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Outsourcing is a business practice in which a company hires a third party to perform tasks, handle operations or provide services for the company.

The outside company, which is known as the service provider or a third-party provider, arranges for its own workers or computer systems to perform the tasks or services either onsite at the hiring company's own facilities or at external locations. The last thing you want to spend your time and energy on is managing your supply chain. You know it’s time to reassess your warehousing and logistic operations when you’re spending most of your time on the order fulfillment part of the business.

For most businesses, a major reason for outsourcing is to save time. This allows them to focus on more pressing issues, like the core business processes that directly drive sales. A company’s employees can focus on their own roles without stretching themselves too thin doing other functions. This ultimately helps your business grow, allows you and your employees to do what you do best, and improves workplace satisfaction.

An inefficient order fulfillment strategy can result in a great deal of wasted time, not to mention money. Long shipping times or deliveries of the wrong items or damaged goods are situations that you’ll want to avoid at all costs. A good 3PL provider allows you to delight your customers, improve their buying experience, and build trust in your brand.

Hiring new employees can be a logistical nightmare. Then there are HR concerns to consider, with the onboarding process requiring a great deal of time, resources, and paperwork. Warehouse staff management can also be time-consuming for your HR team and accounting department. Outsourcing work of your warehouse operations also outsources some HR functions and accounting department responsibilities as well.

Here is a list of some of the supply chain processes that can be outsourced:

Warehouse receiving
Inventory storage
Order management
Inventory management
Order fulfillment
Automated shipping
Returns management

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