WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS
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Storage Solutions
We provide public, contract and bulk warehousing services in three distribution facilities near the Port of Baltimore and the Baltimore-Washington Airport, in the state of Maryland. We’re flexible to meet your warehousing needs – and so are our spaces. We offer controlled temperature zones, as well as ambient space. Our facility layouts, consisting of high-cube bulk and racked environments, support many of our value-added services – from storage and handling to co-packing, labeling and other value added services, so that we’re ready to provide you with unique services to help you optimize supply chain efficiencies. Further, we are BRC Global Standards (BRC) and the American Institute of Baking (AIB) certified, which provides assurance that your products are being handled according to the highest industry standards.
Cross-Docking Services
Cross-docking is a practice in logistics of unloading materials from an incoming semi-trailer truck and loading these materials directly into outbound trucks or trailers with little or no storage in between. Belts has been successfully running, and constantly improving, cross-dock warehousing for decades. Cross-docking freight allows us to sort incoming freight to different destinations, or combine product to one final destination. This practice gets your product to market faster, and reduces costs by using less warehouse space and less labor. Cross-docking is especially beneficial for businesses that need a heavy volume moved quickly and accurately.
Foreign Trade Zone Services
Belts has general purpose operating authority in both Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) in the Maryland geographic area, Number 73 near Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and Number 74 in Baltimore City and nearby counties.
FTZ Advantages for manufacturers and distributors include:
- Duty deferral on imported products until shipment
- Assembly of component parts within a Zone for shipment to U.S. markets at a lower "finished product" duty rate
- Sampling, inspection testing or repair of imported products without duty payment
- "Made in U.S.A." designation on products assembled or manufactured from imported components in a Zone
- Duty deferral or the resolution of quota problems within a Zone
- Duty abatement on the destruction of waste products within a Zone
- Sampling, inspection testing or repair of imported products without duty payment
We are also one of the very few warehouses on the East Coast with Processing Authority in a Foreign Trade Zone, with many additional benefits to your company, including assembly and product manipulation in a tax-free or deferred environment.
GFSI (BRC) and AIB Certifications
BRC Global Standards (BRC) is a leading brand and consumer protection organization, used by over 25,000 certificated suppliers over 130 countries. BRC guarantees the standardization of quality, safety and operational criteria and ensure that manufacturers fulfill their legal obligations and provide protection for the end consumer. The Belt’s Corporation is extremely proud to hold a AA rating for storage and distribution.
The American Institute of Baking or AIB is a third-party audit service commonly recognized for its certification program of food grade warehousing. AIB’s food safety and hygiene audit services are recognized worldwide as the standard against which other food safety programs are judged. The Belt’s Corporation recently achieved a 990 /1000 rating for storage and distribution.
Case Picking
Case picking is an integral process within our warehouse operations, and we optimize the process of handling large orders, typically for store replenishment and wholesale distribution. It involves handling cases containing multiple items for shipment. Our technological advancements have greatly enhanced our case picking results, as our warehouse operations evolved over the past century. This results in increased efficiency and flexibility for your products: from order generation, to route planning, item retrieval, order consolidation, and shipping.
Full EDI Capabilities
Inventory Management and WMS Technology
Belts’ cloud-based Warehouse Management System (WMS) and inventory tracking capabilities are designed to provide your Company peace of mind that your products are there when you needed, and in perfect order and condition. Our on-line customer web portal is a secure, query and order entry tool that enables you to look up and view the status of your orders/receipts, the order/receipt detail, inventory balances, past inventory balances, inventory transactions, item information, and invoices.
Business Intelligence and Reporting
Our WMS stores and organizes information from various sources, allowing business intelligence tools to access and analyze data to generate reports and insights that inform decision-making within our warehouse operation, providing key metrics like inventory levels, order fulfillment times, and picking accuracy to optimize our warehouses’ efficiency