UPS launches digital fulfilment platform, Ware2Go

UPS has launched Ware2Go, a new technology company and digital platform that matches available warehouse space and fulfilment services with merchants who need to get online orders to customers.

In a press statement, UPS said the new business augments the company’s suite of custom e-commerce solutions designed to support small and medium-sized companies.

“Ware2Go uses innovative online technology to match excess warehouse and fulfilment capacity with merchant demand to provide transparent inventory, order fulfilment and final delivery,” said Scott Price, Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer.

“We’re solving for two major problems: speed to market and efficient warehousing.”

Ware2Go recruits and certifies warehouses in strategic locations, establishing a network of vetted fulfillment partners.

Merchants can then position products closer to their customers without the need for researching or vetting providers, or making long-term volume and time commitments.

Its cloud-based platform and solution provides merchants with seamless end-to-end order fulfillment – storage, pick/pack fulfillment and shipping – with guaranteed two-day delivery by UPS.

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According to industry reports, the demand for warehouse space has outpaced new supply since the end of the recession. Rising rental rates coupled with e-commerce growth have shifted warehousing from large centralised sites to localised facilities across major markets.

When a warehouse registers with Ware2Go, the platform matches unused capacity and capabilities with merchants. Ware2Go identifies merchants looking for fulfillment services and then on-boards, manages and bills customers so warehouse operators can fill available capacity quickly and easily without sales teams or administrative oversight.

Warehouses can expand their customer network with a simplified management platform that provides visibility and invoicing.

“The flexibility Ware2Go offers merchants and warehouse operators, especially companies in the industrial, automotive and tech sectors, means they can compete more effectively and profitably in the market,” said Price.

“Ware2Go leverages the scope and scale of UPS’s network to provide an integrated delivery solution to improve management of the order-to-delivery experience.”