Atlanta 3PL for Manufacturers

Whether it’s staging raw materials to keep your plant going or distributing finished goods so you don’t have to – Porter is an experienced 3PL for the needs of manufacturers

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Atlanta’s #1 3PL for Manufacturers

Staging Raw Materials & Ingredients

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

Finished Goods Order Fulfillment & Distribution

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

Diverse Industries Served

Porter works with manufacturers in Food & Beverage, HAZMAT / Chemical, Consumer Products, Bulk Commodities & Pharma

What Our Atlanta Manufacturing Customers Use Us For

Atlanta 3PL Warehousing for Manufacturing

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

Our Customers Use Us For:

Dedication to Quality

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

Food Grade Certifications & Audits

HAZMAT Chemical Certifications & Audits

Quality Standards

Industry & Business Affiliations

Our Atlanta 3PL Warehouse becomes

Your Atlanta 3PL Warehouse

Fully Staffed
Atlanta 3PL for Manufacturers

Inventory control? Check. Forklift drivers? Check. Quality control? Forget about staffing a logistics organization and focus on what you do best.

Dedication to
Quality

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.

Equipment and
Infrastructure Provided

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.

Technology

Technology is in our DNA

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!

Integrate in Minutes

  • Automate Order & Inventory Management workflows
  • View performance data & detailed reporting
  • Leading EDI management providers & technology
  • Pre-Built Integrations with 50+ shopping carts & marketplaces
  • Open, RESTful API with extensive developer resources for custom requirements

Conveniently Located within the Atlanta GA Metro, the Logistics Capital of the United States

Nationwide Coverage for Your Supply Chain

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Case in Point : Manufacturing

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

The Challenge

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

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FAQ

We provide comprehensive third-party logistics (3PL) services tailored to the needs of manufacturers, including:​

  • Staging Raw Materials & Ingredients: Supplying your plant with necessary materials to enhance production efficiency.​
  • Finished Goods Order Fulfillment & Distribution: Managing the storage and distribution of finished products to prevent production slowdowns.​
  • Warehousing & Distribution: Offering state-of-the-art, certified, and audited warehouses equipped to safely and cost-effectively get your product to market.​
  • B2B & DTC Order Fulfillment: Handling complex and fast-moving orders for both business-to-business and direct-to-consumer channels.​
  • Transloading, Cross-Docking, & JIT Logistics: Ensuring your just-in-time (JIT) supply chain runs smoothly with cross-dock and other critical warehousing programs.

We maintain numerous certifications and affiliations, subjecting ourselves to governmental and third-party audits to ensure compliance with the highest standards. This includes: 

  • GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) Food Grade audits in Atlanta via the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Institute of Baking (AIB).
  • HAZMAT Certifications via the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD), Global Cold Chain Alliance and Department of Transportation (DOT).

We utilize advanced Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) that integrate seamlessly with leading Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) management providers and offer pre-built integrations with over 50 shopping carts and marketplaces. This ensures real-time inventory tracking, compliance documentation management, and efficient order processing.​

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:

  • Direct rail access
  • Temperature controlled rooms (cooled & heated) 
  • Software we’ve developed in-house for greater efficiencies 
  • Flame rooms with foam suppression systems
  • GMP certified facilities as certified by both the US Food & Drug administration (FDA) as well as the American Institute of Baking (AIB)

We run a tight ship and possess a “swiss army knife” of capabilities needed to properly execute the needs of an Omnichannel supply chain.

We serve manufacturers, retailers, brands, and direct sellers across a diverse set of industries, including consumer products, retail, food & beverage, HAZMAT chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and more. Our clients range from Fortune 10 companies with over 10,000 allocated pallet spaces to smaller privately held companies with 200 pallets on hand.

Yes, 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’ve developed in-house dock management software to book appointments, reduce dock congestion, and increase loading and unloading efficiency. We also use the Extensiv 3PL system which has a lot of great features including:

  • EDI & API connections
  • eCommerce store integrations
  • Real-time inventory tracking

Pricing varies based on contract length, commodity type, storage/handling volumes, specialized equipment provided, and more. For a tailored quote, please fill out the form on our website, call us at 404-574-4641, or send an email to [email protected].​