GoShip Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

In today’s eCommerce climate, consumers expect all items to be delivered to their door. Cushioned envelopes are less expensive to ship than boxes since they take up less capacity in transit. Most retail companies can fulfill this request, but shipping fragile items is another story.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

International transportation is dealing with ongoing challenges of tighter capacity. From import space and export space tightening up and a hot drayage market causing capacity constraints to volatile air freight rates – international transportation has had its share of challenges the last 10-12 months. Drayage Capacity Issues Remain.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 30, 2023

would put you in the middle 60% of ecommerce stores according to this benchmark. Today we’re going to look at how to calculate ecommerce conversion rates, identify some things that may be turning customers away, and what you can do to improve conversion rates. What is an Ecommerce Conversion Rate? Anywhere between 0.2%

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GoShip Blog

JULY 7, 2022

If you own an eCommerce store, optimizing your business for same-day deliveries can be beneficial both to your business and to your customers. Before you increase the demand for goods, it’s essential to investigate your current capacity and what delivery methods you have in place.

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Ottawa Logistics

AUGUST 19, 2018

Once, shoppers would have had to perform their yearly pilgrimage to the shopping malls to get everything they need but today, eCommerce is the new crowd-free shopping mall alternative. 5) Website Speed, Load Capacity, and Security. If your eCommerce portal is not yet set up to be SSL secure, now is a good time. Are you ready?

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Locus

MAY 2, 2023

The key drivers contributing to this rise in the cost of fulfillment are: Demand for quicker fulfillment Rising complexities of e-commerce logistics like returns The dire need to increase capacity to meet growing demand What do customers expect from D2C and omnichannel retailers? Are you looking to simplify multi-carrier delivery management?

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, you want to start an ecommerce business. We’re happy to tell you that there are far more options than those two seemingly opposite paths to success (and many, many ecommerce businesses go both ways)! Take a seat as we explore the differences between ecommerce stores and ecommerce marketplaces, and list the pros and cons of each.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

When you think about eCommerce order fulfillment , from checkout to delivery, there are about a million things that have to happen perfectly to ensure an order is fulfilled accurately and received on time. As an eCommerce fulfillment company , our goal is 100% accuracy. How eCommerce Order Tracking Works.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2024

Amazon in the news: Amazon’s Prime orders are getting delivered faster and faster Hawaiian Airlines slowly adds freighters for Amazon business Walmart in-store AI is giving employees advice on how to sell products USPS delivery unit proposal sparks service, cost concerns for shipping partners White House earmarks $1.5B

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Well if you have worked in an eCommerce or a retail logistics team, you would definitely understand the hustles… The post Flash sale events! How to win the last mile on days like Black Friday or Thanksgiving appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News. What’s with same-day or next-day deliveries?

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CH Robinson Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2021

This is especially true in the retail space, as a surge in ecommerce and pandemic-driven demand volatility increased the rate of change in an already rapidly evolving industry. Align the largest pool of reliable transportation capacity to the specific needs of your demand plan. Improve service. Increase savings.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

Online to inflight, ecommerce is transforming international express courier services, writes Matthew Ware, CEO at CFL , Chairman at Aviation Services UK. It is widely believed that Sting’s “Ten Summoner’s Tales” was, in 1979, the first ever item purchased online – marking the birth of ecommerce.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 16, 2020

This is a looser capacity market. On the other hand, tightened capacity means harder times finding space for shipments and higher rates for shippers. The post Top Small Business Shipping Mistakes & How to Avoid Them appeared first on FreightCenter. Rates are impacted based on economic conditions carriers are facing.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

at Changi, but is heavily dependent on belly capacity in passenger jets. The ban on western airlines flying in Russian airspace reduces capacity but is leading to new lanes. He identified key verticals: perishables, pharmaceuticals, ecommerce, oil/gas and advanced materials. But it is quite flat so we are cautious.”

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 7, 2018

The rapid growth of ecommerce is driving deep changes in logistics, from tightening up trucking capacity to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery processes. Routing optimization and analysis of shipping capacity are shaping up as good niches for predictive analytics, says Vernon. Combating Trucking Constraints.

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Ship Monk

MAY 31, 2023

When you launch an ecommerce business, you make a lot of promises: to yourself, to your family, to your investors, and to your customers. Meeting customer expectations is the key to a successful ecommerce business. What do Ecommerce Customers Expect? Which one do you think it is? We can help you with that!

