delivery.com opens its first e-commerce fulfillment center for same-day delivery

delivery.com's automated new fulfillment center is designed to handle individual e-commerce orders and, according to delivery.com, has the capability to process millions of orders per year. The 130K sq. ft. facility is located in Odenton, MD and provides e-commerce product fulfillment and consumer direct delivery to the Baltimore-Washington market, including the northern Virginia market. 

Orders received at delivery.com by 2:00 p.m. will be delivered between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. of the same day. All orders received after 2:00 p.m. will be delivered the next day.

Shoppers at sites utilizing delivery.com's services will be able to schedule specific delivery times and track their  orders online to receive estimated delivery times.

delivery.com expects to start rolling out additional E-commerce Fulfillment Centers during the fourth quarter of this year. The company has initially targeted the top 18 Internet Sales Markets, and plans to launch its next E-commerce Fulfillment Centers in the Chicago and San Francisco markets respectively. 

In the coming months, delivery.com expects to partner with a number of Internet retailers, and begin delivering an array of e-commerce products such as books, videos, pet supplies, health/beauty, home improvement, toys, electronics, and clothing to Internet shoppers.

"Internet customers are extremely demanding, with service expectations rising every day," says Michael Hay, President and CEO of delivery.com. "In order to remain competitive, Internet retailers need to give their customers control over exactly when their e-commerce purchases are delivered. The convenience of the Internet should extend all the way through the delivery pipeline-right down to the last mile. The days of waiting for the UPS guy are about to come to an end."

delivery.com owns and operates its direct to consumer delivery fleet, which consists of medium size cargo vans and allows for convenient residential and business delivery. 

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08/10/00 Source: delivery.com