Modern companies face a growing complexity in logistics, which demands agile and efficient solutions to maintain their competitiveness in the market.
In this context, outsourced warehousing stands out as an essential strategy, allowing organizations to hire specialists to manage logistics operations, such as the storage of perishable products.
By delegating activities such as storage, transportation and inventory management to a specialized provider, companies can reap excellent benefits, such as time savings and reduced costs.
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What is outsourced warehousing?
Outsourced warehousing is a service in which companies hire specialists to manage the storage of their products, such as perishable foods. This allows companies to focus on their core business while 3PL partners take care of the logistics and preservation of the items.
What are the advantages of outsourcing the warehousing of perishables?
It is important to emphasize that hiring an outsourced company goes beyond convenience and saving time. Check out other related benefits:
Reduced costs
Outsourcing temperature-controlled warehousing is an efficient strategy to reduce operating costs and facilitate the expansion of companies into new markets.
With the high investments required to build and maintain refrigerated warehouses, which can be 3 to 5 times more expensive than dry warehouses, outsourcing eliminates the need for in-house infrastructure, allowing capital to be directed to areas of strategic growth.
In addition to direct savings in infrastructure and maintenance, the reduced costs provided by a specialized logistics operator can increase the company’s competitiveness in the market, allowing for prices that are more attractive for consumers and, consequently, improving the profit margin of the contracting company.
However, it is important to choose an operator with capillarity and investment capacity.
At Emergent Cold LatAm, our presence in 11 countries and more than 70 temperature-controlled warehouses provides the necessary infrastructure for customers to enter new markets without their own investment, supporting agile and safe expansion.
This network also allows refrigerated transport services in many of these countries, providing a complete and integrated logistics chain.
By working with us, companies can offer high-quality products cost-effectively, reaching new markets while maintaining competitive prices.
Our scalable operation, supported by our expertise in refrigerated storage and transportation, transforms logistics into a strategic advantage and ensures that products reach consumers in the best conditions, promoting sustainable and profitable growth for our clients.
Flexibility
Outsourced warehousing provides the necessary flexibility for companies that deal with perishable products and face cyclical or seasonal demands, common in the food sector.
With its own infrastructure, the company would need to build a warehouse dimensioned to meet maximum demand, resulting in high fixed costs and idle capacity during periods of low demand.
With a third-party logistics provider (3PL), this need for adaptation becomes much more feasible. You can quickly adjust storage space according to demand, expanding or reducing usage according to seasonality, without the costs and complications of operating your own warehouse.
Thus, instead of building and maintaining a permanent structure for peak periods, the company only pays for the space needed in each period, optimizing costs.
This flexibility allows the company to avoid unnecessary expenses during periods of lower demand, while remaining ready to meet peak consumption.
Furthermore, by transferring storage and transportation management to a specialized operator, the business gains time to focus on what matters most: its products, its growth and its customers.
Scalability
Scalability is a key strategic advantage of outsourced warehousing, especially for companies that work with perishable products and face seasonal variations or market changes.
With a third-party logistics provider (3PL), companies can quickly expand storage capacity as demand grows, keeping operations agile and competitive even with market fluctuations.
In addition to space flexibility, an experienced 3PL also offers comprehensive shipping management support, facilitating regular and scheduled transportation as well as expedited shipments when needed.
This adaptability ensures that logistics needs are met as the company expands and adjusts to seasonal demands, new regulations, route optimization, load consolidation and backhaul scheduling.
Outsourcing with a 3PL provides an integrated network that not only meets volume fluctuations, but also adapts the supply chain structure according to market changes, developing inventory, replenishment and adaptive control solutions.
For rapidly expanding companies, this scalability represents a competitive advantage, as it reduces the risks of heavy investments in their own infrastructure and adjusts operations quickly and safely.
Specialized management and waste reduction
Companies specialized in perishable food logistics offer an advanced level of knowledge and technology to ensure the handling and conservation of products with a short shelf life, strictly adhering to all safety and quality standards.
With a trained team and technological systems such as WMS (Warehouse Management System) and TMS (Transportation Management System), the risks of deterioration, losses and waste are reduced to a minimum.
WMS allows real-time monitoring of each item, from its entry into the warehouse to its shipping, assigning the ideal location based on the product’s characteristics and demand.
In transportation, the use of TMS optimizes routes, ensuring fast deliveries and reducing costs with fuel, travel time and fleet maintenance. This way, perishable products arrive at their destinations in perfect condition and at the right time, while the contracting company avoids unnecessary expenses.
This specialized management, combined with inventory and transportation optimization tools, ensures product quality and improves efficiency throughout the chain, benefiting the operation and the experience of the end consumer.
Discover our solutions for your logistics process
At Emergent Cold LatAm, we provide a range of logistics services designed to improve the supply chains of companies. With a focus on flexibility and efficiency, our solutions are tailored to the unique needs of each client.
Check out what we offer:
Storage and Distribution — we have a modern and strategically positioned infrastructure, ensuring the storage and distribution of products in an efficient and safe manner.
Transportation and Freight Management — our transportation services are overseen by experts who use cutting-edge technologies to ensure fast and accurate deliveries. Freight management includes route optimization and load consolidation, resulting in cost savings and improved delivery times.
Inventory Management — through advanced warehouse management systems (WMS), we provide complete control over inventory levels, minimizing waste and improving the accuracy of demand forecasts.
Value Added Services — in addition to storage and transportation services, we offer additional solutions such as packaging, labeling and picking, adding even more value to your supply chain.
Consulting and Customized Solutions — our team of experts collaborates with clients to create tailored solutions that meet the specific needs of each business, promoting efficiency and reduced costs.
Our experience in protecting your product throughout the cold chain for food makes us a standout choice in Latin America.
