Direct Marketing Services Inc. (DMSI), a Chicago-based internet and catalog marketing company, is using Fidelitone Logistics to manage inventory, shipping and related supply chain functions for more than 2,200 SKUs.

Fidelitone Logistics provides supply chain services to DMSI for soft goods bedding product lines, such as comforters, bedspreads, sheets, shams, pillows, window panels and valances.

Fidelitone Logistics designed a program that would support the distribution of products marketed by DMSI by providing pick, pack and ship services along with inventory management, freight forwarding, returns processing and reporting functions.

Within six weeks of being selected as DMSI’s 3PL provider, Fidelitone Logistics purchased the necessary inventory and began shipping DMSI’s products. The transition was seamless with no interruptions to DMSI’s business, DMSI reports.

More than 50,000 square feet of warehouse space at Fidelitone Logistics' Wauconda, IL facility are dedicated to DMSI's products, which are marketed through major catalogs, such as Showplace, Home Center, Montgomery Ward, Popular Club, Home Visions, CharlesKeath.com and YourKidsDirect.com.

Fidelitone Logistics handles DMSI-marketed product lines when manufacturers are not able to break pallets or cases to ship individual products, or when there is a cost advantage for DMSI to outsource distribution. When necessary, Fidelitone Logistics provides customized warehouse services, including kitting and re-boxing services for bulk items. Once a customer order is presented to the warehouse floor, the shipping standard is within 24 hours.