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EStore Order Fulfillment Acceleration Strategies

Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles!

With the launch of Amazon’s Prime Membership back in 2005, the rules of the ecommerce order fulfillment game changed. Amazon Prime offered free two-day and cost-effective one-day/overnight delivery options; exclusive to their members.

According to a survey conducted by LaserShip, 63% of shoppers expect delivery of their orders within three days and the young shoppers are willing to pay a premium for this convenience.

Needless to say that retailers and ecommerce business owners are having a hard time keeping up with these demands. In fact, meeting customers’ demand for speedy deliveries is among the toughest challenges in the supply chain, as mentioned in MHI’s industry report.

Optimizing Waste Management in the Warehouse!

Warehouse Cleaning Checklist! (Infographic)

For the warehousing and light industrial sector, efficient waste management is fast becoming a skill in itself.

For a cost perspective, the storage and disposal of waste by-products can be a major component of operating overheads. With the move towards increased environmental awareness and greener business practices, increasing restrictions and operating requirements will very likely become the order of the day in the near future.

A good waste management plan can minimize monthly overheads, as well as ‘safety-proof’ the operation with respect to local environmental restrictions.

Understanding ECommerce Fulfillment!

Keys to Success in Warehouse Management/Order Fulfillment! (Video)

Successful eCommerce businesses all have one thing in common: terrific eCommerce fulfillment.

You might have the best product in the world. Your website is epic. And your sales funnel slides your customers easily to the checkout.

If your eCommerce fulfillment doesn’t run smoothly, however, your web-based business will be all splash and no cash.

ECommerce fulfillment may not be the thing that gets you excited about your online business. However, it is a crucial element of your success in online retail.

The Shipping and Receiving Process Guide! (Infographic)

A Comprehensive Warehouse Safety Guide!

We have talked about why choosing proper 3PL logistics services and a trucking company with a modern warehouse management system (WMS) for shipping and receiving and warehousing is crucial to any successful supply chain management process.

Within the supply chain process, there is a much smaller piece of the puzzle that is arguably the most critical component in maintaining accurate inventory:

The Inbound and Outbound Logistics Process. That is, Shipping and Receiving!

Electric Forklift Pros and Cons!

Critical Forklift Safety Tips! (Infographic)

Electric forklifts are an excellent choice for certain applications, but they aren’t the right fit for every job.

In order to help you decide if an electric forklift will work for your business, here are the pros and cons of using this type of forklift.

Revolutionizing Warehouse Operations with Cutting-Edge Laser Systems!

Laser Marking: The Revolutionary Cutting-Edge Technology!

Efficiency is a critical element in warehousing. It’s essential for the smooth functioning of supply chains, impacting everything from timely delivery to accurate inventory management. As warehouses seek to optimize their operations, the integration of innovative technologies becomes increasingly relevant.

Laser systems are at the forefront of technological advancements that are transforming warehouses. These systems go beyond precision. They’re reshaping the way warehouses operate. By offering a new level of accuracy, safety, and speed, they’re becoming indispensable in modern logistics and supply chain management.

Warehouse Cleaning Checklist! (Infographic)

A Comprehensive Warehouse Safety Guide!

Maintaining a high standard in warehouse cleanling is about more than just creating a more pleasant and attractive workplace. It can in fact contribute to greater safety, better employee health, longer-lasting equipment, reduced merchandise damage, and increased productivity.

Warehouses can be hectic environments at the best of times, so sometimes it can be hard to find time for cleaning. To keep your warehouse spic-and-span, try to allot a few minutes at the end of every day for cleaning. Deep cleans do not need to be done as often, but you should aim to schedule them in at least once a month.

What are the Top Warehouse KPIs to Succeed?

8 Ways to Improve Your Warehouse Fulfillment Efficiency!

Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide an invaluable way to judge the efficacy of operations, determine opportunities for improvement, improve customer experiences, and better manage supply chain functions, including warehouse management.

