Outsourcing Companies And Display Processing - On Any Given Day!

On any given day, you can find outsourcing companiesflexibility to accept multiple display projects. Display
processing and shipping large volumes of Point ofprojects that have become common place are Music
Purchase displays filled with a variety of products toCD's, Movie DVD's, Electronic games, Electronic
retail and warehouse locations all over the country.components, consumer hard lines, books and PC
Product displays have become a mainstay in retailsoftware just to mention a few.
environments. Retailers have found that theirOutsource providers works with companies to design
customers are attracted to a visually appealing floor orand manufacture displays components or they will
countertop display and that increased sales ofwork with pre-existing designs. Those display
products can be directly tied to being housed incomponents are generally shipped prior to the arrival
displays. Displays have become an appealing way toof the products that will go in them. When the
merchandise seasonal products for events such ascustomer supplied components arrive at assembly
Christmas, Halloween, Valentines day or simply tofacilities, all of the required parts to assemble the
promote sales events or new releases. Displays candisplays are accounted for. A quality sample inspection
be quickly set up and removed compared tois performed and compared to original art work or
merchandising in hard set fixtures.samples to assure that the graphics and color scheme
An example of this is music CDs and DVDs. In recentmatch what the customer purchased. Usually the
years with the onslaught of technology such as IPods,timeline between arrival of parts and the shipping of a
and illegal file sharing, music sales have decreasedproject is so narrow that accounting for parts and
drastically. Retailers have found that displaying musicquality inspections are absolutely vital. Depending on
CD's and DVD's, such as new releases or perennialthe number of displays involved in a project, displays
favorites coupled with advertising, have much higherwill start being assembled several days prior to the
sales than the same music simply placed in a CD orship dates or in some cases within a day of receiving
DVD department rackall of the components. The product that will be placed
Most music CD and DVD displays contain timeinto displays, generally arrives several days to several
sensitive products that must be received at retailweeks before the first ship dates. Most product
locations on a set date, corresponding to theassortments are retail site specific and come marked
advertised release dates. This of course presentsfor the ship too location. Retailers can fully customize
retailers with a whole host of challenges in the logisticsthe product mix going into each retail locations
process. The receipt and accounting for all displaydisplay(s). Several days before the ship date, product
components and retail merchandise and time releasewill be loaded into already assembled displays and
of shipments based on their specific transit times arereadied for shipment, attaching all required labels,
all equally important in the preparation and execution ofpacking slips and BOL to the outside of the shipping
any project. Many wholesalers and retailers haveshroud. Displays are time released working backwards
sought out the services of outsource logisticsfrom the date that customers require them to be in
companies to help with this labor intense process andtheir retail or warehouse locations.
to meeting the in store date requirements.The complexity of this process makes displays an
Some outsourcing companies have experienceideal candidate for 3rd partly outsourcing providers in
working on a wide variety of display types. Becausethat the time and expertise can be concentrated on
of this experience, they been able to developthis type of project to make the outcome a logistics
processes to manage this complexity and maintainsuccess.