About Ingram Micro Logistics

Ingram Micro Logistics provides supply chain services for manufacturers, publishers, brick and mortar retailers, and web marketers. As the supply chain division of Ingram Micro, the world's largest technology distribution leader, we leverage more than 25 years of experience helping 2,000 technology suppliers reach 165,000 customers. Ingram Micro Logistics supply chain solutions can be implemented using our infrastructure, your own, your existing infrastructure, or other third-party facilities.

Ingram Micro Logistics's integrated supply chain solutions help you to:

• Increase turns and reduce inventory
• Change from fixed to variable cost structure
• Reduce cycle time from overseas manufacturing points to customer locations
• Extend customer reach with integrated retail/web presence

Logistics Network

Ingram Micro Logistics operates an integrated network of Advanced Logistics Centers in the United States and Canada, with over 3 million square feet of warehousing space. Strategically located to offer 2-day ground service to 98% of the population in the continental US and Canada, the ALC network can accommodate up to 15 million orders per year. Customers shipped to include:

• Distributors
• Resellers
• Retail distribution centers and over 10,000 retail locations
• End-user customers at home and businesses

In addition to distribution and logistics, specialized programs available in Ingram Micro Logistics ALCs or your facility include:

• Product launch and replenishment
• Turnkey manufacturing and assembly
• JIT, vendor managed inventory and retail hubs
• Transportation management
• Customization and postponement
• Reconfiguration and refurbishment

Shared Facilities - Advanced Logistics Centers (ALCs)
Ingram Micro's multi-client ALCs are the supply chain execution engine behind Ingram Micro. Each ALC operates on our integrated order processing and warehouse management system, providing clients visibility to order and product information across the network and in each ALC. Our clients benefit from our infrastructure in several ways:

• 7 strategically located ALCs in key North American locations
• Economies of scale in warehousing, information systems, labor, and transportation
• Ability to scale up and down to support seasonal requirements
• Transportation management for small parcel, LTL, TL, air, and ocean shipments

Dedicated Facilities
You may wish to leverage your existing facility or ship from a new location for a strategic customer. Ingram Micro Logistics manages dedicated warehousing for clients who prefer to operate in designated space, in a variety of locations:

• Ingram Micro Advanced Logistics Centers
• Your own facility
• Other off-site facilities

Ingram Micro Logistics can help companies improve cost and customer service by integrating dedicated operations into Ingram Micro Logistics' distribution and transportation network. We also assist with site assessment, selection and development.

Inventory Flexibility
With Ingram Micro Logistics, you can consolidate shipping points and expand the range of products you sell, while adapting to demand fluctuations. And by leveraging Ingram Micro's inventory and supplier relationships, you can expand inventory options at lower cost, with:

• Your owned inventory in Ingram Micro Logistics' contract facility
• Consigned inventory from your suppliers
• Third-party inventory from over 2,000 technology and electronics manufacturers, via Ingram Micro's distribution catalog

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