After traveling over 1,500 miles and carrying a total of 709 boxes, the 2009 Georgia State Site Deliveries have finally come to an end. This year SBC Fulfillment assisted 17 different publishers by delivering and setting up their materials at each of the 13 sites scattered around the state. The deliveries began on Monday June 22nd and ended the following Friday. The week proved a great success and was executed smoothly (other than the occasional under-sized table).
SBC Fulfillment received materials from publishers all across the nation. After receiving the materials, SBC sorted them by site and by publisher. Once all materials were received, they were staged by site for delivery. SBC had two teams to go out on the deliveries, each carrying one-two sites to the predetermined locations. The routes were coordinated in a manner that minimized the time and distance traveled. The drivers used GPS and other mapping technologies to take them from site to site.
At each site, the materials were taken out of their boxes and setup for display. “Each publisher’s materials were setup as if they were our own” says Andy Whitaker, Project Manager for the Georgia State Site Deliveries. It took an average of approximately two hours per site to deliver and setup all materials.Before the week of the deliveries, SBC did a mock-setup of the materials for each publisher to eliminate any surprises and to ensure that the materials were setup in a uniform manner at each site. Of course, some creativity had to be used at certain sites due to space constraints.
SBC Fulfillment continues to be a low-cost, high-quality service provider to all publishers. If you were not on board for the GA State Site Deliveries this year, be sure to sign up next year!
SBC Fulfillment also offers other services such as assembling of sample boxes, sample distributions, book retrievals, product storage, and sample box retrofitting.
Blog 
SBC Fulfillment
