Material Handling

Material Handling Processes

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When you partner with Universal, you partner with the industry-leader in Material Handling — and you gain significant benefits. You acquire access to an exceptional warehousing, distribution, and transportation network. We bring capacity, infrastructure, and scalability.

With our superior distribution capability, distributed network, and integrated system capability, we can meet all of your material handling needs. We add real value by directing our assets on a priority basis to solve your business problems.

We leverage our resources to handle large volumes and to meet peak demands. We manage some of the nation’s largest and highest velocity material handling facilities.

Universal develops efficient, safe, and practical material handling solutions. We provide the complete spectrum of inventory management capabilities. We develop material handling methods and systems specific to your unique needs.

Capabilities

Universal operates over 50 Material Handling and Value-Added Services centers in both customers’ facilities and in our own logistics hubs in North and South America — and they represent a critical component in our customers’ supply chains. We manage and operate some of North America’s largest and highest velocity material handling facilities:

As large as 775,000 ft² with as many as 1200 hourly and salaried workers
As much as 7,000,000 lbs of freight per day from 1350 suppliers to over 60 destinations
As many as 300 inbound loads and 400 outbound loads per day through nearly 400 dock doors
As many as 350,000 different parts per day
As many as 15,000 different parts from over 1,000 suppliers
As many as 130 million units sequenced and electronically verified annually

And all processed to 99.99% inventory accuracy level!

Our material handling solutions can dramatically reduce your costs and improve your facilities’ productivity!

Documented Success

Universal delivers, and we have the documented cases and economics to prove it. We also have scores of satisfied customers who will provide you with superb references.

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Move Forward with Universal

Let us conduct an assessment of your current distribution operation to determine how Universal can reduce your inventory, improve your business processes, and save you money!