February 2013
| Business World Magazine | 243
There is but one ultimate objective in this life, the Dalai Lama once said. It is to help others.
He called this “our prime purpose.” Helping others by providing solutions for needs involv-
ing distribution, warehousing, and freight consolidation is the prime function of an enter-
prise that has become recognized as a prime resource of support to retailers throughout
America.
Prime Distribution Services (PDS) is an in-
dustry leader in providing cost-effective na-
tional distribution programs. PDS improves
retail suppliers’ businesses by providing in-
novative supply chain solutions while de-
livering reduced cost, improved service and
increased capability. With their people and
core values as the foundation, PDS is a busi-
ness partner that delivers world class service.
PDS was founded in 1990 to offer
vendors an alternate means of distribution
to retailers. Their goal was to provide these
vendors with a single point of distribution
that could incorporate warehousing, cross-
docking, packaging andmulti-vendor freight
consolidation into their supply chain. Since
2011, PDS has been a part of Roadrunner
Transportation Systems – a leading asset-
light transportation and logistics service
provider.
The 3PL industry has changed and
evolved since its inception. Through all these