Global supply chains disrupted as record-breaking queues of container ships are stalled outside major ports A myriad of container ships, like the one pictured above, remain stranded outside American ports. Accordingly, the shipping disruption continues to shake global supply chains and attracts international news. Moreover, cargo vessels contain goods that millions of consumers rely on from their [...]
Crisis at Sea: Container Ships disrupt Supply Chains Across America Retailers around the world may no longer ignore the global container ship and supply chain disruption. In a recent article, Esquire magazine cites an "ongoing traffic jam of huge ships off the California coast." The article estimates hundreds of miles of ships are stranded at [...]
Beauty Products Lead the Way for Online Retail Shopping As we close in on the end of the second decade of the new millennium, it’s apropos to look back a few years at the growth of e-commerce, beauty products and fulfillment service companies. Specifically, a few thoughts about e-commerce and fulfillment projections. According to research [...]
Reverse Logistics and Fulfillment Services As a necessary evil of the online industry "online returns more than doubled in 2020 from 2019," according to the National Retail Federation. In this post we'll look at some factors to consider when thinking about reverse logistics and provide a few strategies to reconsider the good from the bad. A [...]
What is E-Commerce Order Fulfillment? E-commerce order fulfillment includes everything from receiving and storing inventory to shipping packages to customers. Most fulfillment companies provide basic services such as storage, packaging and shipping but not all of them provide complete e-commerce order fulfillment services. A good example is return policies. While order fulfillment always includes the process [...]
Getting the best Fulfillment Company Estimates When you call to get an estimate, or fill out an online form, it's often more about learning the right questions to ask. Most fulfillment company estimates are based off of storing, packaging and shipping; however, especially e-commerce businesses need to understand the entire fulfillment process. Like any service-based [...]
What software do fulfillment companies use? Companies seek software fulfillment when they need assistance receiving, processing and delivering orders to customers. While there are many SaaS solutions and platforms for enterprise-level companies, this post addresses the needs of first-time adapters. Today, fulfillment companies employ one of two types of software for order fulfillment, monthly subscriptions or [...]
Fulfillment Company Software Solutions and Integration Practices If your company is looking for a fulfillment services provider that needs to work with existing software please read on. Likewise if you're learning about fulfillment software for the first time, understanding fulfillment software solutions and integrations practices is key. Basically software in the fulfillment business functions to [...]
Are Fulfillment Companies the Same? About My Fulfillment Company While many fulfillment companies are the same, it's often the most responsive company that wins accounts. That's one of the most important factors for success when thinking about My Fulfillment Company. Another critical success metric isn't an analytic at all, it's proximity. Maybe you asked Siri [...]
The Beginnings: A New Fulfillment Company, Based in Atlanta, Georgia About five years ago, after a successful online mail-order ecommerce run, My FulFillment Company was founded, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Already at home in the nation's 10th largest economy, My Fulfillment Company (MFC) grew out of nutritional supplement industry. With sales exceeding 2 million, the company became [...]