Host, Eitan Koter is joined by Leo Rodriguez, Vice President at River Plate Inc., a fulfillment company with over 33 years of experience helping brands ship smarter. River Plate works with everyone from beauty and toy brands to influencer-led lifestyle companies, so Leo has seen pretty much everything.
In this episode, Leo talks about why your 3PL should feel like a partner, not just a vendor, how to spot when something is going wrong before it becomes a bigger problem, and what fast growing brands usually get wrong when they start scaling. He also gets into how bundling, returns, and data dashboards all connect back to keeping customers coming back.
If your fulfillment partner feels more like a vendor than a partner, this episode will tell you exactly why that’s costing you.
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Guest: Leo Rodriguez, Vice President, River Plate, Inc.
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Takeaways:
- Price is the worst reason to pick a 3PL
- Get your 3PL involved before you’re ready to ship
- Multi-carrier shipping saves real money at scale
- Your fulfillment data is a goldmine, start using it
- Slow returns processing loses you customers
- Track speed, accuracy and chargebacks, everything else is noise
- Proactive beats reactive every single time
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to River Plate and Logistics
02:00 Choosing the Right 3PL: Common Mistakes
06:25 Optimizing Shipping Costs and Customer Experience
12:03 Creating High-Performing Fulfillment Operations
14:37 Scaling Operations for Fast-Growing Brands
17:41 The Role of 3PLs in Customer Retention
20:09 Key Performance Indicators for Logistics
22:12 Identifying Red Flags in 3PL Performance
25:30 Future Trends in Logistics and E-commerce
27:32 Target Customers for River Plate
30:46 How to Connect with River Plate
