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All about the 3PL

A quick glance within Wikipedia, searching on the acronym “3PL”, will show you this brief description: “Third-party logistics (abbreviated 3PL, or sometimes TPL) in logistics and supply chain management is a company’s use of third party businesses to outsource elements of the company’s distribution and fulfillment services.” Recently I went through the process of identifying and selecting a 3PL partner to become our company’s main conduit for the launch of ourContinue reading “All about the 3PL”

What’s in the Box?

How’s your OOBA these days? “Good question…what is it?” OOBA is an acronym for “out of box audit”. It involves a final pass that checks for quality, all components required in the product are present, correct firmware is loaded (if this is part of the product in question), the product has been packaged correctly and everything isContinue reading “What’s in the Box?”