About Larry Willett Expertise Specialist in 3rd Party Warehousing and eCommerce Fulfillment, Generalist in handling, storage and distribution of most products and commodities including Retail Goods, Food Products, and HazMat
Experience 25 years in retail distribution, both private and 3rd party. President of 3rd party logistics provider in Los Angeles for 10 years
Organizations Warehouse Education Research Council, Council of Logistics Management, International Warehouse Logistics Assn.
Expert: Larry Willett Date: 2/4/2006 Subject: Warehouse
Question What the different between Field Warehouse, Public Warehouse, Bonded Warehouse, and 3rd Party Warehouse?
Answer A field warehouse is usually a company run facility for it's own products that is at a remote location from the company's home office.
A Public Warehouse and a 3rd Party Warehouse are both warehouses run by a company that specialized in the storage and distribution of products for others. They do not own the goods but act as agents for the owners.
A bonded warehouse has a special permit or license for the US government to store goods that have not had their customs duties paid. These duties are paid upon shipment from the facility. Bonded warehouses can be either field warehouses or public warehouses.
