The Direct Ship/3PL Program supports both the outsourced manufacturer shipment and the direct
shipment to the customer through a third party logistics (3PL) provider.
Value Proposition The Direct Ship/3PL Program enables Original Equipment Manufacturers to reduce time to order
fulfillment, inventory, warehouse overhead, time to invoice, transportation costs, time and cost to
bring up new Outsource Manufacturers, as well as increased data integrity. Customers can
reduce time to receive the ordered product and related transportation costs.