- 27 orders look like a light queueNo forecast comparison creates a signal.
- Normal shift sees low volumeThe team works only what reached the WMS.
- Client finds unacknowledged ordersThe carrier cutoff has already passed.
- Integration review beginsContext is rebuilt through a support ticket.
- Held orders finally loadThey are now tomorrow's work.
3PL fulfillment for ecommerce, retail, B2B, and freight.
ShipCDP is Command Distribution Partners. We receive, store, fulfill, prepare, and ship inventory from Las Vegas. One accountable team manages the work, visibility, and exceptions across every channel.
From port to pallet to parcel. CDP runs the whole handoff.
A partner should own the whole flow without flattening every channel into the same process. CDP keeps one inventory truth while ecommerce, retail, freight, and project work retain the rules that protect the customer promise.
Visibility is built into the work. Custom dashboards, owned exception alerts, WMS and EDI workflows, and shared client views can follow every service below.
A container becomes trusted inventory before it becomes available.
CDP unloads, identifies, counts, inspects, receives, and puts away against the expected shipment. Reserve and forward pick locations stay connected through replenishment and directed cycle count work.
- Floor-loaded and palletized receiving
- Putaway and controlled storage
- Replenishment and location capacity
- Cycle counts and root-cause correction
Every parcel keeps the brand rules and the carrier promise attached.
CDP allocates inventory, releases waves, validates picks, applies packing rules, sorts by carrier, closes manifests, and separates exceptions before the cutoff is exposed.
- Pick, pack, parcel sort and manifest
- Marketplace and carrier cutoffs
- Branded packing and inserts
- Returns, inspection and disposition
Retail orders leave ready for the receiving door, not just the carrier.
Case and pallet orders follow the retailer routing guide, label rules, EDI milestones, appointment window, and must-arrive-by date from release through proof of delivery.
- Case, carton and pallet fulfillment
- Routing guides and compliant labels
- EDI 856 ASN and document control
- Appointments and MABD protection
The warehouse release and the transportation plan move together.
CDP connects pallet count, weight, class, dimensions, appointments, BOL, PRO, seal, accessorials, and POD to the freight that is physically ready.
- Drayage, FTL and LTL coordination
- Consolidation and cross-dock
- Tenders, appointments and BOLs
- POD and OS&D follow-up
A large project becomes controlled production, not a pile of special requests.
Materials, approved samples, work instructions, component consumption, completed quantities, quality checks, and pallet configuration live inside one project plan.
- Kitting and retail display assembly
- Labeling, inspection and repacking
- Rework and recovery programs
- Large-quantity project cells
The operating plan expands while the accountability and controls stay fixed.
CDP stages trained people, shifts, stations, materials, release priorities, and carrier capacity around a launch, peak, transition, or unplanned demand event.
- Phased 3PL transitions and go-lives
- Product launches and seasonal peaks
- Temporary work cells and surge shifts
- Capacity checkpoints by channel
See how proactive operations change the outcome.
A basic 3PL may wait for a support ticket. CDP compares actual work with the expected plan, flags the gap, assigns an owner, and acts while there is still time to protect the shipment.
Only 27 of about 200 forecast orders reached the WMS.
The scheduled 6:45 AM SFTP batch never arrived. The carrier manifest closes at 1:00 PM.
- Normal
- About 200 orders
- Actual
- 27 orders
- Promise
- 1:00 PM carrier cutoff
- 86.5% order gap flagsActual intake is compared with the morning forecast.
- Missing SFTP batch isolatedThe expected 6:45 export file is absent.
- Export recovery is movingCDP and the client systems owner re-run the stopped job.
- 173 held orders ingestThe release wave and labor plan recalculate.
- All 200 orders manifestThe final parcels clear before carrier close.
Order intake is measured against forecast and expected file cadence. A successful connection is not enough if the expected order count never arrives.
Carrier relationships, dock waves, staging space, release sequence, and labor partners are coordinated as one capacity plan instead of five separate requests.
Location capacity is a control. When the system says 72 units occupy a 48-unit pick face, the location becomes a cycle-count task before a picker discovers the shortage.
Illustrative operating scenarios. Actual response depends on system access, client coordination, carrier capacity, labor availability, cutoff rules, and the agreed operating plan.
