Freight Broker Industry Training Guide
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significantly decreased a dispatchers’ workload.
5. The 3PL Industry and Warehousing
A 3PL company is a jack of all trades, They usually have divisions in brokering, warehousing, and freight forwarding. They will handle air, ocean, and land freight. A 3PL will also offer services of storage, tracking, labeling, and inventory management. They are an all around logistics provider.
A company would benefit from a 3PL in a situation where they wanted someone to store their product, manage the inventory of it, and handle the orders when a buyer wanted some of that product. A 3PL can offer a great service to reduce the workload and manpower needed at a company that produces goods.
It is not out of the question for a 3PL and a broker to work together to handle shipments in and out of their warehousing facilities. This, in most cases, would not
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