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Warehousing and logistics

On-demand third party logistics (3PL) solutions for a dynamic supply chain environment

Navigate today's dynamic supply chain environment with confidence

Industry disruptions and evolving consumer expectations have created a constantly changing and unpredictable supply chain environment, forcing companies of all sizes and types to rethink their logistics strategies.

So what can your organization do?

On-demand storage and fulfillment from Iron Mountain can help you build a logistics model that adapts to changing market conditions and scales with your business. Drive supply chain agility without fixed locations and multiyear contracts as you:

  • Solve for seasonal or overflow storage needs
  • Position products closer to your customers for quick fulfillment
  • Build out a new distribution network with on-demand speed and scale

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Warehousing / Pallet Storage

A strategically located network of warehouses powered by a cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS)

Supply chain disruptions, seasonality, and changing evolving demand have forced many organizations to rethink their product distribution strategies.

Iron Mountain Warehousing and Logistics can help. With quick onboarding and flexible service agreement lengths, we’re your warehousing partner for:

  • Product distribution
  • Seasonality needs
  • Overflow storage
  • Disruption response
  • Other short-term or long-term storage needs

Our network of warehouses across North America are equipped with a cloud-based WMS and the ability to integrate directly into your existing system for seamless automation and tracking. And with more than 70 years of experience protecting our customers’ most valuable assets, you can count on all of our warehouses to be equipped with advanced security features and staffed by an experienced, trained, and vetted team of Mountaineers.

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Let us fulfill your fulfillment needs

Scalable order fulfillment programs driven by our cloud-based WMS and designed to grow with your organization

Constantly evolving customer expectations paired with the rapid growth of e-commerce has solidified fulfillment as a central component of customer experience.

Whether your company is just starting out and needs fast and frictionless fulfillment or you’re growing and need to expand existing fulfillment operations, Iron Mountain Warehousing and Logistics can help. Our facilities, systems, people, and experience allow us to offer a wide range of fulfillment services, including:

  • E-commerce fulfillment
  • Business-to-business fulfillment
  • Product launches
  • Returns
  • Reverse logistics / returns
  • Special fulfillment projects

With a strategically located network of fulfillment centers across North America, Iron Mountain can help make 1-2 day delivery a reality. Whatever your need, we can work to customize a solution to ensure customer deliveries are accurate, on-time, and within budget.

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Iron Mountain value-added services

Supplement and strengthen your logistics model

Our value-added services can save you time and money

Warehouse space and labor shortages have left many companies struggling to find resources to perform services necessary to meet changing logistics demands.

Iron Mountain Warehousing and Logistics has on-demand space and labor resources available at facilities throughout the country to support your product distribution, fulfillment, and reverse logistics needs. In addition to our core warehousing and fulfillment services, we can also provide value through additional services such as:

  • Container unloading / palletizing
  • Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) prep services
  • Packaging
  • Labeling
  • Disposal and destruction
  • Kitting

We don’t take a “one size fits all” approach to transportation

Find the best fit for your business with Iron Mountain

Labor shortages paired with changing customer expectations have forced many organizations to rethink their transportation strategy.

With decades of transportation experience, Iron Mountain has the assets, people, and expertise to support your specialized transportation needs. From delivery and pickup services to specialized transportation solutions, Iron Mountain warehousing and logistics is a partner you can trust.

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E-commerce

Challenge: Global e-commerce sales have surged from $3.35 trillion from 2019 to an expected $5.4 trillion in 2022, putting e-commerce merchants under unprecedented pressure to address customers’ growing demands for fast and frictionless delivery. In fact, 42% of online shoppers have abandoned their shopping carts because of lengthy delivery dates, and more than 40% of shoppers expect an option for 2–3 day delivery.

Speed and accuracy are critical to the success of any e-commerce company, and continuously evolving expectations can make it difficult to ensure customer satisfaction while navigating organizational growth.

Solution: With dedicated warehouse and fulfillment centers located throughout the United States and Canada, our fulfillment services can support your localized or nationwide e-commerce strategy. We’ll partner with you to customize a solution that ensures your customer deliveries are accurate, on-time, and within your budget. And because we have facilities located in multiple major markets, we’ll continue to support ongoing organizational growth as you expand into new markets and add new products.

What you gain:

  • Customization

    We’ll work with you to customize a fulfillment strategy for now, and the future.

  • Scale

    We’ll help you grow wherever you need to, with dedicated warehousing and fulfillment facilities located throughout North America.

  • Accurate and on-time performance

    Our team will work to ensure your orders are accurate and on-time, contributing to the growth, reputation, and overall success of your business.

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Challenge: The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked a lot of talk about supply chain resilience. To prevent supply shortages, many retailers are doubling up on suppliers, sourcing closer to home, strengthening inventory levels, and investing in their own logistics networks, all of which can come at the expense of higher costs that are eventually passed on to end customers. Some retailers have even overestimated inventory needs and have become stuck with excess inventory that must be stored long-term or marked-down for quick sale.

It can often be difficult for retailers to match available warehouse space with constantly changing demand, which can lead to surplus or shortage.

