Manufacturing
Finished goods held and dispatched against your order flow.
Stock with one company, freight with another and a late order that each blames on the other: that is how outsourced logistics goes wrong. Cargoking Shipping & Logistics, headquartered in Mumbai, India, provides third party logistics services for businesses that outsource supply chain management, with warehousing, inventory handling, order fulfilment and transport run as one operation by one coordinator.
Before and after
Outsourcing pays off when running your own storage and dispatch uses up people you would rather put on selling or production. The change looks like this.
| What it covers | Running it yourself | With a 3PL provider |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | Your own staff receive stock, count it, pack orders and chase freight between their other jobs. | Receiving, storage, inventory control, pick and pack and dispatch sit with one operation, and your team deals with one coordinator. |
| Who holds the picture | A storage firm, a transporter and a forwarder each hold part of the picture. | Stock records, dispatch and outbound freight sit on one account. |
| How it scales | Fixed space and fixed staff, whatever your order flow does. | Space and handling are scoped on your actual volumes. |
If you are unsure which model suits you, our logistics consultancy can talk it through.
Service overview
Our third party logistics service covers warehousing, inventory handling, order fulfilment and transport for businesses that would rather not run these themselves. It works for domestic and international supply chains. We coordinate transport, manage storage and plan the logistics around your orders, so your team can focus on its core operations while we run the rest.
Storage and handling happen in our warehousing service, and orders that go overseas continue through freight forwarding on the same account.
Why Cargoking
Outsourcing logistics works only if the provider runs both the warehouse and the freight. When one company stores the stock and another moves it, nobody owns the gap between them.
Cargoking runs both. Storage, fulfilment, customs documentation and movement by air, sea, road or rail sit on one file with one coordinator.
For businesses selling overseas, export documentation and freight are handled by people who already know your stock, your packaging and your buyers’ requirements.
Duties and statutory taxes are listed separately, because the authorities set them rather than us.
Price my fulfilment scopeHow it runs
A price built on assumptions rarely holds, so the work starts by mapping what you need to run.
We map order volumes, the Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) profile, service levels and returns before proposing a structure.
Stock is received, verified and recorded. The operating procedure for your account is agreed up front, rather than learned by accident.
Orders are picked, packed, documented and dispatched against your order flow. Exceptions go to one coordinator.
Stock, throughput and dispatch performance are reported on an agreed cycle, so the arrangement can be adjusted on evidence.
Industries served
Finished goods held and dispatched against your order flow.
Product distribution with accurate inventory control.
Orders picked, packed and dispatched against the pace of your sales.
Products stored with accurate records and sent out to your buyers.
Higher-value items where careful handling and accurate counts matter.
Stock records and dispatch you can check against your own.
What every industry gets
Getting started
Scoping goes fastest when you can say how many orders you expect, what you sell, how quickly it must go out and what comes back. In plain terms:
Selling overseas as well? Add the destination countries and your buyers’ packing and document requirements, and we plan the freight into the same operation.
Common questions
Scope and service levels are set at scoping, from your order volumes, product range, how fast orders must leave and what returns to expect. The procedure is then agreed at onboarding, with every task and its owner listed before stock arrives.
Receiving, storage, inventory control, pick and pack, dispatch and outbound freight move to the provider, while decisions on products, pricing and customers stay with you. Small businesses gain most when this work uses people better placed on selling or production, and we scope on your actual volumes.
Our team prepares and checks the export documents, and customs clearance goes through licensed customs clearance specialists. Both sit on the same file as your stock and freight, so one coordinator can tell you where the paperwork stands. See our documentation support.
Accurate stock starts at receiving, where goods are verified and recorded, and continues through systems that track inventory as orders are picked. Reports on stock and dispatch let you compare our records with your own count. Exceptions go to your one coordinator.
Tell us the value, packing and handling needs of each product line at scoping, because the procedure for your account is agreed before stock arrives. Fragile items need the right packing, and our packaging and unpacking service can support it before dispatch.
It depends on the product, so state the storage conditions at scoping and we check whether your conditions can be met. If they cannot be met, you hear that before any stock arrives. Temperature-sensitive cargo is handled through our temperature-controlled logistics service.
Returns are part of scoping, so tell us the volume you expect and what should happen to returned stock. The procedure is then agreed at onboarding, so your shops and stockists are not left guessing how a return is dealt with.
Ask for stock, throughput and dispatch performance reported on an agreed cycle. Agree the cycle at onboarding, then review the numbers with your coordinator. Manufacturers and consumer goods sellers alike can then adjust the arrangement on evidence instead of opinion.
Proposals differ because providers price on different assumptions about order volumes, product range, service levels and returns. Ask each provider to list its assumptions so you compare like with like. A price built on assumptions rarely holds once real orders arrive, so we map your operation first.
Exceptions go to one coordinator who sees both the stock and the freight, so nobody argues over which side the problem sits on. When two companies split the work, every delay becomes a dispute. Cargoking runs storage, fulfilment and air, sea, road or rail freight on one file.
More questions? Read our frequently asked questions or our freight guides.
Related
The storage side of the operation, with stock held and recorded.
Stock storage detailsAir, sea, road and rail bookings for orders that leave the country.
Forwarding under one fileUrgent orders and high-value stock that cannot wait for a vessel.
Air freight for ordersBulk replenishment and export orders by container.
Container freight for stockDomestic movement from storage to your customers and the port.
Outbound truckingSmall parcels and samples sent by international courier.
Small parcels by courierTell us your order volumes, product range and where your orders go. We will come back with a scoped operation and an itemised price.