to a store in December, right before Christmas, you know that it’s one of the busiest times of the year. The holiday shopping season is typically the time of year when most businesses see seasonal year-end increases… Read more »
Winter brings with it colder weather and when temperatures outside start to go below freezing, it’s time to make sure your warehouse is ready for the colder weather. What are some things you can do to help keep warm air inside while also minimizing the impact of carbon emissions? HVAC Systems and Air Circulation First,… Read more »
Affiliated Warehouse Companies provides you with information on all aspects of public warehousing– at no cost or obligation to you! When you’re in need of a public warehousing resource, and want to know more about things such as site selection, insurance, and warehousing law, call us at 732-739-2323. We know about warehouses across North America,… Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses in all trades to rethink their operations, including those of us in the warehousing industry. Perhaps now more than ever before, warehouses are seeing the benefits of being lean. Lean warehousing means prioritizing the things that provide the most value to you operations, and eliminating things that do not… Read more »
The blazing hot summer sun did not get the memo that we’re already dealing with professional and personal difficulties stemming from working during a global pandemic. Although most of us love the summer sun when we’re out on the golf course, barbecuing or at the beach, the heat can ware patience thin, even for the… Read more »
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