Business-to-Business - Swan Packaging Fulfillment

Fulfilling product to the retail market is a complicated endeavor fraught with IT complexities and retailer-specific operational nuances, all of which must be flawlessly executed to remain successful and profitable. SPF has the IT and operational experience to accomplish the task and support our clients multi-channel business requirements. Whether shipping to national big-box retailers, HSN or QVC, wholesale marketplaces, mid-level brick & mortar retail chains or mom & pop stores throughout the country, we can assist in complying with all the varied compliance requirements. We support our client’s retail fulfillment programs by providing:

EDI services – from 850 POs to 856 ASNs, we can integrate directly with our client’s host system or provide a web-based portal for EDI visibility & management
UCC-128 / GS1-128 label printing with integrated ASNs
Vendor compliance management – compliance with packaging & routing guides, labeling content and placement, product and carton marking, palletization specifications & pallet types, weight-based routing etc.
Selling Unit-of-Measure Picking – Full pallet, full carton and individual unit pick & pack fulfillment
Scheduling – release of orders to control delivery between retailer mandated delivery windows (start ship & cancel dates), factoring in time-in-transit for both LTL truck and UPS/Fedex shipping to each retailer distribution center
Trucking – routing guide compliance for mode and carrier selection, delivery appointment scheduling, Bill of Lading data content compliance….we also work closely with our freight broker to provide consolidation for selected retailers which offers considerable savings for prepaid trucking agreements and facilitates delivery scheduling
Support for all Program Types – product introduction & rollout, replenishment programs, cross-dock programs
POP Displays – construction, filling and distribution of point-of-purchase displays both direct-to-store and to retail DCs
Multi-Channel selling – whether selling a blend of direct response television (DRTV) and big box retail, e-commerce direct-to-consumer and small to mid-level retail mom & pops, or any combination we facilitate fulfillment across all of our clients sales channels by providing a single source for inventory management & order fulfillment with expertise & fulfillment support for all channels