Prioritize throughput (orders/hour), dock doors and average turnaround, clear height and racked cubic capacity, cold storage zones and validated temperature control, WMS functionality and API integrations, order accuracy/SLA commitments, reverse-logistics capability, and demonstrated scalability for peak seasons.

Close access to US‑101 and CA‑156 and relatively short lanes to Bay Area ports reduce drayage and linehaul costs, shorten transit times to urban customers, improve LTL/TL routing efficiency, and enable tighter delivery windows—lowering overall transport spend and dwell time risk.

Expect multi-temperature rooms, monitored refrigeration with alerts, validated temperature mapping, HACCP-aligned handling procedures, rapid cross-dock for fresh produce, FIFO lot control, and WMS-driven lot/batch traceability to support food-safety and compliance needs.

Track on-time ship SLA, order-to-ship cycle time, order accuracy, parcel cost per order, inventory sync rate between channels, return processing time and disposition outcomes, and availability of real-time reporting and carrier integrations for actionable visibility.