Offshore consolidation, by the vendor or VWF Global Forwarding, enables the importer to ship goods to the port of destination nearest to the end consumer. The 'low-hanging fruit' remaining in most supply chains is the opportunity to reduce the high cost of transport within the destination country or region.

Direct to store involves processing store orders in the country of origin where lower labour rates are prevalent. Our process includes applying barcodes to facilitate piece scanning and automated cross docking at the destination deconsolidation point.

VWF Global Forwarding uses various bar coding methods including Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) and destination carrier consignment labels. Direct to store services may require other origin value-added services including quality control, kitting, visual point-of-sale, colour-coded cartons to identify store aisle location, and Public Display Quantities (PDQs) by store.