Trusting Your Fulfillment Company We hope readers of this article are actively looking for a fulfillment company partner they can trust. However, as business owners we each have somewhat different ideas of what trust means. What are the most important things to consider when thinking about trusting your fulfillment company? Most small to medium-sized businesses [...]
All around the world, countries, states, provinces, counties, cities, and even towns are working together to “flatten the curve” of the novel coronavirus. The CDC has recommended social distancing and isolation to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the illness associated with the virus. As a result, numerous businesses have closed, and consumers are relying [...]
Attention Online Retail and Wholesale / Ecommerce Stores with High Sales Volumes If you have found this article because you own or are responsible for an online store then you've come to the right place. Asking questions like "what is order fulfillment" seems obvious; however, getting to the bottom of things is often harder than [...]
The Importance of Operations Management While the ever expanding online space welcomes thousands of new entrepreneurs each year the importance of operations management remains critical. That said, the more astute business person will want to know the difference between supply chain and operations management. Often, however, there is little difference between the two organizational concepts. The most succinct [...]
Kitting Products: Health and Beauty Packaging Many online merchants that specialize in health and beauty products rely on kitting packages direct to consumer with economies of scale as an objective. Kitting health and beauty products has advantages over pick and pack processes, discussed in this post. While fulfillment costs are a major concern for kitting products, [...]
Shipping Delays Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic One Year of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic Online stores and digital merchants are now a year into dealing with shipping delays caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Merchants and vendors, like fulfillment companies, have kept day-to-day operations afloat during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Online merchants hoped the holiday “Shipageddon” [...]
What is the Company Supply Chain? The Supply Chain means different things to different business models but everyone agrees on its importance to success. In our e-commerce driven economy, especially given the challenges of the ongoing pandemic, understanding your supply chain defines profit. The company supply chain is a matrix or network between a customer and [...]
Direct To Consumer Makeup Industry In last month’s article we talked about shopping for makeup and beauty products online while covering a few best practices. From return policies to online influencers our post, “What to know when Shopping for Makeup and Beauty Products Online” was hopefully helpful to online sellers. Now, a closer look at cosmetics [...]
Have a Plan for Safe Holiday Gift Returns The holiday season is over but for many of us gifts are still arriving at our doorsteps. Due to shipping delays, it could be the end of January before there is a need to make plans for safe holiday gift returns. Whether all of your gifts are [...]
What is Order fulfillment? Fulfillment companies must work hard to strategically display and arrange an eCommerce store that drives traffic to become successful. Examples of web traffic that comes from marketing channel management include search engine optimization, paid advertising and a presence in one or more sites like Amazon, Google Shopping or Ebay. In a [...]