3 Ways to Keep Your Shipping Supplies Costs Down

Have you noticed a change in packing materials lately? Heavy brown paper and air bag packaging are being used more frequently than foam peanuts and bubble cushioning. Even packaging for individual products has been deliberately designed toward efficiency. As new shipping materials are developed and tested, the underlying goal is two-fold:

- <span style="color: black">To reduce product damage during shipping;</span>
- <span style="color: black">To lower shipping costs by reducing the weight of both the goods and the overall shipping unit.</span>

The solution to accomplishing both is packing materials. Here are three ways your business can realize significantly lower shipping costs.

1. Use a Public Warehouse for Warehousing

If you perform your logistics in-house, it’s definitely worthwhile to perform a cost comparison of your warehousing and distribution costs and their return on investment. No doubt, public warehousing would come out as more beneficial in that comparison.

When you consider the costs your business incurs in maintaining a warehousing facility, a big part of them are costs for processing and packing. Add to those costs the overheads costs of warehousing those shipping supplies.

Besides the cost savings, a public warehouse with a full complement of logistics services, can offer more options for your processing and shipping needs.

For example, Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services offers logistics services that include custom packing, crating, boxing, bulk mailing, bundling, and more. We are particularly known for our special needs packing services.

2. Work with a 3PL in Choosing Shipping Materials

A third party logistics (3PL) provider is most likely the best source in helping you choose the optimal materials to lower your shipping costs. Because they buy in bulk and have special arrangements with packing materials suppliers, 3PLs can pass the savings on to their customers.

For example, Brendamour Warehousing offers numerous options for dunnage materials and works with you to select the most effective and efficient loose materials to protect your goods for freight shipping or in a shipping container.

E-commerce businesses, in particular, will find numerous advantages with a 3PL when it comes to quality shipping materials. At Brendamour Warehousing, we match your goods with the best packing and dunnage materials based on its size, the type of item, and method of transport.

Like you, we are concerned about how your goods arrive to their final destination and are always working to bring you the latest in shipping materials to keep your distribution costs down.

3. Reduce Returns

One area where businesses lose money is when goods are returned because they are damaged in shipping. Not only do companies lose the cost of the goods, but the shipping costs and reverse logistics costs also go as losses.

If warehousing and distribution is done in-house, returns and the reverse logistics process can weigh heavily on a company’s logistics costs. However, a 3PL offers a more efficient way to handle returns and can offer packaging solutions to reduce those returns damaged in transit.

On The Road to Savings with Brendamour

Brendamour Warehousing offers numerous packaging and packing services to help your business lower costs in both shipping supplies and shipping rates. Not only that, but we can help you reduce your company’s entire warehousing and distribution costs.

To get your business on the road to savings,contact Brendamour Warehousing, Distribution & Services to discuss your needs.