When we talk about retail warehousing, the concept has been adapted from continuous declines we’ve seen in available warehouse space here in the United States. This is nothing new and its getting worse. According to the Wall Street Journal, retailers across the country are experiencing a shortage of available warehouse capacity. The 2020 pandemic didn’t make things better…
Location is everything! If you’re somewhat familiar with real estate, you’ve likely heard that phrase at one point or another. In shipping and fulfillment, location is everything too – and when your products are closer to customers, that means they get them faster. When you’re shipping to big cities, you want those items close to…
U.S.P.S. Shipping Zones, Fulfillment Costs, And Transit Times In the world of order fulfillment, it’s vital that you clearly understand the concept of shipping zones. They can affect a lot of different things, but most noticeably, fulfillment cost and shipping transit times. Unfortunately, a lot of ecommerce business owners don’t understand the shipping zone concept…
Choosing the right 3PL provider for your ecommerce business can be a challenge if you don’t have full clarity on the pros and cons. Today, we’ll be helping you make that decision (at the least helping you better understand your scenario so you can ask the right questions). Outsourcing fulfillment to a 3PL is a…
Why The Right Fulfillment Strategy Matters Order fulfillment is the process of receiving goods, then processing and delivering orders to customers. The process starts when a customer places an order and the process ends when they receive what they purchased. Despite that, this process can get deeper. If the customer wants to return a product,…
Warehousing 101: What It Is, It’s Role In Logistics, And Warehousing Services Warehousing is one of the most important components of your supply chain. While it’s a topic that’s often overlooked or not discussed, warehousing and storage affects everything from efficiently managing inventory to getting orders delivered to customers on time. Though the basics of…
3PL – Third Party Logistics – Talking 3PL Order Fulfillment If you’ve been looking for a fulfillment provider, you’ve likely heard of 3PL fulfillment at some point in your search. But.. what is 3PL fulfillment? What is a 3PL? Third-party logistics (abbreviated as 3PL, or TPL) in logistics and supply chain management is an organization’s…
Inventory Reporting Done Right When it comes to retail, both inventory reports and sales reports are priceless in the amount of gold you can get from their data. It doesn’t matter what size your business is, you need the ability to report on inventory, sales, inputs, outputs, etc. You’re going to need to reports that…
If you’re a merchant that sells products directly to your shoppers, you’re providing consumer goods to the public. Technically, if you hire a 3PL company to deliver those goods to your customers, this would be a consumer goods fulfillment service. While you’re using consumer goods fulfillment services, the benefits far exceed just getting products to…
Why Tracking Inventory Is Vital To Your Business Inventory tracking is vital to every company because you want to know what inventory you have and exactly where inventory is at any giving time. It’s so important, larger companies have designated departments to track inventory. Why would you build a whole department to track it? MONEY!…