We understand manufacturers, you don’t have the space or the time or store and handle your raw materials. Let Porter supply your plant and turbocharge production
Product piling up at the end of the production line? Slowing down production? Get those finished goods out of your plant and offsite so they can be distributed to your customers
Porter works with manufacturers in Food & Beverage, HAZMAT / Chemical, Consumer Products, Bulk Commodities & Pharma
Porter’s Atlanta warehouses are in a unique location, close to: Savannah GA Ports Norfolk Southern & CSX Rail Terminals Carrier rail terminals Direct boxcar access via Omnitrax shortline We can handle almost any 3PL needs for manufacturers
We maintain numerous certifications / affiliations and open ourselves to governmental & 3rd party auditors to ensure
compliance with the highest standards in the areas in which we work
Your Atlanta 3PL Warehouse
Inventory control? Check. Forklift drivers? Check. Quality control? Forget about staffing a logistics organization and focus on what you do best.
Porter maintains numerous governmental and 3rd party certifications to ensure quality – we open ourselves up to multiple audits on a yearly basis so you have confidence in the quality of the services we provide.
Our Atlanta warehouse facility has a mix of racked and bulk space and is fully networked with high performance technology. Heavy duty forklifts, clamp trucks, and narrow aisle equipment all provided to your benefit.
Efficiently track your inventory using the Porter Logistics dashboard and WMS system free of charge. If you want to bring your own, that’s ok too. We play well with others!
Global Beverage Manufacturer, Distributor & Bottler Relies on Porter Logistics 3PL Warehousing for Manufacturers in Atlanta to Keep Plant Supplied with Raw Ingredients and Distribute Finished Product
A multi-national food & beverage manufacturer, distributor, and bottler with operations across the Globe desperately needed a one-stop warehouse in Atlanta that could handle raw ingredients, including Hazardous ingredients, that were being imported from Asia & Europe to keep it's plant supplied and producing. Porter needed to execute daily shuttles, handle imports, and also relabel core ingredients for batch & lot tracking. Porter also received finished goods from the plant need and needed to fulfillment customer orders with daily LTL & FTL shipments. The client also needed to consolidate three underperforming 3PL's in it's network under one roof at Porter Logistics
Build a dynamic, flexible warehousing and fulfillment network that meets demand, every time. Get the logistics services you need to exceed customer expectations and grow your business fast.
We offer full warehousing & distribution services which could include import, export, devanning and palletizing of floor-loaded containers among many other general warehousing services like transloading, cross-docking, and reverse logistics
Porter Logistics also offers order fulfillment services across channels meaning we can unite brick and mortar + eCommerce orders and send to both businesses and direct to consumer’s homes
We also provide value added services like kitting, repacking, custom labeling, and reverse logistics
Finally, we also offer Atlanta Food Grade warehouse services across a diverse set of industries including but not limited to consumer products, retail, Food & Beverage, HAZMAT, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and others
Because we service a diverse set of industries, we also have a diverse set of capabilities not found in most general warehousing partners such as:
We run a tight ship and possess a “swiss army knife” of capabilities needed to properly execute the needs of an Omnichannel supply chain
If it was as simple as posting blanket pricing on our website, we would! But unfortunately, pricing can vary due to the following factors:
Fill out the form on our website, call us at 404-574-464, or email us at sales@porter-logistics for quote – we’ve done this quite a bit and can zero in on costs pretty quickly
We service manufacturers, retailers, brands, and direct sellers from a diverse set of industries including but not limited to:
Our clients range from Fortune 10, among the largest organizations in the world, with 10,000+ allocated pallet spaces to smaller privately held companies with 200 pallets on hand. We’re open to hearing a growth story, but generally we’re not a good fit for younger companies in the sub-150 pallet range
We’re of the firm opinion that offering Atlanta Manufacturing 3PL warehouse services without opening yourself up to 3rd party audits is a big red flag
We also maintain industry and business affiliations along with continuous learning relationships with the International Warehouse & Logistics Association (IWLA), Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), the Southeast Warehouse Association (SWA), Alliance for Chemical Distribution, and local Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Of course, we take delivery of imports from outside the US everyday and are well versed in the compliance needs across multiple verticals
We also can export manufactured goods from the United States across the globe on multiple methods of transportation including Air, Ocean, Rail, and Over the Road (OTR) freight
We don’t possess any transportation assets in-house but maintain a tight relationship with multiple freight brokers who offer great pricing on drayage, FTL, LTL, FCL, LCL, and other modes of transportation….we would be pleased to obtain competitive quotes on your behalf and coordinate all aspects of your warehousing and transportation operations
We use the Extensiv 3PL system which has a lot of great features:
We’ve also developed in-house dock management software to book appointments, reduce dock congestion, and increase loading and unloading efficiency
Out in the warehouse, we use a mix of handheld and long distance Zebra scanners (best-in-class) to ensure product is properly tracked and accounted for as it moves in and out of the warehouse
Porter adheres to security best practices including but not limited to: