Warehousing
Life Science Outsourcing offers industry-leading warehousing services as part of turnkey fulfillment and distribution solutions for the medical device sector.
Life Science Outsourcing’s FDA-certified fulfillment warehouse has over 30,000 square feet of secure storage space, and our team has the experience and expertise to provide cost-efficient and effective storage solutions.
Secure, Scalable, and Compliant Warehousingas Part of Our End-to-End Solutions
Reliable warehousing is critical to protecting medical devices while ensuring efficient distribution. As part of our end-to-end solutions, we provide secure, climate-controlled storage, real-time inventory tracking, and seamless order fulfillment. With optimized logistics and compliance-driven processes, we help you streamline operations and reduce costs.
What is warehousing?
Medical device manufacturers rely on fulfillment and distribution partners with extensive warehousing capabilities to streamline storage, shipping, and tracking.
Life Science Outsourcing’s warehousing and distribution services are designed to do exactly that. By tapping into our existing infrastructure in Southern California, our customers can quickly and cost effectively pool their regional inventory. This enables them to better control inventory, service their hospitals and sales reps, and significantly save shipping costs. Our distribution services, in conjunction with our loaner kit processing services, allow our clients to reduce the inventory they need in southern California while enhancing sales.
- 30,000 square foot warehouse and shipping facility
- Secure GMP warehouse facility
- Bar code capabilities
- Three shipping docks with bay doors
- Truck-friendly access for up to 53 foot trailers
- Cold storage
- Climate controlled storage
- 100% of same day/courier shipping requests received before 12:00PM PST will ship the same business day
- 100% of overnight shipping requests received before 6:00 PST will ship the same business day
- 100% of overnight shipping request for southern California received before 10:00PM OST will ship the same business day.
- Drop shipping is available Receive Order by Phone/Fax/Email from Customer
- Pick finished goods using FIFO system
- Inspect and pack finished goods for distribution
- Provide daily/weekly/monthly reports upon request
- Overnight ground shipping service to Los Angeles, San Diego, and Las Vegas Metropolitan areas
Who needs warehousing?
Orthopedic warehousing and distribution
Because orthopedic kits contain so many instruments and implants, they are incredibly expensive to manufacture and end up tying up significant capital. One of the best ways to drive down that capital need is by increasing the amount of revenue each set of instruments and implants can make for you. By pulling your underused inventory back from hospitals and distributors and placing it in a regional warehouse, you can provide better support to your customers while maximizing the number of surgeries per orthopedic kit.
Warehousing capabilities
A reliable partner can help your company be successful with the right facilities and services capable of scaling with your future growth. Life Science Outsourcing offers:
How does warehousing work?
Our warehouse and fulfillment services offer the following benefits:
- Bulk discounts on packaging, shipping, and supplies
- Reduced storage and overhead costs
- An effective streamlined process
- More time to focus on your business’s core strengths
- Freedom from physical inventory
- Flexibility to expand or minimize the size of your business
- Decreased liability
Shelf and shipping box design and configuration
Through our extensive work with startups, Life Science Outsourcing’s engineering teams have regularly manufactured products for clinical trials. For clinical trial production, our experts provide label designing, tooling and fixture designing, risk analysis, failure mode effect analysis (FMEA), product inspections, and process validations.
What standards apply?
Specific standards and regulations must be met for warehousing and distribution of medical devices. They are designed to protect the quality and integrity of devices to ensure safe delivery to the end user. Some of these standards are set forth by the FDA, such as the Quality System Regulation (QSR) and others recommended by ISO, such as the Medical Devices Quality Management Systems.
Why LSO?
Whether you’re looking to distribute medical supplies to clinics across the nation or marketing materials to your sales force or customers, Life Science Outsourcing has the solutions and expertise to accommodate your needs.
Through our comprehensive suite of solutions, Life Science Outsourcing coordinates support services such as sterilization validations and package testing and validations. In addition, our engineers can assist you in defining and developing assembly processes, writing product and packaging specifications, and creating validation protocols and reports.
Our location in Brea, California allows us to quickly and cost effectively provide same day and next day delivery to the Los Angeles and San Diego Metropolitan areas. While our proximity to the Ontario UPS Hub at the LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), as well as 3 additional local airports [Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Long Beach Airport (LGB), John Wayne Airport (SNA)], and the Ports of Los Angeles and Long beach, allow us to support next day delivery to the entire US, and to provide multiple international shipping options.
Full EtO Validation
Comprehensive packages for regulatory compliance.
Flexible Sterilization Cycles
From fractional to full cycles with EtO residual testing.
Robust Qualification
Secure with 2X qualification.
Choice of PCDs
Tailored to your sterilization needs.
FDA-Registered
Manufacturing Facility
ISO 13485
Certified Quality System
12 Cleanrooms
Class 5–8
125,000+ Sq Ft
Regulated Manufacturing
3 Facilities
CA | NH | Costa Rica