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APPAREL SOLUTIONS FROM LANEY AND DUKE

Laney Duke provides apparel solutions for apparel manufacturers/designers, wholesalers and retailers, ranging from small specialty boutique companies to large global corporations, thereby supporting low, medium, and high volume distribution requirements.

These solutions are engineered to accommodate the specific application needs of the apparel warehousing and distribution environment, such as configurations for multi-channel or dedicated e-commerce and retail store fulfilment systems, seasonal/promotional peaks, slow moving inventory, and returns processing. Typical solutions are designed to optimize the processes involved with receiving, storage, replenishment, case and item picking, consolidation, packing, truck loading, and cross-docking, along with the ability to handle a variety of load types: cartons, totes, poly bags, and garment-on-hanger.

The apparel solutions we provide our clothing accounts are 100% pick and pack and growing every season. They have increased their number of skus, internet and store orders, and volume. We also handle a large volume of returns from these customers which requires inspecting the returns and determining if the item is still saleable or otherwise. These customers also require special labeling, stickering, hangering, or bagging according to the customer’s requests. All of these special services are priced separately depending on the customer, flexibility and service is our primary marketing tool.

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AMAZON PRIME

We have the software and technology allowing us to ship Amazon Prime orders with next day service. This is a great marketing tool for our customers. We have the ability to handle Amazon’s requests and timely delivery schedules. There are many reasons to sell on Amazon – from the hundreds of millions of Amazon customers who can see your products to the ability to start selling fast without the need to create a new standalone website.

Laney & Duke is unique because we cater to each individual client separately and address their own particular needs as such. Depending on how their product arrives at our facility, how their product can be stored, what each outbound order looks like, the volume of their business, and what special requirements each of their customer requests determines what their rates will look like. We do not quote the same rates for each account, and always are flexible to their needs; especially smaller companies trying to begin and grow their business.

HOW CAN OUR DISTRIBUTION CENTER HELP?

That’s where we step in. Laney & Duke offers over 1,000,000 sq. ft. of outstanding product warehousing in Jacksonville, FL for distribution services, coupled with our amazing warehouse management. Why spend your capital and invest in unwanted assets to create your own distribution center? Laney & Duke offer those distribution services for you complete with qualified employees and management to make sure your company runs smoothly.

We operate several distribution centers in Jacksonville, FL for very notable and successful companies, and we’re just waiting to start working for yours. Let us prove to you that we can run your facility not only cost effectively, but dependably as well.

Our purpose is to provide a total distribution service tailored to the marketing needs of our customers, in a company environment which gives our customers and our people an opportunity for personal growth and satisfaction.

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CROSS DOCKING CUTS COSTS

WHAT EXACTLY IS CROSS DOCKING?

Cross docking is a method for transferring product or materials during the process with no warehousing or little. It involves unloading incoming cargo; consolidation and sorting; and then instantaneously loading them on trucks or rail cars. Instead of warehousing, the distribution center is essentially just a sorting center which materials quickly pass through.

Simply put, cross-docking services involves transferring your cargo from an incoming shipping medium to a different, outgoing shipping medium with little or no time spent in storage.

HOW DOES CROSS DOCKING WORK?

A normal cross docking facility might seem like a long, narrow building with loading docks on both sides. The objective is minimize the quantity of floor space and to maximize the number of loading docks. Materials arrive on one side of the building; are sorted; and loaded onto trucks and sent out from the other side of the building. Whenever possible substances are transferred straight to an outbound truck from an inbound truck.

There’s no reason for them to sit in the distribution center waiting to be “sold.” They might be transferred directly to an outbound truck. Sometimes materials spend less than an hour in the distribution center. A longer residence time might be required at times to permit time for enough materials to come back in to make a full outbound truck to certain destinations. Nevertheless, materials infrequently spend more than 24 hours in the distribution center.

The hub and spoke systems utilized by airlines might be considered a cross docking system for transferring folks. People arrive from a large number of individual locations at an airline’s hub airport. The individuals are sorted and consolidated onto airplanes that were outgoing and sent to their destinations. Ideally people spend the absolute minimum period of time in the airport, although when traveling to or from less popular locations there may be longer airport wait times. In a simplistic viewpoint the airplanes simply move forth and back along identical courses. People gather and outgoing traffic back along the exact same route, then reverse way and distribute bring individuals to the hub.

