![]() This technology will also free the warehouse management team up to focus on their customers. ShipCaddie TWMS and iDrive’s other technology will provide Chicagoland customers efficiencies and information to which they have never before had access. ![]() IDrive brings decades of Logistics, Fulfillment, and Supply Chain Management experience to Touchpoint, as well as significant technology innovations, such as ShipCaddie TWMS, the first transportation and warehouse management system on the market. The possibilities are limitless, and the future is bright!” “Touchpoint Logistics is very excited to become iDrive Fulfillment,” said Greg Dworak, President of Touchpoint Logistics, “The combined strengths and capabilities both companies brought to the table will bring unmatched service to our customers. Their foresight and agility allow them to provide second-to-none service to their customers. Touchpoint’s forward-thinking business model provides the foresight and agility to make industry-leading decisions, based on the quickly changing demands of the market. Touchpoint attracted iDrive’s attention due to its above-and-beyond approach to the 3PL business. This acquisition is key to iDrive Fulfillment’s goal to grow to 30 million square feet in North America within the next 24 months. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. SALT LAKE CITY, UT, USA, Aug/ / - iDrive Logistics announced today it has finalized a deal which now makes Touchpoint Logistics the newest addition to the growing iDrive Fulfillment network. ShipCaddie TWMS removes the need for costly and time-intensive integrations being created between WMS and TMS software, allowing warehouse workers to focus on their job and avoid wasting time.- Greg Dvorak, President, Touchpoint Logistics (now iDrive Fulfillment) It is important to take the time to investigate your options and choose the software that will serve your business best. One of the greatest keys to achieving optimal efficiency is choice of software-bad choice of WMS or TMS can seriously slow down warehouse operations. Regardless, efficient warehouse operations can boost profit margins. What if the product is damaged when it arrives at the warehouse? What if the product is misplaced or damaged while being handled in the warehouse? There are plenty of what-ifs and the journey through the warehouse is complex. You’ve made it through the warehouse!Īs you imagined the journey of a toothbrush (or any product, really), you may have noticed that there are lots of ways that things could go wrong. A label is printed through a TMS, or transportation management software, and then attached to the box you are in, after which you are handed off to a carrier to be shipped to the customer who ordered you. The Order is Packed and Leaves the WarehouseĪfter being picked (the previous process), you are packed in a box along with a receipt and any custom materials your company has requested to be included in the package. And they do find you! You’re then taken by the worker to the packing station to be prepared for shipping. If the WMS system the worker is using is any good, they will receive step by step instructions to find where you’re located in the warehouse. A warehouse worker is assigned to find you and take you to the area where you will be packed up to be shipped. The order goes from the company’s website to the WMS, or warehouse management system used by the warehouse workers. You’re being summoned! Someone has visited your company’s website and ordered the very type of toothbrush you are. This is the first step in your journey through the warehouse. ![]() A warehouse worker takes you, still in your packaging, to a specific area of the warehouse to stay with the other toothbrushes based on your SKU, or stock keeping unit. After being manufactured, you are shipped to a warehouse that has been chosen as a good place for you to temporarily stay until you’re shipped to a customer. Today we’re going over some of the operational basics of a warehouse through the lens of a product arriving and then leaving a fulfillment center, or warehouse-read on to learn more! Poorly run warehouses lead to losses in profit and dissatisfied customers, as well as dissatisfied warehouse workers. The process of packing and shipping affects the company’s profit as well as overall customer satisfaction. What is the importance of warehouses in logistics? Warehouses are important to businesses everywhere as they are the place of inventory for products that are being shipped out to customers.
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