Warehouses we connect, not warehouses we run.
We do not own warehouses. Most brands already have one that works, or a 3PL they are happy with, and the expensive problem is rarely the building. It is that the building reports in quantities while the rest of the chain talks about items.
Two situations, one answer.
Whether the site is yours or ours, the item identity is the same and the console does not care which.
You already have a site
Keep it. We connect to the warehouse management system it runs on and read it through the item identity, so inbound, putaway, allocation and dispatch line up with the purchase order and the outbound label. Your warehouse team does not change how they work and does not learn a new screen.
This is the common case. A warehouse that already runs well is an asset, and moving stock costs a season.
You need one
We introduce a partner site in the market you need, under the same contract and the same console. You get the space without running a tender, and the site reports into the same console as the rest of your chain.
If a partner site is the wrong fit for your product or your volume, we say so before you sign.
A warehouse counts. It does not identify.
Stock systems answer how many. That is the right question for replenishment and the wrong one for a recall, a warranty claim, a resale, a customs query or a Digital Product Passport. Reading the same warehouse through an item identity answers both without replacing anything.
What changes at the dock.
In the order your operations team will notice them.
Inbound is announced ahead
Know what is arriving a week ahead, against real items rather than a forecast, so space and people are planned in time. This is the change most warehouse managers feel first.
Receipt reconciles at the dock
What arrives is checked against what was ordered and what was shipped, at item level. Shortages and substitutions surface at the dock rather than at the month end.
Allocation knows the history
The unit being picked carries where it was made, how it travelled and what happened to it. That matters for age, for provenance claims and for anything a regulator may ask about later.
Returns keep their identity
A returned item keeps its identity instead of re-entering stock as an anonymous unit. Grading, refurbishment and resale become traceable.
How to judge us.
Three things decide whether a transport partner is worth keeping.
Rates
Where we hold negotiated rates, they are rebilled at the exact carrier price with zero markup, lane by lane, as a pass-through line on your invoice. Where you hold better rates than ours, you keep them and the labels simply count against your plan allowance.
Running the operation
A named team, reachable by phone, with a background in carrier operations. Exceptions are handled when they appear, not when a customer complains. Every plan includes phone support, and from Growth up your calls and tickets take priority.
Collections and claims
Every invoice line is read against what actually shipped. Surcharges are flagged, disputes are prepared, claims are filed with the evidence already attached. Industry audits typically put surcharges and billing errors at 2 to 5 percent of parcel spend.
Where to go next.
Questions we get asked.
Do you own and operate warehouses?
No. Next Horizon connects the fulfilment sites a brand already uses, and introduces partner sites where a brand needs one in a new market. The buildings and the people in them belong to the operators, who are good at running them.
Do I have to move my stock to use this?
No, and we would usually advise against it. A warehouse that already runs well is an asset. What changes is that its system is read through the item identity, so inbound, allocation and dispatch line up with the purchase order and the outbound label.
Which warehouse management systems do you connect to?
Connections are scoped per account, because warehouse systems vary more than store platforms do. The current list, with status, is on the integrations page. Where a site runs something unusual, the connection is built against its API or its file drop.
What is the practical benefit of item-level over quantity-level stock?
Quantity answers how many you have, which is right for replenishment. It cannot answer which specific unit, which is what a recall, a warranty claim, a provenance question or a Digital Product Passport requires. Item level answers both.
Can you handle fulfilment in a market where I have nothing today?
That is what the partner sites are for. You get space under the same contract and the same console, without running a tender. If the fit is wrong for your product or your volume we will say so before you sign.
How far ahead can the warehouse see inbound?
As far ahead as the identity exists, which with an inbound announcement against real items is typically about a week before arrival, and further when the thread starts at the purchase order.