Vendor managed inventory is an important business model. Your small business should utilize VMI for your supply chain. Here's your VMI guide. Small manufacturers need outside resources to stay competitive. Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) keeps them both nimble and efficient. Here's how you can … [Read more...]
How to Work With a 3PL
Working with a 3PL, or third-party logistics, has its advantages and disadvantages. Here's your guide on working with third-party logistics. Getting to the place in your business where you are considering the use of a third party logistics (3PL) firm is a noteworthy achievement. But now that you … [Read more...]
What Are Contract Warehouses and Their Benefits?
There are a variety of warehousing options available to businesses of all sizes. Some build and maintain their own spaces while others opt for leasing. But you need a large amount of capital to buy or build your own warehousing space. Your costs can include: Site Renovation Facility … [Read more...]
The Essential Warehouse Food Storage Requirements
Before you open your warehouse food storage, there are requirements you must meet. This ensures food safety for your customers. Here's your guide. Are you opening a warehouse food storage facility? Do you already own one, but need refreshing on the regulations? Are you still unsure of the … [Read more...]
Value of Public Warehousing Grows
What’s public warehousing? “Well, we don’t store product for just one company, we store it for a multitude of companies,” said Roy Drake, who owns the Dakota Warehouse in Rapid City. “In other words, multiple businesses utilize this space. It’s called third-party logistics public warehousing,” … [Read more...]
How Cross Docking and Warehousing Differ
Cross-docking is actually a function of warehousing, says Roy Drake, owner of Dakota Warehouse. “It’s parking two trailers next to each other at a dock. You pull items off of one truck and sit them on the dock,” he said. “Those items then get reorganized and put into the second truck.” He said … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Pick and Pack Distribution
Dakota Warehouse offers Pick and Pack distribution for small businesses, large companies and everything in between. They have cooler, freezer and dry storage to handle just about everything. What is Pick and Pack Distribution? “Pick and pack” is just what it sounds like, said Roy Drake, owner of … [Read more...]
Dakota Warehouse taps into IWLA and Ariba Network
Dakota Warehouse is committed to building long lasting relationships as we launch into our Rapid City location. While we have been spending the last few months taking meetings locally to strengthen the shipping and manufacturing lines of Western South Dakota, we are also making sure the networks we … [Read more...]
Dakota Warehouse Now Open in the Old Nash Finch Building – Bringing in New Customers from All Around the World
Providing Storage, Shipping, and Third Party Logistics for Western South Dakota (Rapid City, SD) - A building with a long history of local employment and national distribution will once again be open. Dakota Warehouse, a third party logistics company in Rapid City will be reopening the Spartan Nash … [Read more...]
