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What is a 3PL? How Third-Party Logistics Providers Benefit eCommerce Brands

Ship Monk

3PL —a simple abbreviation for one of the most complex, integrated, helpful entities operating in the eCommerce landscape. 3PL stands for third-party logistics, and at a glance a 3PL partner provides eCommerce brands with solutions to their fulfillment needs. 3PL vs. 1PL, 2PL, 4PL, and 5PL. Don’t worry; you can change later on.

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What’s the Difference Between 1PLs, 2PLs, 3PLs, 4PLs, and 5PLs?

Ship Monk

Of course, if you’re an eCommerce business owner, your paths are almost guaranteed to cross, even if you never actually step foot inside a fulfillment center. For the average eCommerce business owner, outsourcing to a 3PL is a permanent and reliable solution. 4PL (Fourth-Party Logistics). Luckily, we have the scoop.

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Differences Between Fulfillment Center and Distribution Center

ShipLilly

Successful organizations in the eCommerce world can streamline their supply chain through the correct selection of distribution and fulfillment centers depending on their operational needs. Recently, there have been attempts to add new levels of services for suppliers including 2PL, 4PL, and 5PL. What is a distribution center?

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Six supply chain predictions for 2022

Logistics Business Magazine

With capacity constraints, ecommerce growth and driver shortages creating dilemmas for many as well as the increased focus from the industry on environment and machine learning, it was a year that was definitely not without its tests. 2021 saw many major challenges for logistics and supply chain professionals.

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Logistics Provider Finds Sustainable Packaging for Eco Manufacturer

Logistics Business Magazine

Crick-based transport and logistics firm The NX Group has been providing warehousing, ecommerce and retail distribution services for KINN Living, a producer of organic and eco-friendly beauty, laundry and cleaning products, for just over a year. We were also delighted at the firm’s willingness to cater for our packaging requirements.

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How to Reduce 2-Day Shipping Costs

Ship Monk

In the ecommerce industry it’s a feeding frenzy out there—DTC and B2B retailers doing everything they can to get shoppers’ attention. Colossal companies like Amazon created this “new normal” in the ecommerce industry, and all merchants have been forced to follow or get left out in the cold. That’s a problem for ecommerce brands.

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Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in January 2021, “ The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World ”, I highlighted that modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. At SodaStream, which provides 1.5