Powell Relos West Coast Warehouse

July 12, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Delivery on July 13, 2011 Powell Furniture has moved its west coast warehousing and logistics operations to a new, larger warehouse facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

Culver City, Calif.-based Powell previously shared a public warehouse space in City of Industry.

"This is a great opportunity for us to control more of our supply chain and be able to deliver superior service to our valued customers," said Jim Ziozis president and CEO of Powell. "Now Powell will not have to coordinate their delivery efforts through a third party and compete for first priority in a public facility. We will be in complete control of our warehousing and logistics operations."

The new 200,000-square-foot warehouse, complete with 32 loading bays, is located near the interstates 10 and 15 in southern California. It will have ERP software networked to the head office to provide instant online communication and order processing. Powell has increased warehousing staff to 12 employees with solid distribution and warehousing experience.

The goal is to provide Powell's retailers with experience quicker delivery of their orders, and in some cases orders will ship in as quick as 24 hours.

"In this tight economy running an efficient operation and quickly getting merchandise delivered to the customer are two keys to success," Ziozis said. "This new warehouse operations will help Powell do just that."