Assess transit-time maps for your top ZIPs, dock-door counts and staging capacity, ceiling heights and racked SKU density, WMS integration with your OMS, inbound cross-dock capability, and access to regional carriers. Evaluate SLA terms for pick accuracy, cut-off times, and claims handling to ensure alignment with customer promises.

Positioning in Salina reduces average ground zones for central U.S. customers, often lowering parcel spend and enabling faster two‑day ground coverage to large Midwest markets. It can also shorten LTL lanes to western and mountain regions; model parcel zone and transit impacts using your order distribution to quantify savings.

Expect configurable racking, sufficient dock door density, selective or automated storage options, barcode-driven WMS, tiered kitting and returns workflows, and API-level carrier integrations. For high-volume SKUs, confirm sortation, conveyor, and batching capabilities to maintain throughput and accuracy.

Request historical throughput data and seasonal performance reports, tour the facility during a busy period, review staff augmentation plans and temp labor models, confirm insurance and regulatory compliance, and test operational KPIs such as pick accuracy, on-time shipments, and chargeback history. Use a small pilot before full migration.