Ship Monk

OCTOBER 24, 2023

With the right product, right team , and right tools, any small ecommerce brand can effectively challenge big ecommerce brands. 7 Excellent Customer Service Of course getting someone to order one of your products is the pivotal part of your business. Use these tools to carve out a name for yourself and shine in your area.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 10, 2023

These tech tools ShipMonk employs have resulted in 4X faster pick times than the average 3PL and 99.9% order packing accuracy. Fulfillment services with those track records are pivotal to ecommerce businesses during peak season and beyond. Of course there’s the part where orders come in and get picked, packed, and shipped.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Email vs. Other Forms of Communication For many years, email has been the gold standard of communication tools for DTC businesses. Once the recipient clicks/taps through the email, tracking is handed off to another tool, such as Google Analytics. Of course, what you say is just as important as how you say it. The downside?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Supply chain planning involves interaction with different types of information based on internal and external data sources. These data sources are often spread across multiple platforms and come in various formats. Planners spend their precious time collecting and synthesizing the data to drive insights.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 15, 2023

We also hope you’re paying close attention to the data coming in because this will become your baseline for many BFCM seasons to come. Mature ecommerce businesses use every source of data they can get their hands on, from shopping platform analytics to inventory and fulfillment platforms. Did you run out of inventory?

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Ship Monk

MAY 10, 2024

In many states, there’s a tax on shipping (and of course they’re all calculated differently), in addition to sales tax. Ecommerce businesses also need to account for shipping costs that aren’t attached to the original order. Sure, you can track all of this yourself, but working with ShipMonk can put this data at your fingertips.

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Ship Monk

JULY 27, 2022

We’re talking, of course, about demand forecasting, or the process of predicting customer demand for a product or service. Put simply, demand forecasting uses a variety of data to foresee customer demand and inform major business decisions, from launching new products to finding the perfect 3PL partner. What is Demand Forecasting?

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Ship Monk

MARCH 5, 2024

Add to that, the advantage of data available through a sophisticated 3PL platform is as relevant to ecommerce business growth as a good pair of running shoes is to a track star. However, again, that’s only something we’d advise if you meet a certain order threshold in any region. And so on and so on.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 29, 2021

Of course, that is all subjective and again dependent on market stability within individual locations in origin/destination pairings. The action: prioritize carriers within the routing guide based on which are preferred for shipments, depending on origin/destination data. Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2015

At its core, the IoT serves as a way of gathering data and information about a process, but applications of the IoT can detect potential problems within a machine before the machine falters. Throughout the order fulfillment process, ample opportunities for problems, delays, and inefficiencies exist. Automated Data Transfers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

We need problem solvers, people that can work with data from a data analytics perspective. The skills enhancement program, dubbed Strategic Capabilities Planning, will include a mix of internally supply chain programs, systems education and external APICS courses – APICS is now part of the Association for Supply Chain Management.

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Turvo

MAY 27, 2020

Yes, some shippers may need to wait for a longer payment cycle, but for logistics service providers (LSPs), third-party logistics providers (3PLs), and carriers, the order tender to payment, or the order to cash process, can be both exhaustive and expensive. Of course, even shippers have problems. Think about it.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 30, 2023

How to Track Ecommerce Conversion Rates In order to measure your conversion rate, you need to collect the right data, track it for at least a year to set a baseline, and utilize powerful analytics tools to help you make sense of it. So, what is the right kind of data and how do you gather it? Where Should You Start?

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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

While these tools still require some manual input, now there are a multitude of software add-ons that will automate any number of tasks – from inventory optimization to credit card processing to shipping solutions – to minimize mistakes and increase productivity. Focus on eCommerce. Consumers are now used to fast and free shipping.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at some of those challenges and explore potential solutions to help you and your IM team meet the burgeoning demand for fast and accurate order fulfilment. Standardise and Digitise The key to managing complexity, of course, is to be organised.

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Ship Monk

MAY 25, 2023

Third-party logistics (3PL) companies operate their own fulfillment centers, relieving their ecommerce clients of the upfront costs of building their own network. Of course, you can manage your own warehouses and fulfillment, but the upfront costs make it a steep climb. How Do Orders Get Processed? Additional Costs.

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Forto

OCTOBER 30, 2020

How to handle your order fulfilments and stock so you don’t run out of stock at the crucial period. But of course, since Black Friday and Cyber Monday happen every year, even if you take this year to prepare and analyze the market, you could also be better prepared for it the following year.

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Forto

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

How to handle your order fulfilments and stock so you don’t run out of stock at the crucial period. But of course, since Black Friday and Cyber Monday happen every year, even if you take this year to prepare and analyze the market, you could also be better prepared for it the following year.

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Ottawa Logistics

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Not enough resources to meet the scale of orders. Of course, shipping mistakes can also be the customer’s fault, yet the goal of businesses should be to eliminate the blunders they can control while mitigating the ones they can’t. Lack of automation controls with address verification.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2021

To prepare for the massive task at hand, Walmart has put a number of initiatives in place, including training its pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, building a digital scheduling tool, partnering with state and federal agencies, and ensuring all pharmacies had freezers and / or dry ice for vaccine storage.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 5, 2018

Machine learning can help companies make sense of all the data that can be harvested and provide recommendations on how to respond to likely disruptions or opportunities,” says Vernon. The goal is take all this data and be instructive with it, which is where machine learning comes in. Dynamic routing.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 7, 2018

Machine learning can help companies make sense of all the data that can be harvested and provide recommendations on how to respond to likely disruptions or opportunities,” says Vernon. The goal is to take all this data and be instructive with it, which is where machine learning comes in. Dynamic Routing.

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