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Choosing Duplium & the Dallas/Fort Worth, and Toronto Greater Metropolitan Area as a Supply Chain Management Solution Headquarters for you!

Sky rocking freight cost, the need to deliver products to the marketplace fast and cost effectively, has made choosing your supply chain management partner an important part of every companies decision making process. As manufacturers and retailers search for ways to get products to market quickly at the lowest possible cost, the location of distribution centers has emerged as a critical decision point. Companies that carefully examine the facts are finding that Duplium Corporation of Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW Metro) & The Toronto Greater Metropolitan Area (GMA) offers significant advantages for regional, national and international distribution. Whether your company needs fast and efficient retail distribution, or direct to end user distribution Duplium has a Supply Chain Management solution for you. The services Include pick pack and ship fulfillment, E-commerce, Warehousing, Assembly & Kitting, JIT inventory programs, Vendor Managed Inventory Programs, in house mailings services and more.

Central locations

Dallas’ location near the geographic heart of the United States makes it an efficient distribution hub. It is also at the center of North America’s four major business centers: New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Toronto. Toronto is the Hub of product distribution within Canada, as well as a major service provider to the Northeast US market place.

• From Dallas, 93% of the U.S. population can be reached via truck within 48 hours and 37% can be reached within 24 hours (U.S. DOT).
• 79 major U.S. markets can be reached overnight by truck or rail.
• DFW Airport gives access to 95% of the U.S. population within 4 hours.
• From Toronto, 65% of the Canadian Population can be reached via truck with in 48 hours, while also being able to service major business Centers like New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania Chicago, Indiana, and Massachusetts 45% of the US population within 24 hours. Thus between Dallas and Toronto Approximately 82% of the US population can be reached within 24hours overnight truck shipping.

Texas Offers Lower operating costs

The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex has the lowest distribution costs to the top 50 U.S. consumer markets of any major U.S. city (CF Lynch & Associates).

• Warehouse net rental rates are among the lowest in the nation.
• Business costs are lower than any other major U.S. metro area (Economy.com).
• The state and local per capita tax burden is 19% below the national average.
• Infrequent weather-related delays increase operational efficiency.

Infrastructure

Both the public and private sectors have invested heavily in DFW Metro and Toronto Ontario Canada to create one of the nation’s top transportation networks. The regions are home to many logistics service providers, including warehousing and distribution companies, freight forwarders and customs house brokers. By outsourcing, shippers can serve this important market with no significant capital investment.

• More than 850 motor carriers operate out of DFW or Greater Metropolitan Toronto Metro and most major North American common carriers have terminals in both Dallas and Toronto.
• According to the Texas Transportation Institute, the Dallas/Fort Worth area has a congestion rating that is below Houston and Atlanta, and well below Chicago and Los Angeles.
• Three major rail lines and eight intermodal hubs make the region one of nation’s top intermodal transportation centers.
• The nation’s best regional airport network includes:
  • DFW Airport, the 11th largest cargo airport in U.S.
  • Pearson International, the 12th largest cargo airport in North America
  • Airport, the nation’s first master-planned industrial airport

Hundreds of companies have relocated their headquarters or main Distribution Facilities to DFW Metro & Toronto GMA, including Blockbuster, Exxon Corporation, GTE, Nokia, J.C. Penney Company, Inc, AMD, Nortel, IBM, Research In Motion (Blackberry Phone Developer).

Hub for Import-Export Activity

Texas is the top exporting state in the U.S. (Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center) with significant volumes moving to Mexico and its population of more than 100 million. Since NAFTA, trade between Dallas/Fort Worth and Mexico and Canada has more than doubled. Much of the increased imports from Mexico come to and through Dallas via I-35 – the NAFTA Superhighway. In addition, DFW Metro serves as a distribution point for international imports flowing through the Port of Houston – ranked first in the U.S. in foreign waterborne commerce. Toronto is the top Exporting City in Canada and in the Top Ten in North America. Toronto has direct easy access to Rail covering North America, Sea through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence and has direct access to some of the largest US markets via ground truck shipping.

• DFW Metro has four Foreign Trade Zones where foreign and domestic goods can be stored, assembled, manufactured or exhibited for sale without payment of duty and excise taxes.
• Some local warehousing and distribution companies are located within Freeport Zones, offering significant tax benefits.

Continued Growth

To improve logistics costs and service, it helps to be close to your customers. Many of these customers, whether businesses or consumers, are moving to the Dallas area, drawn by the region’s warmer climate, lower cost of living and job opportunities. This trend is expected to continue.

• The population of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex will grow from 5.2 million in 2000 to 7.9 million in 2030 (U.S. Census Bureau). The population of GMA will grow from 3.5 million in 2000 to 5.2 in 2030. (Statistics Canada)

Experience

Duplium Corporation has been around since the early 80’s. In the 25 years of doing Business in North America, Duplium has become specialist in assembling, kitting, distributing and even manufacturing products. Software, Hardware, Electronics, Cellular, MLM, Religious Organizations, are some, but not limited to, industries Duplium services. If your company is looking at Supply Chain Management, as a possible way to improve efficiency please contact us to discuss a program we could put in place for your companies individual needs big or small.

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