Outsourcing logistics activity is one of the most common (and wise) decisions in an online retail business.

Normally the stores cannot afford to assume fixed annual costs to have a sufficiently large warehouse, nor a fleet with which to deliver their products. E-commerce revenues are not regular. They depend on seasons and milestones (such as Black Friday) throughout the year. In addition, e-commerce logistics goes far beyond having a warehouse and a small fleet of vehicles.

Activities such as distribution, goods receiving, packaging, shipping and reverse logistics when a product is returned, etc. require real experts in the sector that allow stores to focus on their core business and leave the distribution of their products to professionals capable of effectively and quickly taking on all these types of logistical tasks.

Why outsource logistics?

Outsourcing logistics means being able to save costs.

Having capital to invest, for example, in material investment that allows the store to invest in primary material without the need to incur fixed infrastructure costs to store it.

The outsourcing of logistics, warehousing and supply chain makes accessible to any small company or business access to a type of services that would otherwise be unaffordable in costs such as having a logistics network adaptable to demand that is complemented by transport services, picking and packing and even reverse logistics of the goods.

"Shoemaker to your shoes".

Logistics specialists, such as Dársena21, not only offer storage space and vehicle fleets.

We need to rely on specialized technology to be able to offer our clients an improvement in our work processes in order to offer competitive services and achieve ROI in our activity.

We invest in infrastructure and specialized software to be more competitive. Therefore, by outsourcing logistics to specialized companies, you ensure you enjoy the latest logistical and technological advances for your business.

All these improvements are enjoyed by our customers in a transparent manner since they are incorporated into the service we provide.

With outsourcing, these types of services benefit indirectly from all these improvements that would be more difficult for them to access on their own. This allows them to adopt a technological scope far beyond what they could have had previously.

 

Reduce costs

If we don't worry about the peaks of activity we may experience, we reduce costs. For that reason alone.

A specialized supplier has a constant flow of projects and customers, as well as technical staff, to support the workload that may occur. This translates into cost flexibility. Variable costs.

In Dársena21 we manage thousands of references in our warehouses, a very high stock rotation and operations with many different customers. Experience.