In recent decades the world has become much, much smaller than it used to be. The internet and significant improvements to transportation infrastructures has turned the world into one globalized market. This global market offers businesses opportunities to reach new customers and secure a diverse selection of new workers, materials, and products. Though the opportunities …
A Best Practice Guide to Understanding Kitting Fulfillment and How to Apply it to your eCommerce Business. We put together this guide to help you better understand kitting fulfillment services, best practices, and how it applies to your supply chain. This guide will also explain why using a fulfillment partner like Flowspace is the best …
Let’s face it, Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) set the bar high for e-retailers. Amazon’s advanced fulfillment network has the resources, technology, and capability to provide free, fast, flexible shipping to anywhere on the planet. Same day shipping is quickly becoming the norm, and for many e-retailers, the only way to meet customer expectations is to …
As your business grows your operations have to evolve to meet the changing demands of your business. That’s not a bad thing. Growth is good, and expanding your operations to keep pace in a larger market is a good problem to have, but it is a problem, nonetheless. If you are asking yourself if you …
There are many reasons why a retailer would seek an alternative to selling on Amazon and all of them are valid. Love them or hate them, Amazon isn’t going anywhere. Like the river whose name it shares, Amazon frequently changes its direction forcing retailers to adapt, or risk drowning in the flood. Fortunately, there are …
Until recently, the order fulfillment process has been over-burdened by inefficiencies that cost billions in wasted time, money, and manpower. Thankfully, as technology for order fulfillment advance, capabilities evolve, decision making becomes more efficient, and the customer experience improves. Progressive fulfillment providers understand this cycle of technological improvements and the value that it provides to …
Top Cities for E-Commerce Fulfillment Consumers have high expectations, and now more than ever do those expectations dictate the operations of e-commerce retailers. From what they want, to where and when they want it, the consumer determines the parameters in which every e-commerce retailer must operate to stay in business. From shipping and warehousing to …
What are the Different Types of Order Picking? When fulfillment operations are considered as a whole, it’s easy to see why shipping and warehousing receive most of the technical praise. Shipping is the face of every e-commerce delivery, and fulfillment warehouses are incredibly advanced structures capable of housing an astonishing amount of inventory. Behind the …
The holiday season is full of cheer, presents, and tasty food for consumers across the country. However, for the retailers charged with keeping store shelves stocked with inventory, the holiday season is a frenzied scramble to forecast, service, and adapt. How Do Retailers Prepare For The Holiday Season If you’re a retailer looking to sail …
The San Francisco Bay Area is the second largest port area in California, which puts it in league with some of the busiest ports in the world. The Bay Area is centrally located on the west coast, conveniently nestled between Los Angeles in the South, and Seattle to the North. Thus, the Bay Area serves …