Cutting-edge industry trends and practical tips to make fulfillment excellence a competitive advantage.
Inaccurate billing is one of the fastest ways to lose clients and damage the reputation of your business. Unfortunately, many third-party logistics (3PL) operations still depend on manual processes as part of their 3PL billing and invoicing process. Manual billing practices tend to have a 10-15% error rate. In the age of competitive warehousing, that […]
Batch picking vs. wave picking arguments are not new, but the conversation is necessary if you want to optimize order picking and fulfillment within your warehouse. Research shows that the average warehouse worker spends 80% of their shift walking in a warehouse. Most of that walking time goes to finding and picking items to fulfill […]
Choosing the right warehouse management system (WMS) is key for high-volume order fulfillment, and there is one important element that can determine operational success: WMS integration power. For retailers, distributors, online sellers and third-party logistics (3PL) providers, the strength of a WMS often hinges on its ability to effectively connect with popular ecommerce channels, shipping […]
Imagine if all the systems implemented in your B2C, DTC, or 3PL warehouse could communicate with one another. It would make life so much easier by eliminating the hassle of double data entry, entry discrepancies, and juggling multiple apps to complete one task. Even better, you could have a single source of truth that accurately […]
A well-executed warehouse setup project plan can go a long way towards ensuring a new warehouse gets up and running smoothly. Fulfillment excellence is not achieved with random setups or by organizing inventory organically as it arrives; it takes a deliberate strategy around where certain processes should happen, how specific items should be stored, and […]
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) operations have only become more challenging as ecommerce has evolved. The fulfillment experience has become the make-or-break element for retailers, brands and 3PLs, and the competitive standards that were once attributed to top businesses have now become strict expectations for every shipping warehouse. One could argue that shipping logistics is now the most […]