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Ottawa Logistics

MARCH 24, 2022

We are more than ready to help you protect your investment in any capacity that you need us. Ecommerce Customer Retention. ecommerce fulfillment. ecommerce packaging and shipping. how to lower costs. TAGS: best practices. customer retention. customer retention tips. customer satisfaction. distribution. efficiency.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 30, 2023

There seem to be about a million metrics to watch if you want to run a successful ecommerce business. You can track as many metrics as you want, but not every performance indicator qualifies as a KEY performance indicator (KPI) for your ecommerce business. Which ones are the most important? Well, that depends on your goals.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

If you also happen to be an ecommerce business owner, you’d better be upping your m-commerce game. Because it’s estimated that over 50% of all ecommerce purchases during the 2022 holiday season were made on a smartphone. Ecommerce, Mobile Commerce, and Social Commerce Explained Before we get started, here are a few definitions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

This implementation is gathering momentum, and being agile is key to businesses meeting customer demand in the ecommerce era. Therefore, there needs to be an understanding of how to best make use of automation, and more so in markets with lower product margins. However, there are complexities when introducing any type of automation.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Is your ecommerce business one of those that’s been growing steadily in recent years, and seen an absolute boom since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged? So what do you need to do to prevent high demand from being a double-edged sword and potentially stymieing your ability to compete in the lucrative, but fierce ecommerce marketplace?

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CH Robinson Logistics

MARCH 25, 2021

Perfect for ecommerce. In a world where ecommerce has become the norm, businesses need to ensure their shipping methods line up with the needs of their customers. The LTL shipping process results in fewer trucks carrying full loads, rather than more trucks carrying less than their capacity. Carrier capacity.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

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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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

Transforming your supply chain for greater resilience requires a 3PL partner with technology, expertise, access to multimodal capacity, communication, partnerships, and more. Wholesale food distributors and producers had to figure out how to sell directly to the public. COVID-19 exposed vulnerabilities in food supply chains.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 20, 2023

Welcome back to the ultimate guide for enhancing your ecommerce knowledge! In PART 2 of our epic ecommerce terms guide and glossary, we’re here for you—the ecommerce merchants and entrepreneurial warriors of the world—to explain key terms relating to ecommerce, logistics, fulfillment, inventory, and more.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JUNE 23, 2021

Ecommerce has been steadily growing for years, but the boom in 2020 has had a significant impact on just about everything. Value added warehouse solutions rely on established processes and capacity strategies to optimally position freight for successful deliveries and high order accuracy. Meeting demands during the retail revolution.

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CH Robinson Logistics

APRIL 19, 2021

This effectively reduces active capacity in the network. Many truck driving schools not yet at full capacity, so we know there are not as many new drivers as there could be entering the workforce. This lagging effect carried well into March as all surface modes struggled to catch up with the bottle neck of freight and capacity.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As we move into the busiest time of year for ecommerce businesses, the specter of sky-high shipping costs is still haunting us all. And what do these rising costs mean for ecommerce businesses that rely on small-parcel shipping carriers to deliver their orders? What Can Ecommerce Businesses Do? respectively.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Growing businesses will sooner or later need more capacity in their supply chain to fulfil larger sales volumes. Using WMS to increase factors such as occupancy, throughput, and data and task accuracy can all help to increase the capacity of an existing warehouse. The first is to ensure maximum utilisation of every available space.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

To support this, the racking system has a capacity of around 65,000 locations for customer goods. It has allowed us to significantly expand our expertise in how to apply, design, and implement AMR order fulfilment systems, and we intend to continue to grow this line of business globally,” says Heath.

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GoShip Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The lack of transportation capacity is one of the most significant problems in modern supply chains and logistics. Even though the industry seems to develop at high speed, some setbacks like capacity challenge are still causing trouble in massive delivery operations. Why do capacity challenges arise? medical supplies).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2019

Linus comments that, “It’s no secret that ecommerce and online shopping have disrupted the retail environment like no one could have imagined. My next question for Linus was how to get all of the vendors working together in a consolidation process. Critical components for success. Getting started and defining the benefits.

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GoShip Blog

JULY 26, 2022

The rapid development of eCommerce in recent years has allowed small businesses to spawn their products online and significantly increase their income. How to meet customer delivery expectations? Thus, you’ll have the required capacity and won’t waste time seeking available shippers. Why delivery expectations keep growing.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Coordinating these transportation methods and managing the fluctuating demand to ensure sufficient capacity is available for the uninterrupted movement of fruits and vegetables along the supply chain journey can be a complex endeavor. The primary modes of transport include trucks, ships, and planes.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Ecommerce businesses can find out how to save costs, reduce shipment volumes, and boost packaging performance by visiting stand 500. These future-focused businesses are looking for systems that can cut waste, reduce ‘shipped air’ in transport, and provide capacity for further expansion.”.

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EazyStock

MAY 20, 2020

Manufacturers, suppliers and wholesalers across the US have been forced to adopt new ways of working with social distancing closing offices and reducing operational capacity. Adjusting production and distribution capacity: Understanding new operational capacity limits, while still ensuring employee and customer safety.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Let’s begin with a look at network planning, because whether your company requires one warehouse or five, your service, efficiency, and costs will be influenced heavily by your choice of location and capacity. This requirement, in turn, will influence decisions about the number of warehouses required, and their capacity.

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