Forward Stocking Logistics
Expeditors offers flexible, temporary warehousing solutions that can significantly reduce lead times and improve customer satisfaction. By strategically placing inventory closer to your customers, our Forward Stocking Logistics solution helps you respond quickly to demand fluctuations without the need for long-term investments in dedicated warehousing.
What is Forward Stocking Logistics?
Forward Stocking Logistics gives you the ability to leverage real-time data to optimize your supply chain. This involves monitoring shipments between FSL facilities, anticipating delivery needs, tracking inventory levels, and assessing product performance while streamlining your operations.
Forward Stocking Logistics Solutions
Real-Time Accuracy and Fulfillment
- Streamline and control communication from non-logistics personnel to Expeditors operations team
- Digitalized inventory management & booking process – no spreadsheets or email management
- Single source of communication to Expeditors
- Reduced dwell times & high storage costs
- Timely & accurate inventory data
Scalable Solutions
- Leverage Expeditors existing global footprint of facilities and service providers
- SPM Program benefits & control
- Quickly onboard locations as business scales up (or down)
- Flexible, value-add, final mile services
- Various transport options inbound to FSL
All Your Needs, One Place
- Remove fragmented program management – saving time and expense
- Manage all logistics activities with a single provider
Case Study
A large oil and energy company sought help from Expeditors to optimize its North American distribution network due to declining oil prices. The goal was to reduce costs by streamlining operations across its decentralized business segments and identify efficiencies in its logistics, inventory, and distribution footprint.
Learn how FSL can optimize your supply chain
Retail Store Replenishment
By using a forward stocking solution, stores can get the right products to the right locations at the right time, which benefits both customers and store operations.
Learn more about retail store replenishment