3PL Fulfillment Services That Scale
Discover how specialized fulfillment — pick and pack, kitting, labeling, and more — helps businesses grow efficiently
Why Specialized Fulfillment Matters
Most companies think of a third-party logistics provider (3PL) as a resource for warehousing and transportation. In reality, today’s 3PLs offer far more.
Behind every product shipped to a customer is a series of labor-intensive steps: unloading cartons, relabeling products, repackaging items, or assembling kits. Many businesses still perform these functions in-house, which ties up labor and resources. While this may work at smaller volumes, it quickly becomes a roadblock when demand increases.
Specialized fulfillment services allow businesses to shift these processes to a 3PL, creating scalable, repeatable systems supported by technology and experienced staff. The outcome is lower overhead, greater efficiency, and the ability to expand without adding fixed costs.
Pick and Pack: Accuracy at Scale
Pick and pack is one of the most common fulfillment tasks, but it becomes complex as order volumes grow. Whether fulfilling individual e-commerce orders or wholesale case-picks, accuracy is essential.
How a 3PL Helps
A 3PL uses advanced warehouse management systems (WMS) that guide pickers with optimized routes, barcode scanning, and automated order verification. This reduces errors and speeds up the order cycle.
Business benefits include:
- Fewer returns and reships, reducing costs and customer dissatisfaction
- Faster throughput, enabling same-day or next-day shipping
- Scalable labor that flexes during peak seasons without additional hiring
When order accuracy is tied directly to customer loyalty, pick and pack becomes more than a back-office function. It is a driver of long-term growth.
Full Pallet In/Out: Streamlined Flow for High-Volume Goods
For manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, pallets remain the foundation of distribution. A 3PL optimized for pallet flow ensures high-volume shipments move in and out seamlessly.
How a 3PL Helps
With racking systems, cross-docking, and high-throughput equipment, pallets can be received, stored, or shipped with minimal handling.
The advantages are clear:
- Speed, as pallets move from inbound to outbound quickly
- Cost efficiency, with fewer handling steps that reduce labor spend
- Optimized space utilization in the warehouse
This type of efficiency supports companies serving large retail distribution centers or managing high-volume wholesale shipments.
Curious how an experienced 3PL could help you with fulfillment services? Explore customized fulfillment solutions from Gebrüder Weiss built around your goals.
Retail Compliance Labeling: Avoid Penalties and Delays
Supplying large retailers requires strict compliance with labeling and packaging standards. Mistakes result in fines, chargebacks, or delayed product acceptance.
How a 3PL Helps
A 3PL ensures every shipment is compliant before it leaves the warehouse. This includes GS1-128 barcodes, RFID tags, and pre-applied pallet or carton labels.
The value to businesses includes:
- Faster processing at retail distribution centers
- Avoidance of compliance-related chargebacks
- Stronger, more reliable retailer relationships
Retail compliance labeling is one of the most overlooked yet critical 3PL services.
Carton Floor Unloading and Palletizing: Efficiency in Motion
Ocean containers and inbound shipments often arrive floor-loaded. Unloading and palletizing them is labor-intensive, time-sensitive work.
How a 3PL Helps
A 3PL manages carton unloading with trained labor, proper equipment, and safe handling processes. Once cartons are unloaded, pallets are built by SKU, order, or destination, ready for storage or outbound transport.
Results include:
- Reduced physical strain and injury risk for employees
- Faster processing of inbound containers
- Better organization of products for efficient distribution
This service is especially valuable for companies importing large container volumes.
Kitting: Value-Added Assembly Without the Overhead
Kitting is the process of combining multiple SKUs into a single package for sale. This could be a subscription box, a promotional bundle, or a retail display.
How a 3PL Helps
3PLs create kitting work cells with trained staff, technology, and quality control to ensure accuracy. Whether assembling promotional sets or custom orders, they scale labor and space to meet demand.
Benefits of outsourcing kitting include:
- On-demand scalability for seasonal promotions or launches
- Just-in-time assembly that reduces inventory carrying costs
- Customization that creates new marketing and sales opportunities
Kitting transforms fulfillment into a value-added service, not just a cost center.
Special Projects: Flexibility for the Unexpected
Every company encounters one-time or short-term needs such as packaging redesigns, product launches, or promotional campaigns. Internal operations often cannot absorb the extra workload without disruption.
How a 3PL Helps
With dedicated project space, flexible labor pools, and proven workflows, a 3PL can step in for projects that do not fit standard operations.
This flexibility enables businesses to undertake unique initiatives without overextending their own teams.
Why Partner With Gebrüder Weiss?
Specialized fulfillment is not only about outsourcing repetitive tasks. It is about building an ecosystem that helps companies grow with agility and confidence.
At Gebrüder Weiss, we provide more than logistics support. We deliver the expertise, infrastructure, and technology that allow businesses to scale efficiently.
Our portfolio includes:
- Contract logistics and fulfillment solutions tailored to customer needs
- Retail-compliant labeling and packaging services
- Real-time visibility through advanced digital tools
- Flexible warehouse capacity across North America
- Global transportation services integrated with fulfillment
For more than 500 years, Gebrüder Weiss has been solving complex logistics challenges for businesses of all sizes.
Scaling Smarter, Not Harder
Growth is no longer a question of if, but how. Businesses that keep fulfillment in-house often face mounting costs and inefficiencies. Partnering with a 3PL like Gebrüder Weiss unlocks capacity, ensures compliance, and provides the scalability needed to stay competitive.
Learn more about our contract logistics and fulfillment solutions and discover how specialized fulfillment can strengthen your supply chain.