DO YOU KNOW THE ADVANTAGES OF CROSS DOCKING?

Cross docking’s advantage include:

  • Cross docking minimizes the requirement for warehouse space.
  • Cross docking reduces inventory carrying costs.
  • Cross docking reduces labor prices for putaway and picking.
  • Cross docking reduces material handling, reducing costs and reducing the opportunities for goods to be damaged.
  • Cross docking reduces the time range to customer from merchandise production to delivery.
  • Cross docking consolidates shipments, allowing smaller quantities to be shipped and better utilizing transport resources.
  • Cross docking produces an increased throughput.

 

While cross docking is not appropriate for all businesses, it provides strong economical, quality, and customer satisfaction advantages that make cross docking a persuasive method of managing movement of goods and materials.

CROSS DOCKING SYSTEMS

There are a number of cross docking scenarios that can be used.

  • Retail Cross Docking – This is the most common application of cross docking. A distribution center receives product from a number of suppliers. The products are sorted, combined and sometimes repacked onto pallets, and then sent out to multiple retail locations. An simplistic example of retail cross docking would be: Three trucks arrive each carrying a full load of a different product: a truck load of laundry soap; a truck full of facial tissue; and a truck loaded with light bulbs. An hour later three other trucks leave the distribution center each headed for a different retail store. Each truck has a full load of a combination of laundry soap, facial tissues and light bulbs.
  • Manufacturing Cross Docking – Cross docking in manufacturing works when a centralized distribution point receives incoming materials and products, then sorts and configures them to be shipped to various manufacturing locations. Each manufacturing location receives just what is needed for a defined amount of production. Manufacturing locations might be within a single facility or located in a number of facilities or locations.
  • Transportation Cross Docking – This type of cross docking takes in shipments from numerous locations, sorts them, and then sends them out to their final destinations.

Laney & Duke offers everything you need for cross-docking services in Jacksonville, FL including drayage to and from the Jacksonville ports. Whether it’s stripping full trailer loads or trans-loading onto overseas containers or stripping full container loads for domestic delivery, Laney & Duke has you covered. No matter your shipment or needs, Laney & Duke can meet your unique supply chain requirements.

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EXPECT EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AT LANEY AND DUKE

First of all we would be delighted if you are considering choosing Laney & Duke as your 3PL logistics service partner. We certainly appreciate the opportunity and are committed to implementing a solution that is tailored to your specific needs.

Our goal is to work closely with you, to understand your logistic objectives, and to collectively engage in increasing your company’s bottom-line. Having been in business since 1929, our continued improvement and operational excellence has allowed us to significantly reduce logistics cost, while at the same time providing exceptional customer service.

We have also realized that one of the key factors of success is the ability to integrate and customize our solutions into a coherent and seamless solution the benefits our customer’s customers.

Laney and Duke operates nearly 1,500,000 square feet of distribution facilities and employs over 200 people in the state of Florida. We offer a wide-range of value added services including transportation, fulfillment, and contract packaging.  we also have a trucking subsidiary, Land Trucking Company, which provides delivery service within the metropolitan areas of Jacksonville and Tampa.

For eighty year plus years Laney & Duke has warehousing distribution services; We have been fulfilling the warehousing, distribution, order fulfillment and transportation needs of some the world’s most successful companies. In 1929 the logistics business was much less complicated.

We started with a handful of people in one building with simple tools, before the invention of forklifts and pallets. It was during the Great Depression which made for a rocky start, but we were committed and we prevailed. Throughout the years the industry has changed enormously, and we’ve grown with it.

When times get tough or you have a serious issue that needs to be addressed, you will more than likely turn to a friend. That’s what you will get from Laney & Duke — a good relationship with someone you can count on to help with any situation.

If you would like more information about our services, please feel free to contact us.

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WHY CONSIDER A JACKSONVILLE LOGISTICS COMPANY?

