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Associates (AA) is capable of warehousing material, including,
but not limited to:
Sales & Marketing Literature
Product Samples
Imprinted items
Multimedia items
A partial listing of current storage and fulfillment clients
is listed below:
Alcoa—stationery, marketing literature, annual reports,
benefits material, meeting signage, books—50+ years
Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitor Bureau—shirts,
hats, mugs—2 years
PPG—stationery, sales literature, product binders,
product and product samples, posters, exhibit material--25+
years
Pittsburgh Corning—sales literature, product samples—20+
years
Schindler Elevator—sales literature, product binders—20+
years
Order turnaround
AA’s standard turnaround time for fulfilling orders is
24-48 business hours.
Shipping
AA’s volume of shipping using all of the major commercial
carriers helps to create a volume discount. In addition, AA’s
participation as a power shipper makes tracking a shipment fast,
quick and accessible.
AA also has on staff delivery and dock personnel. These individuals
are essential to receiving and shipping material in and out
of AA.
General Warehousing Operations
The main warehouse site is located at 1627 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh,
PA 15222, in the strip district of the city
Ten-story heated concrete building with 100,000 square feet
of which approximate 70,000 square feet is devoted to storage
and fulfillment activities
Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday –
Friday
All materials received are examined and counted, quantities
are verified and samples (if possible) are attached to the receiving
orders
Warehoused items may be scrapped/discarded upon written notification
from the client. A sample of all scrapped or destroyed items
is retained on file with the written authorization.
Current staff of 35 employees
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Creating
Kits
Whether it is folder collation, binder assembly, or more complex
packaging, AA is experienced and capable to handle any type
of kit assembly. Some examples of our past kit packing projects
are listed below:
Picking and packing retail merchandising materials and shipping
to individual branch locations for Mellon Bank/Citizens Bank
Boxing a letter and web camera to Adelphia DSL customers
135,000 folders with 14 inserts each for Glaxo Smithkline
Obtaining and prepackaging kit contents for assembly of wooden
model airplane-building kits, sent to grade-school students
for the Society of Automotive Engineers
We estimate the number of kits (units) that can be handled by
an individual staff member and project the number of staff needed
for the job completion. With our current staffing, we have the
flexibility to move personnel on an as needed basis, we also
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