Flexible Food Manufacturing

Say Goodbye To Costly Storage and Shipping Hassles With Our Expert Warehousing Services

Instead of paying big bucks to transfer your products to a third-party logistics (3PL) company with high minimum volumes, let us handle storage of your raw ingredients and packaging materials as well as holding and shipping your finished products.

  • Flexible, scalable shipping and handling

  • Onsite storage for cost savings
  • Inventory visibility and management
  • Raw material and finished product handling
  • Trust your products are safe and well cared for

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Don’t Let Warehousing Capacity Cramp Your Growth

We understand the challenges that growing food businesses face around storage and shipping.

  • More volume requires more space: One of the biggest growing pains food companies face is running out of space for raw ingredients and finished products.
  • Inventory management: You’ve got to make sure your ingredients and packaging are available and ready for production, and that your products are organized, tracked, and shipped on a first-in-first-out (FIFO) basis.
  • Keeping up with orders: The other major issue is keeping up with order volume and getting your products where they need to go, on-time-in-full (OTIF).
  • Loading and shipping issues: When you get into higher volumes and trucking, there are a lot more issues you have to be on top of: inefficient space utilization, non-compliant load balancing, time-consuming loading/unloading, inaccurate documentation, regulatory issues, and of course damaged goods.
  • Lot-code tracing: The more product you have, the harder it is to keep track of. Small co-packers with manual processes aren’t equipped to ensure all your products are tracked effectively.
  • Variable storage and shipping volumes: The obvious solution is to look for a storage and shipping partner with more space and staffing. But it’s hard to find one who’s willing and able to adapt to fluctuating storage and shipping needs for a scaling product, especially without costing you an arm and a leg.
  • Cash flow: Storing and shipping larger volumes means you need help, but most copackers want to get your products offsite as soon as they’re made, and 3PLs have high minimum order quantities.

That’s why we offer expert warehousing services designed to simplify the entire process, keep you in the know, and save you money.

From our professionally operated, 65,000-sq.-ft. storage facility to flexible and affordable shipping operations, we provide solutions tailored to your needs.

Why Choose Us?

We’re the perfect bridge for companies who have outgrown their initial facilities but don’t yet have the consistent volume to make 3PL or distribution center cost-effective.

Process:

Save money and stay in control! We’ll keep your items fresh and organized in our spacious storage facility.

  • Systemized dock appointments ensure accurate counting, documentation, and organization
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  • Dedicated space to keep your materials and products separate from our other customers’
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  • Monthly counts on each product to ensure inventory stays true.
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  • 20+ year industry veteran warehouse manager and redundant accuracy systems
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  • Automated lot coding, expiration date management, and tracking
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  • Avoid the cost of sending your products to a 3PL or distribution center
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  • Low minimums: store as little as one pallet!
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Shipping:

Getting your products sent out can be a pain as you’re growing — it’s hard to know how much you need to ship and how soon. That’s why as scaling experts, we offer the most flexible shipping options in the industry!

Need to send out just one case per week to start? No problem! And on the flip side, with our history supporting global brands, we can handle full-truck loads (FTL) for you as well. (Note: we are not a freight broker.)

  • Systemized dock appointments to ensure accurate shipments

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  • Expert load balancing prevents weigh station issues
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  • Correct documentation to avoid costly shipment rejections

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  • Multiple dock-height doors and ground door for a variety of truck sizes
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  • FIFO (first-in-first-out) keeps you from experiencing product waste
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  • Trailers sealed once documentation accuracy is verified
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  • State-of-the-art ERP system provides digital inventory tracking, real-time lot traceability, and monthly reporting
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  • No shipment too big or too small!

Experience the transformative power of our warehousing services, allowing you to focus on growing your business while we take care of your storage and shipping.

Get in touch to see if we’re the right partner for you.

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FAQ

  • Why should I have NPC handle my warehousing instead of a 3PL?

    3PLs and distribution centers typically have minimum orders of 200 pallet spaces or more, plus getting your products to them can cost $1500-$3000 or more per truckload. When you’re growing from a smaller scale, those costs can wreak havoc with your business.

    With National Packaging, our low minimum volumes for storage or shipping are perfect for small companies on the grow. And since we’re producing your products, there’s no need to pay to ship them to a storage facility. Plus, as your scaling success partner, we value our relationship with you and will go out of our way to make sure you (and your products) are well taken care of.

  • Why is correct documentation so important in shipping?

    Documentation is huge, because when you start transporting goods and products on interstates, you’ve got to have everything in order at weigh stations. And at the destination, if there’s a single digit off on the lot number in the paperwork, they may reject the order.

    It’s very expensive to turn around a truck that’s been driving for two days and have to bring that shipment back to the origination point. That’s why, on top of our decades of experience, we invest heavily in our ERP (enterprise resource planning) software — to ensure accuracy in lot coding, tracking, and documentation. If a pallet code doesn’t match the truck code, the system won’t even allow it to be loaded!

  • Do you ship via UPS or FedEx?
    Yes, we ship via customer accounts, and we handle those arrangements for you.
  • Are you a freight broker?
    No, we’re a shippier. We rely on customers to arrange pick up of their products with their truck broker or we can refer you to a trusted provider.

Ready for a partner who can help you grow?

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