Require SLA-backed KPIs such as order accuracy, on-time shipment rate, inventory accuracy, dock turnaround, and lead-time to shipment. Validate WMS/TMS integrations, real-time inventory visibility, and contingency plans for peak volumes to ensure scalable eCommerce and B2B operations.

Confirm proximity to major highways and feeder routes, availability of transloading and pallet consolidation, bonded storage or customs brokerage, and reliable carrier lanes into target markets. These reduce dwell time and improve predictability for cross-border flows.

Compare rent and storage rates per sqm, pick-and-pack fees, inbound/outbound handling, value-added services, local transport rates, customs and paperwork fees, minimum throughput commitments, and fuel or peak surcharges to estimate true per-order costs.

Place inventory close to high-demand zones, require carrier SLAs and multi-carrier options, ensure parcel integration for tracking, use micro-fulfillment or satellite locations where needed, and negotiate transparent reverse logistics and returns handling.