Our facilities feature specially racked storage rooms and enclosed refrigerated shipping and receiving docks to protect product against thermal abuse during the handling storage and staging process.
HANDLING
- Verification of count and condition of product
- Application of RF bar code identification tags to every pallet
- Recording into USCS WMS computer system with location identification
STORAGE
- Freezer temperatures at 0° F or below
- Ultra-Low temperatures range: -10° F to -20° F for ice cream, novelties, etc
- Refrigerated temperature range: from +28° F to +55° F.
- Ambient temperature for storage of dry goods
- Blast Freezing Wind: Tunnels and high velocity air movement to quickly remove heat from fresh product
- Room Freezing and Chilling: In-room temperature reduction based upon customer specifications
- Product Tempering: Increasing core product temperature according to customer specification
ORDER ASSEMBLY
- Retrieval of full pallet or individual cases as specified.
- Order assembly: Single case order picking, stretch wrapping and marking of pallet with shipping identification.
- Pallet Module Building: Customized rainbow pallet assembly of specific products to accommodate specific shipments
OTHER WAREHOUSE SERVICES
- Case Weight Taking: RF bar code scan to retrieve and tally catch weight boxes with recap total
- Clamp Equipment Loading Unloading: Forklift mounted attachment used for the mechanical handling and palletizing of product
- Cross Dock / Trans-loading: Receiving product in full pallet quantities to be staged for immediate re-shipment
- Hand-stack Loading / Unloading: Manpower provided to palletize or floor load individual cases/units
- Labeling / Stamping: Product packaging or cases that need to be specially stamped or labeled
- Military shipping: Military documentation, marking and numbering of cases and coordination of shipment
- Pallet Exchange: Exchange of equal quality and type of pallets. USCS participates in Chep and other pallet programs upon customer request
- Railcar Services: Enclosed refrigerated docks with rail sidings for loading and unloading of customer products at the warehouse
- Re-Palletizing, Spreader Insertion and Removal
- Sample Storage Cage Pallets: For convenient use by brokers and sales representatives
- Short Hold Storage: Intact customer orders received and held in storage for short periods (usually less than 3 days) prior to pick up or re-shipment
- Slip-Sheet Loading / Unloading: Pallet quantities of product received or shipped using slip-sheet and forklift equipment with special attachment
- Specialized packaging and Repack: Club store pack, variety packs, promotions, etc
- Stretch Wrapping: Plastic stretch wrapping of palletized product for extra protection while in transit or while being stored