It happens to every retailer; sometimes, an item doesn’t catch on or move like planned. What was thought would be a hit ends up in the warehouse taking up space and costing money. Kitting can be the answer to moving less-popular inventory and driving customer satisfaction simultaneously. What is Kitting? Kitting starts when a company …
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Business is booming for today’s eCommerce businesses. In fact, the market is expected to skyrocket by $10.87 trillion between 2021 and 2025. That’s a 29 percent increase! While this growth is excellent news for online retailers, it also comes with some obstacles—especially for smaller and mid-sized eCommerce and fulfilled by merchant (FBM) operations. In many …
To free up precious space in your organization’s facilities, it makes sense to transfer some of the work to your 3PL partners. And often, you will need kitting to assemble the items into packages for each customer since no two orders are alike. This is why so many companies that are set up for eCommerce …
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If you have ever struggled with manual warehousing itemization, you know just how time-consuming and error-prone it can be. Fortunately, a quality digital management system can do wonders when it comes to streamlining warehouse operations and keeping fully accurate and up-to-date warehouse records. But these systems can be extremely difficult to use, and they are …
Smart business owners know that it’s less time, effort, and money to retain an existing customer than it is to try to get a new customer. Once you have a customer, you must do everything in your power to retain them. Following are five tips for doing just that. 1. Sustain Product Consistency When you …
Since the pandemic, small, medium, and large businesses have struggled to protect their supply chain. The supply chain is the lifeblood of any business, and having it strangled by anything—including COVID-19—is a real danger to the life of a business. It was always important to keep the supply chain moving along unimpeded. Now, with COVID-19 …
Savvy business owners know that scaling up is essential for long-term survival and growth. Not knowing when or how to scale has caused the demise of many a business. The mistake that some business owners make is in thinking that their business is too small to use a 3PL. In fact, not transitioning to a …
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As an entrepreneur developing a new product line, you want to focus on creativity, production, and marketing and leave the order fulfillment to third-party experts with years of experience in shipping and logistics. You’ll find that as your organization grows in size and scope, it will become increasingly important to focus on improving logistics. A huge …
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Your company is starting to see an increase in business, requiring more items to be shipped more frequently. As your bottom line starts to improve, you want to make sure that you keep costs to a minimum when it comes to warehousing products and shipping them out to customers. This is where cartonization becomes a …
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One of the biggest challenges for business owners is handling inventory. With e-commerce, the challenge remains. What to do with inventory, and how to manage all the transactional details of selling online? This is where the advantages of a U.S.-based distribution and fulfillment warehouse come into play. Tips For Operating a Non-inventory e-Commerce Business Operating …
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