Solution: With a focus on agility, allocating resources flexibly and swiftly to where they’re needed most, Iron Mountain warehousing and logistics can help you prepare for anticipated seasonal demand spikes and respond to unanticipated disruptions. We maintain warehouses throughout the US and Canada, with a focus on quick onboarding, technology-enabled integration, and contract terms that can be measured in months instead of years.

What you gain:

  • Agility and speed: We’ll help drive agility with quick setup, onboarding, and receiving of materials into our dedicated warehouses.
  • A network of warehouses throughout North America: We can support you no matter what part of the country you need warehousing, with facilities in major markets including Southern California, New York/New Jersey, Chicago, Atlanta, and Toronto.
  • Flexibility to meet your specific needs: Stocking up for Christmas or back to school? Preparing for a raw material shortage? Looking for a long-term warehouse solution? With our flexible service agreements, we’ll find a solution that meets your needs.

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Challenge: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic exposed various weaknesses in our preparedness for unexpected emergencies. As many large manufacturers shut down or stopped exporting goods, stocks of critical supplies and equipment quickly ran out. Although necessary, items such as masks, gloves, shields, goggles, and ventilators were scarce, which prevented many healthcare organizations from fully supporting patient needs.

These issues are not exclusively associated with global pandemics. Emergency events or natural disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, or even terrorist attacks can cause unprecedented and unanticipated immediate needs for emergency supplies. Often, the nature of the emergency can make it difficult or even impossible to transport resources from other areas, and issues like theft or price gouging can occur. Furthermore, many healthcare facilities don’t have excess space or it can be too cost-inhibitive to store these supplies onsite.

Solution: Iron Mountain warehousing and logistics can store and deliver your emergency response equipment and supplies so that you can access them in the event of a disaster or medical emergency. Our secure network of facilities located throughout North America will ensure a fast and seamless response, helping you focus on patient care during an emergency. We have the ability to store, manage, kit, and deliver:

  • Medical supplies (masks, gowns, face shields, etc.)
  • Medical equipment (wheelchairs, IV poles and supplies, respirators, etc.)
  • Non-hazardous test kits, common medication, and first-responder equipment (first-aid kits, canned goods, flashlights, shelters, etc.)

What you gain:

  • Better use of facility space: Use onsite space to treat patients, not store materials and equipment.
  • Secure storage of medical and emergency supplies: Protect supplies and equipment from loss, theft, or damage.
  • Quick response in case of an emergency: Be prepared to respond to the next natural disaster, pandemic, or other emergency.

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Challenge: Ongoing uncertainty and disruptions are forcing organizations to reevaluate and rethink their manufacturing footprint strategies. Many organizations are focused on building or expanding facilities closer to end users, with a recent survey showing around 83% of North American manufacturers likely to reshore production (Thomas Survey).

This shift to localization can cause challenges for the logistics function, especially as the manufacturing strategy continues to evolve. Fixed product distribution networks can be costly and take time to build out, and it may not be feasible to maintain in-house warehouse and labor assets in all localized markets.

Solution: Iron Mountain warehousing and logistics can support your evolving manufacturing footprint strategy by supplementing your product distribution network with local warehousing, labor, and transportation resources. With facilities located throughout North America and a flexible approach to service agreements, our services provide the support that you need to build an agile product distribution strategy.

What you gain:

  • A network of warehouses throughout North America: We can support you no matter what part of the country you need warehouse space and resources, with facilities throughout North America.
  • Agility and speed: We’ll help drive agility with quick setup, onboarding, and receiving of materials into our dedicated warehouses.
  • Flexibility: Our flexible approach to service agreements will help ensure alignment of your product distribution strategy with your evolving manufacturing footprint strategy.

Frequently asked questions

Whether you’re looking to supplement your existing operations or build out a brand new distribution network, we can help ensure you’re fully prepared for future growth and disruptions.

Doesn’t Iron Mountain store my company’s paper records?
Yes, that’s us! For more than 70 years, we’ve worked with companies large and small to solve complex business challenges and securely store their valued assets, including documents. We’ve leveraged our extensive experience in storage, fulfillment, and transportation to offer a complete set of warehousing and logistics solutions.
How many warehouses and fulfillment facilities do you have and where are they located?
With more than 1,400 facilities around the world, there is a good chance that we have a facility in your backyard. We currently maintain more than 15 dedicated warehousing and fulfillment facilities located throughout North America, including major markets such as Southern California, New York/New Jersey, Chicago, Atlanta, and Toronto. See our Locations Map above for more information and speak with your Iron Mountain sales representative to discuss offerings in other markets.
Do you have the ability to execute custom fulfillment projects, such as a product launch?
Yes! Our network of facilities, labor, and other resources allow us to provide custom solutions to meet the needs of your business.
What integration capabilities does your WMS have?
Our extensive technology partner network and in-house WMS capabilities provide us with the ability to integrate with multiple existing systems. Please work with your Iron Mountain sales representative to better understand how our integration capabilities can meet your specific needs.
Do you have locations outside of North America?
We currently have dedicated warehousing and fulfillment facilities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and we continue to expand into new markets.
Why do clients choose to work with Iron Mountain?

Why Iron Mountain?

We have the experience and expertise to streamline your business while keeping your enterprise and customer data safe—and secure. We are especially proud to partner with hospitality groups. Together, we elevate the power of your work


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