Warehousing is an important aspect to consider when it comes to your business’ logistics. For e-commerce businesses who wish to bulk-order their stock and keep an inventory of goods readily available to send out to customers, it can be very useful to have a dedicated space in which to store and keep track of these items. Businesses have been using warehouses to store their stock for hundreds of years, and today, warehousing has become an essential part of the planning and execution of supply chains for all types of businesses. Simply put, warehousing is the temporary storage of stock in a dedicated warehouse space. Stock is ordered from suppliers and delivered from factory to warehouse, where it is stored safely until it is time to ship it to customers.
Business owners want to know that they will be able to fulfil their customers’ orders quickly, efficiently and without fuss. To make sure this is possible, it is important for business owners to be able to keep track of their stock, as well as keeping it in a place that is safe, secure, and within easy reach of their customers.
Decentsourcing offer our warehousing services in all the major cities of China. We can help you keep track of the goods you have in inventory, and can help with all of the stages in the fulfilment process to make sure your products find their way to your customers with ease.
Could warehousing help you grow your business?
As your business grows and expands, you are likely to find that the most cost-effective way of obtaining your stock is to purchase it in bulk from your suppliers. Bulk orders of goods often come with attractive discounts which can help you to grow your profit margins and build your business. You will then need a secure space in which to store your stock whilst you wait for the goods to be purchased by your customers.
Many online stores start out as small, home-based businesses. If this is true for you, you may well find that as your business has expanded and grown, it is no longer convenient or possible to store all of your stock in a home space such as a spare room or garage. You need your stock to be securely and safely stored and kept in good condition to be shipped out to your customers.
Our warehouses are located in all the major cities of China, meaning that they are easily reachable from all the major factory locations in the country, allowing your goods to find their way from factory to warehouse quickly and smoothly before being shipped on to your customers with ease.
Warehousing in the modern day…
Storing products in warehouses is a tradition that harks all the way back to early civilisation, where societies such as the Ancient Romans would store important items such as grains and wine in dedicated storage spaces to ensure that sustenance would be kept on hand all year round. When it comes to keeping large stocks of important items safe and secure, using warehouses just simply makes sense.
Warehousing practices have advanced significantly over the ages, and today most warehouses are run as a smooth operation, with multiple different elements contributing to the running of the warehouse and the movement and storage of stock within it.
Some of the elements you might find within a modern day warehouse include:
Inventory control software- this keeps you, the seller, up to date with how much stock you have available at a given time as well as information on where all your stock is located. This can help you to keep up to date records on what you can offer your customers and when it might be time to restock!
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Climate control systems- these help ensure that your products are kept in the best possible condition, mitigating the risk of heat-sensitive items becoming too hot or too cold, or from becoming exposed to too much humidity. This can be particularly important when it comes to frozen products or products such as pharmaceutical or laboratory products that need to be kept cool.
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Security systems- these ensure that your products are kept safe and secure from theft and that your stock never goes missing.
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Shelving systems and racks- these will be organised in the most space efficient way possible to ensure maximum capacity as well as quick and easy access to products so that they can be moved easily when needed.
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Transportation equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks and conveyor belts to move your products around the warehouse when needed.
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Packing and shipping supplies so that your products can be packed up safely and shipped to your customers as soon as they have been purchased.
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Dedicated staff who facilitate the movement of your products in and out of the warehouse quickly and efficiently.
What we can offer
If you are ready to take your e-commerce business to the next level, you may be looking for a warehousing solution that will help you keep your inventory secure, accounted for and within easy reach of your customers. If you require safe and secure storage for your products in locations in China’s major business hubs, we can help. We use the ERP systems Mabang and Dianxiaomi, which use the latest technology to help us to organise inventories, process orders and arrange shipping with maximum efficiency.
Decentsourcing can help you with all your warehousing needs as well as assisting with the procurement, packaging and shipping of your products so that every step of the process, from factory to customer, runs like clockwork.
Get in touch with us to find out how we can support your business.