As business keep on developing at a fast clasp, inventory logistics and coordination changes and advancements will proceed. Client desires and rivalry from expanding businesses are driving far reaching changes to warehousing and logistics operations. Direct-to-purchaser development is influencing retailers, as well as makers, wholesalers, and 3PLs. Jacksonville logistics and distribution centers are progressively assuming a more prominent part in trade because of disintermediation and a diminishment in direct sales through retail stores.

On top of that, the relationship amongst retailers and upstream accomplices is changing, as wholesalers have expanded their nearness in retail and retailers have pushed direct-to customer obligations back onto their providers. Thus, distribution center logistics centers are expanding, responsiveness and flexibility have turned out to be more critical as package shipping has developed, and work effectiveness stays as imperative as ever.

WHY OUTSOURCE TO A JACKSONVILLE LOGISTICS COMPANY LIKE LANEY & DUKE?

  • It makes your business inalienably adaptable. As your business develops, you don’t need to stress over including new systems, stock controls and hardware. As your shipments expand, it’s just a question of expanding the stock at your Jacksonville logistics 3PL provider’s location.
  • Outsourcing decreases order fulfillment time. Generally, the companies that specialize in order fulfillment have warehouses located near major shipping hubs and ports. Subsequently, all shipments to clients regardless of where they live normally takes lest transit time.
  • When you outsource inventory and your product fulfillment operations it allows time for you to focus on advertising and developing your business, instead of worrying about logistics. Keeping up and sorting out your own stock can be a major pain and take up a critical bit of your time. By permitting a 3PL logistics company to assume control, you can center your endeavors on enhancing your business.
  • Also because we are a Jacksonville logistics company located near major transportation hubs, like JAXPORT, you can expand your business to other nations. Making international shipments can be a hassle with the costs and paperwork involved. A company that provides third party logistic services will have the experience to handle your international shipping. By outsourcing your order fulfillment to a 3PL logistics company, you no longer have to worry about anything other than sourcing your items from a supplier.

 

Laney & Duke, located in Jacksonville Florida, can provide a logistics solution for your business. Give us a call to learn how we can help you maximize the efficiency of your operation.

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3 TIPS TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A LOGISTICS COMPANY

Working with a logistics company is a key stride to developing your business. The logistics company you choose to provide logistics for your organization could reflect on your overall business reputation.

Tragically, that reflection isn’t always positive. If items ship late, your organization takes a hit. If the wrong item ships, your organization takes a hit. These basic errors develop and bolster the picture that your organization has a poor reputation with logistics and damages your organization over the long haul. At the flip side of the range, a great logistics provider will enhance your business’ picture through quality customer care, dependable logistics, and item responsibility.

Working with a professional, reliable Jacksonville logistics company permits you to concentrate on deals and showcasing you products as opposed to you handling logistics, packaging and transporting orders; however pick carefully.

3 THINGS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A LOGISTICS COMPANY.

  • Choose a logistics company that cares. For a logistics provider, this requires near-flawless integration with a retailer to pull off effectively. Your company is to make the retailer look good in the eyes of the customer, and be quicker than their major competitor. This process goes beyond assimilating with a retailer’s eCommerce page or shopping cart and becoming more of an extension of that larger business.
  • EDI Compliance. Do you require a logistics company that is EDI compliant? One of the most important services a 3PL provider can provide is a seamlessly exchange information via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). The 3PL provider also must be ERP & eCommerce EDI compliant.
  • Plan ahead. Utilizing a full-service Jacksonville logistics company like Laney & Duke can steady your business to meet daily challenges and smooth out the gaps in your supply chain. Every business deals with countless moving parts that are both within and outside of its control in the supply chain. Anything that can help you predict what’s coming, or even just a piece of the business you can count on from day-to-day, feels like a break from the storm. With weather, labor shortages, equipment failures, production lags and everything else that can go wrong, the only real question to answer is “Can our logistics function withstand a crisis?”

 

For eighty eight years Laney & Duke has been providing logistic services; We have been fulfilling product warehousingdistributionorder fulfillmentand transportation needs of some the world’s most successful companies. In 1929 the logistics business was much less complicated. We started with a handful of people in one building with simple tools, before the invention of forklifts and pallets. It was during the Great Depression which made for a rocky start, but we were committed and we prevailed. Throughout the years the industry has changed enormously, and we’ve grown with it.

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