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For overseas brands, selling in New Zealand usually means juggling importing, a warehouse, couriers, freight forwarders, customer emails, accounting and invoicing, all from another country and time zone.
4PL (fourth-party logistics) brings all of that under one local partner. RPC Logistics acts as your New Zealand representative: we can be your local importer of record, hold your stock, take and process orders, look after your customers, manage carriers and freight, arrange your local accounting processes, invoice on your behalf and report back to you.
RPC is a family-owned New Zealand logistics company, operating since 1984 with our own warehouses and trucks in Auckland.
One local team handles your imports, orders, customers, carriers and stock, so you don’t have to manage several suppliers from overseas.
Run your New Zealand distribution without hiring local staff or setting up a warehouse of your own.
Regular reporting on stock, orders and deliveries, so you always know what’s happening in New Zealand.
A 3PL stores and ships your stock. A 4PL runs the wider operation for you. Here’s how they compare:
| 3PL | 4PL with RPC | |
|---|---|---|
| Storage & fulfilment | Yes | Yes |
| Importer of record & customs | You arrange | We handle |
| Orders & customer service | You manage | We manage |
| Carriers & freight | Often you manage | We choose and manage |
| Accounting & invoicing | You manage | We arrange |
| Reporting | Stock reports | Stock, orders and deliveries |
| Local point of contact | Warehouse only | Your NZ team |
As your New Zealand 4PL partner, RPC can look after six key areas:
We can act as your local importer of record and coordinate customs clearance for your shipments into New Zealand.
We receive and process orders from your New Zealand customers and answer their questions about orders and deliveries.
We choose and manage the right carriers, from our own trucks to courier partners and international freight.
Your stock is stored in our Auckland warehouse with batch and expiry tracking, then picked, packed and dispatched.
We arrange the local accounting processes your New Zealand operation needs, working with our accounting partners.
We can invoice your New Zealand customers and give you regular reports on stock, orders and deliveries.
Orders go out on our own trucks across Auckland and nationwide, with courier partners for parcels. We manage the carriers, bookings and delivery questions, so your customers get their orders on time and you don’t need to deal with multiple freight companies.
Our Auckland site is HACCP and RMP certified and runs an ISO 9001 quality system. Stock is tracked by batch, serial and expiry, recall processes are tested, and the site has 24/7 camera surveillance, so food, FMCG and health brands can trust us with their products.
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4PL (fourth-party logistics) is when one partner manages your whole supply chain in a market on your behalf, including importing, orders, customer service, carriers and freight, warehousing, invoicing and reporting, rather than just storing and shipping stock.
A 3PL stores, picks, packs and dispatches your stock. A 4PL does that and also manages the wider operation for you: importing, taking orders, looking after customers, choosing and managing carriers, accounting processes, invoicing and reporting.
Yes. RPC can act as your local importer of record and coordinate customs clearance, so overseas brands can bring stock into New Zealand without their own local entity handling imports.
No. RPC can act as your local point of contact for New Zealand imports, orders, customers and carriers, and arrange your local accounting processes, so you can sell here without your own local team.
Yes. Our customer service team can receive and process orders, answer customer questions, invoice your New Zealand customers and provide regular reporting on stock, orders and deliveries.
We deliver on our own trucks across Auckland and nationwide, and use courier partners for parcels. We choose the right option for each order and manage the carriers for you.
