Inbound warehousing is the first physical touchpoint in your supply chain. If receiving is sloppy, every step after it suffers: wrong counts lead to inventory discrepancies, missed damage leads to customer complaints, and slow put-away leads to delayed order fulfillment. At MeisterPrep, inbound operations run from four facilities: Long Beach CA, Des Plaines IL, Houston TX, and Charleston SC. We receive container loads from ports, LTL and FTL deliveries from domestic suppliers, small parcel shipments, and Amazon FBA removal orders. Our Long Beach warehouse is 12 miles from the Port of Long Beach, which makes it a natural first stop for import containers coming off vessels at the port. Charleston is 6 miles from the Wando Welch Terminal. Houston and Des Plaines serve as inland distribution points for freight arriving from suppliers, manufacturers, and redistribution centers across the country. Average inbound processing time is same-day for deliveries arriving before noon and next-business-day for afternoon arrivals. Container devanning (unloading a full ocean container) takes 3-5 hours for a standard 40-foot container with floor-loaded cartons.