Health and beauty products are sensitive to transit conditions, so our receiving process is more involved than standard inventory. We inspect every inbound shipment for heat damage, cold damage, leaking, crushed packaging, and tampered seals. Each SKU is logged with its lot number, manufacturing date, expiration date, and batch code. For FDA-regulated products (cosmetics, OTC drugs, dietary supplements), we verify that labeling meets current requirements including ingredient lists, drug facts panels where applicable, and required warnings. Any units with packaging damage that would make them unsellable at retail are separated and documented with photos for your review. Most health and beauty shipments are received and put away within 24-48 hours.

Many health and beauty products are sensitive to temperature extremes. Certain formulations can separate, discolor, or lose potency when exposed to temperatures above 85F or below 40F. Our warehouses maintain climate-controlled zones between 60-80F with continuous monitoring. Products that need tighter temperature ranges go into separate sections with additional monitoring. Our WMS enforces FEFO (First Expired, First Out) rotation, so the shortest-dated inventory always ships first. We send automated shelf-life alerts at configurable thresholds — 90 and 60 days before expiration by default. Lot-level tracking means we can isolate any batch in the event of a quality issue or recall within minutes.

Health and beauty products face some of the strictest prep and packaging requirements across all sales channels. For Amazon FBA, we handle restricted category documentation, poly bagging (required for all liquids), suffocation warning labels, and FNSKU application. Products in Amazon’s restricted categories (topicals, supplements, certain cosmetics) require specific prep steps and documentation that general 3PLs often get wrong, resulting in receiving rejections at Amazon FCs. For Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens, we build retail-ready displays and shipper cases per each retailer’s packaging guide, apply GS1-128 labels, and transmit ASNs. TikTok Shop and Shopify D2C orders get custom unboxing presentations with tissue paper, branded inserts, or samples when requested. B2B wholesale orders are palletized to the buyer’s routing guide with correct Ti-Hi configurations.

Every outbound order goes through a final check before it leaves the warehouse. We verify that the correct lot numbers are being shipped, that packaging is intact and presentation-ready, and that all channel-specific labeling is in place. Retail shipments include packing lists with lot numbers, expiration dates, and any retailer-required documentation. D2C orders ship same-day for orders received before our 2 PM local cutoff, with tracking numbers pushed to your storefront. For every shipment, we retain lot-level records showing which lots went to which customers, which supports both FDA traceability and retailer audit requirements. Monthly reports include lot distribution data, inventory aging, and expiration forecasts by SKU.