ShipBob, the global supply chain and fulfillment platform for small- and medium-sized businesses and mid-market ecommerce merchants, today announced Wednesday it would open a new fulfillment center in British Columbia.
The new location, located in Surrey, B.C., would be the first in ShipBob’s Western Canada network, and the fifth in Canada for ShipBob. The fulfillment center allows merchants to distribute inventory in the British Columbia, in addition to the ShipBob’s fulfillment centers in Ontario in the East to get inventory closer to consumers across Canada. Officials said the new facility will help drive down shipping costs and transit times. Like the rest of ShipBob’s nearly 60 facilities, the new center will use the company’s cutting-edge technology.
“We continue to put our merchants at the center of everything we do, and this new location expands our countrywide operating footprint to provide an even better delivery experience to consumers in Western Canada,” Divey Gulati, COO of ShipBob, said. “Canada is a very important market for our merchants, so we’re pleased to build an even stronger fulfilment network for both local Canadian merchants and those running large, complex global supply chains with an ability to manage their entire supply chain with the same software and technology.”
Merchants can also use ShipBob’s end-to-end freight solution, FreightBob, for competitive air and ocean rates to help manage and transport inventory for any of the company’s fulfillment centers.
“Adding a warehouse in the British Columbia area is advantageous for our businesses for both inbound logistics and last-mile delivery, and we believe it can reduce up to 30 percent of our ocean freight costs and shorten the lead time as compared to arranging deliveries to Eastern Canada,” Allie Lin, Supply Chain Specialist at Wyze, said. “Forty percent of our Canadian direct-to-consumer sales went to the West Coast last year, so this new ShipBob facility will help to optimize inventory placement closer to demand centers, reduce shipping cost and lead times, and, in turn, improve our customer satisfaction.”