Supply chain leaders that wish to remain proactive to risks of disruption and improve operations need to understand the top warehouse KPIs and how they can mean the difference between success and failure. This blog is the first in a two-part series where Veridian, a supply chain technology implementation company, will share the top 19 warehouse KPIs that track performance in the following areas:

Internal Operations
Staffing
Suppliers
Customers

Do You Need a Forklift?

Critical Forklift Safety Tips! (Infographic)

The forklift is one of the most essential and useful pieces of equipment across multiple sectors, so if you are considering the titular question, chances are that you need one.

To know if you and your company really need a forklift right now, simply answer the following questions.

Pop Up Distribution Centres – A Logistics Crisis Solution!

Logistics at Risk! Charter, Outsource, or Vertically Integrate?

The concept of Pop Up retail stores have been around for a long time. Whether testing a new brand or serving a short season like Halloween or Christmas a Pop Up store is a temporary solution to satisfy a short term need.

Right now we are faced with a global logistics crisis. Container ships are back logged at ports and truck drivers and transportation equipment are in short supply. And businesses are scrambling to get their inventories positioned to satisfy demand for Holiday and beyond.

One potential solution to help through the Logistics crisis is to start deploying Pop Up Distribution Centres. This concept can help mitigate the impacts of crisis and help companies salvage their businesses during the Holiday season and beyond.

Evolution of Warehouse Scanning Technologies in the Digital Era

Disruptive Warehouse Technologies for Any Company!

The Warehouse is a central part of Supply Chain Management in any organization. The majority of companies where physical warehouse operation forms a bigger component of the total labor cost are primarily concerned about achieving the dual goals of warehousing cost optimization and the improvements in labor productivity. Automation, such as scanning technologies, is a boon to achieve these two important goals in any warehouse operations.

Over the years, warehouse automation has seen huge tectonic shifts, especially in the recent era of digital modernization. Scanning various labels on the products and materials during receiving, storing, picking and shipping processes is witnessing a tremendous technological changes over the past decades. Scanning is considered as the most labor intensive operation in the warehouse.

From Click to Ship in 4 Minutes! Ultimate Principles for World Class Fulfillment!

Disruptive Warehouse Technologies for Any Company!

The capability we had in E-Commerce order fulfillment was rather basic. We had employees manually pushing carts up and down standard warehouse racking aisles picking goods off of shelves. And when they had completed an order or a set of orders they would then push the entire cart back to a centralized order packing station.

As a Supply Chain Services company we needed a dramatically better capability if we were wanted to have customers trust their growing E-Commerce business with us. Pushing carts around a warehouse is both inefficient and lacks innovation.

We had to go back to the drawing board. But in doing so we would end up with a World Class solution!

To DC Or Not To DC? That is the Warehouse Design Question!

Network Optimization Success Criteria!

The fast growing E-Commerce channel makes it an attractive avenue for most companies to participate in. The tremendous amount of investment required to participate in online product sales requires explicit decision making as to how a company is going to fulfill those orders. You need a warehouse design strategy to provide your fulfillment solution.

The E-Commerce Fulfillment solution you choose must take into account your customer’s demands, your competitive pressures, and the financial constraints that most companies have to deal with.

Understanding the Role of a Loading Bay Dock House!

Critical Forklift Safety Tips! (Infographic)

A loading bay dock house is the complete solution for loading in busy warehouses and industrial settings. As a stand-alone pod, they can be installed directly onto the external building face to create a weatherproof environment to load and unload vehicles.

What’s the Difference Between Logistics and Distribution?

What’s the Difference Between Fulfillment and Replenishment?

What is the difference between Logistics and Distribution?

On the surface some people may consider them synonymous. Without consulting a dictionary both Logistics and Distribution suggest imagery involving the movement of goods.

But to anyone who works in Supply Chain, in particular with a title including either the term Logistics or Distribution, or if you work in a Distribution Centre or for a Logistics company, then there are distinct differences between these words.

But are there also commonalities?