Outsourcing warehousing doesn't end the work, it changes it. What a good 3PL relationship needs from the customer side, and what to fix when one isn't performing.

20 questions to ask when evaluating a 3PL, covering everything from warehouse capabilities and service to pricing, technology, and operational fit.

Six signs your business may have outgrown its current warehousing operation, plus what to consider before outsourcing logistics to a 3PL.

Work out what running your own warehouse actually costs per pallet position, including the capacity you carry for peak and use eight weeks a year.

How Clark managed a high-volume retail display program for Spectrum Brands, building and shipping 12,000+ store-ready displays for Lowe’s, Walmart, and Home Depot while hitting every required set date.

How Clark supports a high-volume food brand with reliable warehousing, inventory management, and distribution.

How Clark provides flexible warehousing and distribution support for one of the world’s largest manufacturers.

Learn the warehouse KPIs that matter when evaluating a 3PL, including cost, productivity, capacity, accuracy, and cycle time.

Food products require more than ordinary warehouse space. Food-grade warehousing combines appropriate facilities, sanitation, pest management, inventory controls and disciplined operating procedures to help protect products throughout storage and distribution.

For companies evaluating where to warehouse inventory and manage distribution, St. Louis offers a combination that is difficult to overlook: a central location, extensive highway and rail connections, multimodal freight infrastructure, available industrial capacity, and an established logistics workforce.

Pay for what you use, or commit to a footprint and pay less per unit. How the two models price, where each breaks down, and why most companies need both.

What happens between an order landing and a truck leaving, where accuracy is won or lost, and what to ask a warehouse before you move inventory.

Multi-SKU kits, bundles and club packs. How kitting works at a 3PL, when it's cheaper to kit at the plant, and what to settle before the first run.

A wrong label, a rejected load, a defect found after the container landed. What remediation involves, what drives the timeline, and how to start it.

Labeling, ASNs, appointment windows and pallet specs. What big-box retailers require, what non-compliance costs, and how to stop absorbing deductions.

What to settle before a display program starts, from artwork and component lead times to pallet specs and leftovers. Use it before you commit to a date.

Certifications, pest control, sanitation, lot traceability and recall readiness. What to verify before you put food product in someone else's building.

Shipping product unpackaged and finishing it near the customer cuts freight and storage cost. The retail pack formats and when packing late pays.

Three terms that get used interchangeably and shouldn't be. What each process does, what it costs to pick the wrong one, and when a 3PL should run it.