Simply put, our freight consolidation services in St. Paul, MN are intended to save you money, and here’s how. Freight consolidation is a money-saving process ideal for smaller companies who typically ship only a few pallets of product at a time, or for companies who are frequently shipping smaller shipments. Instead of shipping one or two pallets or a multitude of smaller shipments, we’ll consolidate and bundle your products with other shipments headed to the same initial destination. By doing this, we as shippers are able to pay bulk rates which in turn passes on the savings and other desirable benefits to you.

Our state-of-the-art Logimax inventory software enables us and our clients to know exactly where their inventory is, how much of it they have, the products’ destination, and when it’s scheduled to ship. All of this information is continuously compiled in real-time on Logimax, allowing us to bundle and consolidate multiple shipments of freight without ever missing a beat while giving you peace of mind and putting a little extra jingle in your pocket.

Freight consolidation is a money saver with cheaper shipping costs.

Freight consolidation is more secure. Smaller, frequently shipped packages out on the road can occasionally slip through the cracks when passing through many hands. A larger, consolidated container is less likely to be misplaced. This is why Strategic Warehousing recommends our freight consolidation services.

Freight consolidation enables you to get your products to your customers quickly, efficiently, and consistently, and everyone knows happy, satisfied customers are good for business.

With our Logimax software you can log in and manage the entire freight consolidation process in real-time, making changes when and where they’re needed.

If you’re looking to streamline your shipping process while shaving costs, we encourage you to call us today at (651) 405-1920. One of our professional staff members will detail exactly how we can consolidate your freight today and save you money tomorrow.

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a technology that has revolutionized how business in every industry is conducted. Our EDI capabilities have provided scores of our business partners in Minneapolis, MN with a more profitable bottom line, which is the goal of any business.

Quick, Efficient, Accurate, Necessary

The technological age continues to grow at rapid speed. The technology that we carry in our pockets, or as Dan “The Common Man” Cole from KFAN radio is fond of saying, ‘our hand-held computers, that we sometimes use as a phone…” have more computing capability than the Apollo missions as they trekked to the moon and back.

As business owners we must embrace and integrate the logistical flow of our business to maintain a competitive edge in the free market. It’s estimated that roughly 85% of all business is now conducted through Electronic Data Interchange. We no longer call the warehouse and ask to speak with the warehouse manager for an inventory update. Our EDI capabilities allow you to review your inventory stock whenever and from wherever you are. That is business done quickly and efficiently, which saves you time, and time is money.

EDI also reduces human error. Mistakes can happen when we’re having to constantly input new data. Having one source of input allows us to integrate all your needed information right to your fingertips. This provides you with real-time visibility of all your individual customers and where their transaction currently is in the process. There’s no longer any need to take a phone call and say, “Let me find out and get back to you.” You can now confidently say “I’ll look right now and tell you exactly what you need to know.”

Information is power. Providing that information instantly is impressive, which inspires confidence for your clients. When your business creates that ‘wow factor’ you’re in fact creating more business simply by being efficient and accurate with the information you provide. At Strategic Warehousing in Minneapolis, MN, our EDI capabilities are designed to help you generate more business.

Saving Money and Focusing on What Matters

When your inventory, transactions, order forms, and invoices are all centrally located and conducted electronically, you can begin to eliminate the expenses you would typically budget for printing, paper, postage, and storage. Without those expenditures of money and time, you’ve created more freedom to focus on what matters most – investing in and growing your business relationships.

Our EDI capabilities provide safe and secure data exchange you can trust for you and your clients. We invite you to call our Minneapolis, MN office today at (651) 405-1920 to speak with one of our team members and find out how we can help revolutionize your business.

Simply stated, when it comes to inventory management, Strategic Warehousing in Minneapolis, MN, is the industry leader for your Third Party logistic (3PL) and supply chain management needs.

