A Special Delivery
Is Required for
GREAT
SUPPLY CHAIN
PARTNERS
Some Very Special
Bedding Products
A manufacturer and marketer of memory-foam mattresses and adjustable bases and support systems
requires in-home setup of its product line. NonstopDelivery has just the white gloves the job needs.
ave for the TV, it's difficult to
image any appliance or piece of
furniture that most of us spend
more time with every day than
our bed. Unlike the television
set, however, whose channels and program you can change all you want, there's
not much you can do with a bed outside of
the cosmetic once you've bought it and set
it up. You either like its support or you
don't. The mattress is either right or it's
not. Because of the cost involved, making
changes can be prohibitive for most of us,
so it's important to get everything right
when you make the buy.
Officials at Group 180 Personalized
Sleep Experts think they can steer you correctly on every point: comfort, support,
appearance, cost and delivery. Delivery?
Well, yes, you've got to get the thing home,
and the kind of bedding and support systems Group 180 manufactures and markets
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can't be tossed in the well of the minivan.
And it needs to be set up in the customer's
residence as well, and that can involve
some expertise.
Group 180 and its suppliers take care of
the manufacture of memory-foam mattresses, pillows, mattress protectors,
adjustable bases and other accessories. It's
that delivery and setup that's outsourced.
That's where NonstopDelivery comes in.
The Chantilly, Va.-based logistics services
provider offers complete white-glove delivery and setup, though not from the client's
showroom because Group 180's business
model doesn't work like that.
Group 180 is a division of Fredman
Brothers Furniture of St. Louis. For almost
50 years, Fredman has marketed bedding
products under the Glideaway and Sleep
Harmony brands. In addition to mattresses
with adjustable bases that raise up, Fred-
man's product line includes foldaway and
hideaway bedding. The Group 180 division
markets largely the same type of products
but they are sold almost entirely through
temporary showrooms at home and garden
shows, remodeling expos and state fairs,
according to Sarah Anderson, Group 180
sales and service coordinator.
