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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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Industry View: DCs Rise to Meet Unprecedented Challenges

Logistics Business Magazine

Of course, businesses normally know when their peak season will occur and they plan for it. Customers are reporting that now even greater amounts of inventory are going from inbound trailers to outbound trailers with minimal rehandling.

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4 Tips to Help You Choose Distribution Centre Locations

Logistics Bureau

Don’t ignore the ecommerce factor. Only if a number of locations all meet the needs of proximity to customers will the comparative cost of land and buildings become important. If a number of locations all meet these needs, then of course the comparative cost of land and buildings becomes important.

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Grow Your Ecommerce Business without Over-Expanding

Ship Monk

No flower wants to stay a seed, no tree wants to stay a sampling, and no ecommerce business wants to stay stagnant. Ecommerce businesses that want to grow then scale successfully and sustainably have to make strategic decisions in every aspect of their operation. How much ecommerce inventory do you need for peak season ?

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

Few retailers can hope to grow, or even survive today, without the ability to sell through ecommerce channels. In an article about online retail that I published at the end of 2019, I highlighted Target’s click-and-mortar retail model, which, even then, was positioning the company as an ecommerce trend-setter. The Dark Store Trend.

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Post-COVID Ecommerce is Booming, But Logistics Issues Abound

Logistics Bureau

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? If so, your enterprise’s good fortunes are probably tempered by the challenges of meeting unprecedented demand for your wares. Is your enterprise a pure-play ecommerce retailer?

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

In this post, I’d like to talk about the key factors that will impact on the optimum facility network and design required to meet your warehousing or storage requirements. Outbound Logistics: Keeping Customers Satisfied. It can go further than this, of course. Planning a Warehouse Network and Design: Key Factors to Consider.