CAPABILITY 01
Manufacturing support & line-side delivery
Just-in-time and just-in-sequence delivery of components into production. We synchronize to the customer's beat — not to a generic dock schedule.
- Inventory & min/max management
- Order optimization and parts sequencing
- Manufacturing line-side JIT delivery
- Dedicated transportation as assigned resources
- Synchronized production support
CAPABILITY 02
Warehousing & managed storage
Purpose-designed facilities for commercial and industrial inventory: secured, optimized, and run by RK teams with the discipline our customers require.
- Multi-level racking, bins, bulk flow
- Optimized site layout per BOM
- Automated material handling where the math works
- Dedicated staffing and supervision
- EV battery storage (managed since 2014)
CAPABILITY 03
Value-added services
Hands-on activity performed at the warehouse so it doesn't have to be performed at the production line. Touches eliminated equals lead time recovered.
- Kitting, packing, crating
- Light assembly and labeling
- Shipping & preparation services
- Custom packaging configurations
CAPABILITY 04
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)
U.S. Government-authorized FTZ for secured storage and chain-of-custody handling of imported materials and components. Compliance handled, working capital recovered.
- Duty deferral and elimination programs
- Secured storage with chain-of-custody handling
- Customs & regulatory compliance
- Hazmat-certified handling
CAPABILITY 05
Direct fulfillment — B2B & B2C
eCommerce and wholesale fulfillment in client-branded packaging. Integrated with the customer's ERP and the major commerce platforms they sell through.
- Retail B2C order fulfillment & shipping
- Client-branded packaging at fulfillment
- Client warehouse / back-of-store replenishment
- eCommerce platform integration
- ERP-to-WMS systems integration
CAPABILITY 06
Installation & field service support
Dedicated facilities and personnel that act as an extension of the customer's installation and service operations — particularly for high-precision equipment.
- Spare parts inventory management
- Time-critical order management
- Specialized crating and packing
- On-campus support & "white glove" delivery
CAPABILITY 07
Reverse logistics & asset recovery
Recovery, restocking, repair, and re-deployment of high-value assets. The aftermarket is a real margin lever — we treat it that way.
- Product recovery and storage
- Restocking and light repair
- Spares/parts return and redeployment
- Chain-of-custody recovery
- Certified scrapping of equipment with IP
CAPABILITY 08
Specialized transportation
Dedicated specialized equipment deployed as assigned resources — particularly where freight is fragile, high-value, oversized, or hazardous.
- Fragile, high-value goods handling
- Lab instruments to industrial machinery
- Hazardous goods management
- Time-critical white-glove delivery
- Reverse logistics and specialty routes
CAPABILITY 09
Spare parts management & distribution
A core RK practice. Dedicated service-parts operations support the capital-equipment customers whose production lines cannot wait when a part is needed. We position inventory, stage it, and deliver it — globally — on the customer's clock, not ours.
- Precision inventory positioning & min/max
- Time-critical order management
- Field-engineer service parts
- White-glove delivery to customer sites
- Returns, repair, & redeployment
- Chain-of-custody for IP-sensitive components
CAPABILITY 10
Warehouse to World — global freight forwarding
Ocean, air, and cross-border freight forwarding paired with RK's FTZ facilities and Control Tower visibility. One operator, origin to dock door. Learn more →
- FCL & LCL ocean freight
- Standard, expedited, & on-board courier air
- Licensed customs brokerage
- U.S.–Mexico & U.S.–Canada cross-border ground
- Port drayage & rail intermodal
- Real-time visibility in the Control Tower
CAPABILITY 11
Freight brokerage
Domestic over-the-road and intermodal capacity sourcing for high-technology customers — vetted carriers, active management, full visibility. Brokerage held to the same standard as the warehouse. Learn more →
- Full truckload (FTL) — dry, reefer, specialty
- National LTL coverage
- Rail intermodal coordination
- Expedited & team-driver capacity
- Dedicated & managed-lane programs
- Continuous carrier vetting & compliance
CAPABILITY 12
Engineering support
On-site engineering talent embedded in the RK operation — industrial, mechanical, and process engineers who design the cell, build the fixture, stress-test the flow, and retool when the customer's product evolves. This is the layer between a warehouse and a manufacturing partner.
- Cell design & line layout for manufacturing support programs
- Custom fixture, jig, and tooling fabrication
- Process engineering & time-and-motion optimization
- Capacity modeling, bottleneck analysis, and throughput studies
- Custom packaging engineering for fragile / calibrated / hazardous goods
- Kitting and sub-assembly workflow design
- Ergonomics, safety, and PPE programs tuned to the customer's BOM
- Reverse-logistics engineering — disassembly, reclaim, and re-qualification flows
- Continuous improvement: root-cause analysis, Kaizen, and 5S implementation
- Automation feasibility & integration planning with the Innovation Center