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Hi all,
Need to find a storage facility somewhere (ideally midlands I guess) that we can ship items into, be stored securely, and then be shipped out again (with courier either arranged by us or them).
Any regular self storage would work except that we cannot get them to pick/ship.
Needs to be part of a big enough company that they are unlikely to go under in the next 6 months.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks,
Duane.
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What kind of volumes are you talking about? How many items arriving and leaving and how often and how big?
Ha oops, edited!
I'd say we want a space very roughly 100sq ft.
Likely to be deliveries over a couple days/1 week max. Outgoing, maybe 1 shipment a day for a couple weeks, very hard to predict though.
Size, from 10x10x10cm to 130x40x40cm
Hmnnn. Long shot really but I used to work for and art / exhibition transport company called C’Art just north of Wolves - they have secure storage and would be handy at packing and organising stuff and will presumably be pretty quiet just now.
whether or not it’s worth their while I’ve no idea
is this not the sort of service Mailboxes Etc offer though?
You didn't used to go by the name of Jordan by any chance did you?
Nearly 🙂
Thanks, will give MBE a ring in the morning.
Yeah I think we are looking for someone who does this as their regular business, rather than someone who might be able to make it work around their normal business.
Thanks,
Duane.
Depending on your business model (and margins) you might be able to twist Amazon's Fulfilment By Amazon to your requirements..?
IAC Delivery Solutions might be able to help, so long as you don't need action until after the lockdown as they've just closed operations for the time being.
I used to work for them, they're a small family run business that will turn their hand to almost any transport operation. They already offer consolidation services and stock holding / picking / transport services for their clients.
Their head office is in Sittingbourne, Kent, but they also have a facility and crew in Doncaster.
Talk to Chris Cox if you want to discuss what they can offer - 01795-475222 sales@iacdelivery.co.uk
We’ve used Hellman Logistics to bulk store raw materials, brass stamping etc, coming in from Europe. Then pick & despatch to us as we call them off. I think they have a few depots, we have one next door, near Lichfield on the A38.
Is that what you were after ?
There were a few cars on their car park so I think they are working.
Thanks, Hellman look interesting, I'll get in touch with them tomorrow.
Any other suggestions for similar businesses worth investigating?
Alaric, thanks, but need to get this up and running during current Corona situation.
Depending on how much space the items take up and how you want to ship them, a general fulfilment centre could do all that for you. Somewhere like MyWarehouse : https://www.orderfulfilment.co.uk/ maybe?
Alaric, thanks, but need to get this up and running during current Corona situation.
Is is hand sanitizer or hospital PPE or food ....do you really ?
I'm sure most folk offering it will still be contactable by email/phone and you can have it arranged to commence once it's safe and advisable to do so.
If it is truly essential -amazon have said they will sort get it out. (But won't be drop shipping profiteering from their warehouses)