3PL work on behalf of a client
Handle product you possess but do not own, with a clear client of record.
For third-party logistics
Operate on behalf of a client without mixing their books with yours.
3PLs possess product they do not own. TraceGard’s agency model records the client of record on receipts and shipments, with authorization and an audit trail both sides can trust.
What this usually looks like today
Client inventory looks like your inventory
Without an owning party on the transaction, custody and ownership get argued after the fact.
Each client wants a different portal
Staff should not learn five systems to receive the same way at one dock.
Who did what, for whom?
On-behalf actions need to be attributable when something goes wrong.
What changes with TraceGard
Explicit agency relationships
A manufacturer or wholesaler authorizes you. Work proceeds only inside that grant.
Receipts and shipments name the owning client
You can run the dock. Their compliance team still sees their product as theirs.
One operations playbook
Scan, receive, pack, and ship with the same tools — client context travels with the transaction.
Capabilities 3pl providers rely on
Receive shipments with confidence
Match what arrived against the supplier’s electronic notice, then post the receipt.
Ship with a complete electronic record
Pick, pack, and ship — the notice to your customer goes out with the product.
Pack cases and pallets
Build the parent–child picture of what is inside each case or pallet.
Scan at the dock or the counter
Read a 2D barcode and immediately see the product, lot, serial, and expiry.
Secure electronic exchange
Send and receive partner documents with delivery receipts — hosted by TraceGard, not a patchwork of inboxes.
Exception queue
Mismatches and failed notices land in one list, with owners and status.
Audit trail
Privileged actions — and who performed them — are recorded.
Let's get you set up.
Tell us about your locations, partners, and the identifiers you work with — we will take it from there and get you receiving.