We are a wholly integrated 3PL provider that allows us to specifically tailor and design custom programs for each of our clients no matter the size of the business. From climate control storage to inventory control to shipping distribution and tracking, your business is partnering with the best when it chooses Strategic Warehousing; and that’s exactly how we define each of our client contracts—as a business partnership. When your business succeeds, we succeed too. Together we will custom design a logistical supply chain plan so that your customers and new consumers will be able to purchase the product they want in a timely professional manner.

Today’s technology moves in lightning quick leaps and bounds, but the fundamentals of good business always remain the same: defining a service or product, and then providing it to consumers at large with honesty and integrity so that those consumers will return to buy again. This scenario is exactly what our partnership with you will provide and ensure.

At Strategic Warehousing, we provide a new way to manage your supply chain. Our fulfillment infrastructure means that you’ll no longer have to invest in warehousing or need to hire additional employees to fulfill your customer orders. The result of this assistance saves you time, money, and probably, a few headaches.

Technology

We have been in business for over three decades and continue to focus on the future. Aligned with this thinking, we incorporate the Logimax Software Technology when custom-tailoring your business’s specific needs. We scan, label, and track inventory as products seamlessly move from warehouse to distribution. An inventory management provider not fully integrated with today’s amazing cost-efficient technology is like heating a house in Minneapolis in the winter with the windows wide open. Why would you do that? You might as well throw your money out the window along with the heat! Because we keep an eye toward tomorrow’s technology, we use the latest Logimax software.

Location

We have extensive warehousing and distribution centers strategically centered near major highways, trucking facilities, and railroad lines, which helps ensure a healthy bottom line for your business.

Storage

Our warehouses can store a wide variety of products from food to engineering products. We have over 400,000 square feet of warehouse space—all of which is currently being remodeled with new green energy lighting and operation modules designed to meet the modern-day operational and storage needs of our customers. These redesigns will make us even more efficient, and in turn, we will pass on the savings to you.

Call Today

We invite you to peruse our website. Our extensive services are all customizable to meet your specific business needs. Please call an agent today at (651) 405-1920 to reach our Minneapolis, MN, office and ask any and all the inventory management questions you may have.

Receiving a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificate is an important part of a company’s ability to store, handle, and ship food as well as other perishables anywhere in the United States. At Strategic Warehousing, we’re proud to announce that we have just finished our GMP for warehouse and distribution certification in the Minneapolis, MN, area. GMP is a system that has been designed to help make sure that products are accurately and consistently produced and controlled in accordance with the quality standards that have been set. This certificate covers all aspects of the industry, including production, equipment, training, and personal hygiene of staff.

In pursuing a GMP for warehouse and distribution, a company must complete a few steps before it can officially receive its GMP certificate.

• Audit. First, a separate auditing company must start with a review of the company’s storage operations. This includes documentation and a facility walkthrough.
• Deliberation. After the review has been completed, the auditing company takes all of the information that has been gathered, including information about the conditions and practices of the company and interviews with its staff. The auditing company then deliberates on which aspects fit within the guidelines and which must be remediated to meet the GMP standards.
• Remediation. After the company has been reviewed and all parts and practices have been looked over, it is given scorecards for all functions that involve their GMP certification. Next, if any inconsistencies are found, the company makes a plan to remediate any deficiencies or deviations that are uncovered during the audit.
• Final Review. Finally, following remediation, the company will be reviewed once more to ensure that all processes are up to the standards required and that any remediation needed has been completed successfully.

Within this process of auditing required to get the GMP, Strategic Warehousing also underwent training to ensure our employees were able to meet the standards. Some of the education we underwent included 16 hours of online training and detailed documentation of our protocols and procedures for food safety systems regarding our company policy and mission statement. We have also increased the responsibilities required by our employees and have adjusted the job descriptions of the affected jobs to match the additional duties required.

We at Strategic Warehousing are very proud of our GMP certificate and look forward to better serving our customers. Whether it be with food or other perishable products, we are always excited to work with our next customers to tackle their shipping and warehousing needs in the Minneapolis, MN, area.