What Are Delivery Stations and How Are They Used In Fulfillment?
Michael Kalinowski
December 11, 2023
If you're an ecommerce business owner here on the All Points blog, you already know about the importance of order fulfillment and probably get that warehouse operations are integral to streamlining how efficiently your orders go out to your excited customers. But there's another step between the warehouse and your customers that's crucial to the process: the delivery station.
A delivery station is a crucial hub within the logistics chain where packaged orders are sorted, bundled, and prepared for last-mile delivery. And the quality of those services matters a lot because they shape the final steps of your products' journey to your customers' hands. It's worth understanding why these delivery stations are so vital in ecommerce order fulfillment, and we'll break down their role, how they streamline order processing, and the significant benefits of collaborating with a Third-Party Logistics provider (3PL) like All Points to make the most out of delivery stations in driving your business growth below.