Move in controlled phases.
Protect every live order.
CDP and your team agree what must pass before each phase moves. The current provider stays live for the work it owns until inventory, transactions, labels, carriers, and reporting are verified.
Confirm inventory, open orders, and exit dates
Shared cutover plan, mirrored systems, and named owners
One reconciled baseline is accepted
Demand moves.
Accountability stays put.
More volume should expand the plan, not send you to a new queue. CDP flexes people, work cells, release waves, and carrier capacity around the same named accountability and operating cadence.
Core team on the standard shift plan
Standard stations and staging
Scheduled waves by commitment
Normal pickup capacity
Price the inland leg. Then price every month after it.
Las Vegas adds drayage from the Southern California ports. CDP puts that premium on the page, then compares it with labor and pallet storage that repeat every month. Use your approximate volume to see where the model breaks even.
Los Angeles versus Las Vegas
Published wage benchmarks and rounded planning assumptions, not a CDP quote. Tax is excluded. Labor uses the same 1.25 burden factor in both markets.Los Angeles 3PL
- Material-mover median, May 2025
- $20.38 per hour
- Pallet storage planning estimate
- $30 per pallet monthly
Las Vegas 3PL
- Material-mover median, May 2025
- $18.72 per hour
- Pallet storage planning estimate
- $20 per pallet monthly
After the added port drayage shown below
- Labor advantage
- +$8,300
- Pallet storage advantage
- +$10,000
- Added drayage
- -$3,900
- Annualized operating difference
- +$172,800
Not counted in the total. Moving inventory out of California can remove one physical-presence fact, but sales, payroll, property, entity activity, and other facts can still create California obligations.
Put the Las Vegas drayage premium on the page first. Then compare it with the warehouse costs that repeat every labor hour and every month.
Port, container count, chassis and dwell history, appointment pattern, floor-load or palletized status, and expected receiving cadence.
The model uses May 2025 BLS median wages for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers: $20.38 in Los Angeles and $18.72 in Las Vegas.
The model holds market rates at $30 per pallet monthly in Los Angeles and $20 in Las Vegas. Only the average pallet count changes the storage savings. Replace the estimate with actual quotes during a network review.
California inventory is one physical-presence fact. California sales, property, payroll, entity registration, and other activity may still require filing or tax. Nevada also has its own business taxes.
Sources and limitsPublished benchmarks, model assumptions, and tax guidance+
This is an illustrative logistics model, not a quote or tax advice. Wage medians use BLS May 2025 occupation data. Pallet rates are rounded planning estimates informed by published industry benchmarks and regional ranges.
The questions a real proposal should answer.
A useful conversation gets specific about cost, fit, systems, visibility, and the path into operation.
How is a CDP 3PL proposal priced?+
CDP prices the operating profile instead of forcing the work into a generic rate card. Receiving, storage, order handling, channel rules, project work, systems, reporting, and freight coordination are tied to the SKU, inventory, order, and seasonality data you share.
Which systems and integrations can CDP support?+
CDP can shape WMS, EDI, SFTP, file, dashboard, alert, and reporting workflows around the events your operation needs. We map the required order, inventory, retailer, and freight transactions during discovery and prove them before go-live.
What type of business is a good fit for CDP?+
CDP is built for brands with ecommerce, retail, freight, project work, or a combination of channels that value responsive ownership and shared visibility. Fit depends on the work, complexity, growth path, and service expectations, not one arbitrary order minimum.
How long does a 3PL transition take?+
Timing depends on inventory, integrations, retailer requirements, volume, current-provider constraints, and the target date. CDP builds a phased plan with launch checks instead of forcing every channel into one untested launch date.
What will our team be able to see?+
Agreed thresholds create owned work. Order-feed gaps, cutoff risk, inventory mismatches, receipt variance, retailer milestones, and freight exceptions can surface with an owner, action, and checkpoint instead of waiting for a client ticket.
Who owns our operation after go-live?+
CDP defines the named operating owner, escalation path, review cadence, and shared visibility before launch. The team can expand as demand changes, but accountability does not disappear into a general support queue.
Get a proposal built around your actual operation.
Share the channels, approximate volume, current problems, and target date. No polished RFP is required. CDP will follow up to confirm fit and the details needed for a serious 3PL proposal.