Ship Monk

JANUARY 26, 2024

Is your ecommerce merchandise considered hazardous materials? What do you, as an ecommerce business owner, need to know about shipping hazmat products? USDOT maintains classifications for different types of hazardous materials. You are about to find out what that means, and how it might affect your daily business operations.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

Effective inventory management has become increasingly crucial for businesses in this fast-paced and rapidly evolving era of ecommerce. Moreover, the ecommerce explosion has brought new and unique challenges that complicate inventory management for enterprises selling online.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This wouldn’t be an ecommerce blog if we didn’t talk about Amazon. So, if you own or manage an ecommerce brand, Amazon has to be one of the first sales channels you consider. Just hop on board the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) bus, and you can outsource all the post-purchase headaches that come with running an ecommerce business.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 6, 2021

An invention of particular note was and continues to be eCommerce, or the selling and buying of goods and services online. We’re not laundry experts, but we do know a thing or two about eCommerce. In 1969, the military developed ARPANET to ensure that critical lines of communication would be maintained in the event of a nuclear attack.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

If that sounds like you, then you’re probably an ecommerce business owner. While ecommerce has experienced boom after boom, 2022 has proven to be an interesting year in its already storied history. Ecommerce growth is expected to be up about 2.5% 2 Analyze Your Past Data and Compare It to Current Trends. Slice of cake.

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Conger

JULY 22, 2021

This is the complete guide to eCommerce warehouse management systems. In it, you’ll learn: What eCommerce is. What eCommerce warehouse management systems are. The 11 best eCommerce warehouse management systems. What is eCommerce? What’s an eCommerce Warehouse Management System? What is eCommerce?

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you’ve read PART 1 of our Ultimate Ecommerce Merchant Guide then you are halfway through absorbing the best lessons any entrepreneur can learn from the previous peak season, and are primed with the right knowledge to restructure for a stronger 2023. Welcome to the ecommerce party! And if you haven’t read PART 1, no worries.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2023

While “going with it” is an acceptable strategy for some areas of the holidays; it’s not a strong plan for ecommerce brands during peak season. Get Faster Shipping Options Peak season is when ecommerce brands of all sizes across all verticals feel the most pressure to deliver on the delivery front. Reduce Cart Abandonment 2.)

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FW Logsitcs

MAY 13, 2024

But managing eCommerce shipping in-house can be a logistical nightmare for high-growth brands. Why e-Commerce Shipping Matters for Business Growth In the competitive world of eCommerce, a seamless customer experience is no longer a luxury. The other challenge they face is maintaining accuracy throughout the fulfillment process.

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Ship Monk

MAY 12, 2022

Gather input from all stakeholders, while maintaining objectivity about your own inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement. Whenever possible, use data to help prioritize needs over wants. The post Is There Ever a Good Time for Ecommerce Brands to Switch 3PLs?

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Ship Monk

MARCH 16, 2023

Any ecommerce business that ships orders directly to consumers (the actual end-users of the product) engages in the process of direct fulfillment. Recently Amazon introduced a new program called Amazon Direct Fulfillment, which is causing some confusion in the ecommerce world. So, read on! What is Direct Fulfillment?

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 24, 2023

If you’ve seen the signs that you’re ready to outsource fulfillment , and you’re getting ready to make the big move, then you’re on the verge of a decision that will benefit your ecommerce brand in a myriad of ways. All these tools are designed to make your business run more efficiently while maintaining accuracy.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 20, 2023

As ecommerce brands grow and their products become more popular, one of the common paths to accelerated growth is having your products get picked up by a specialty store or big-box retailer. Maybe your ecommerce business is not at that stage yet. Can your 3PL handle B2B fulfillment or retail fulfillment? Should you care?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Longer lead times, complex handoffs between logistics providers, data flow between disparate systems…requires a new way of thinking for efficient inventory moves from origin to the final customer efficiently. He also provides insights into merchandising and workforce management solutions and runs RSR’s consumer research.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 20, 2023

Safety nets aren’t just for folks jumping out of airplanes; every ecommerce business owner should have safety nets built into multiple levels of their operations to deal with an industry that is always in flux. Manufacturers can also keep safety stock to cover the ecommerce businesses they work with. What is Safety Stock?

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Ottawa Logistics

MARCH 24, 2022

“Man maintains his poise, balance and sense of security only as he is moving forward,” famed surgeon Maxwell Maltz once quipped. Without constantly maintained warehouse security, any other tech upgrade or customer service enhancement is basically useless. DATA SECURITY. Ecommerce Customer Retention. ecommerce fulfillment.

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ShipLilly

MARCH 3, 2022

To minimize the damage, you should perform the following actions as soon as possible: Maintain open lines of communication with your customers and ensure that they receive the appropriate information at the appropriate time. Supply networks fail from time to time, regardless of preparation, resources, expertise, or experience.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 22, 2022

Fully integrated with NetSuite ERP, the Descartes solution helped Blue Sky to scale fulfilment while leveraging granular operational data to optimise returns management, sales forecasting and warehouse staff retention initiatives. “We

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Retail verses ecommerce picking in a DC are vastly different quantities,” he points out. Indeed, such is the quality of some automated solutions that they are still maintaining and updating systems that are more than 25 years old. We collect so much data,” Buhrmann acknowledges, “we must use it to empower customers. “We

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Ship Monk

JULY 24, 2023

Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes to fill ecommerce orders at a modern-day fulfillment center? You’re going to see how integrated technologies, various forms of automation, and AI robots work side by side with our trained pick-and-pack team members to get ecommerce orders out the door. Short on time? Short on time?

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Ship Monk

JUNE 15, 2022

Understanding both layers of the logistics process can help eCommerce business owners optimize their supply chain, manage customer expectations, and make better decisions about ordering, budgeting, and shipping options. Learn more about ShipMonk’s eCommerce fulfillment services. Inbound Logistics. Outbound Logistics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

It has allowed Kite Packaging to significantly improve their processes by undertaking the responsibility of stock checking, enabling the company’s workforce to focus on order fulfilment to meet the rising demand for ecommerce whilst maintaining outstanding customer service.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 7, 2023

Having goals and actively monitoring, measuring, and making changes to achieve them is how ecommerce brands grow. In short, distribution metrics are performance benchmarks that span across the ecommerce order fulfillment process, from receiving inventory to delivering packages and everything in between. What Are Distribution Metrics?

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Many major challenges of 2021—capacity constraints, ecommerce growth and driver shortage—are rolling over into 2022 and, in addition, the environment and machine learning are becoming more important for logistics and supply chain professionals. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

At last year’s CloudWorld, Oracle presented their vision for transforming the healthcare industry by applying AI to vast amounts of anonymized patient record data. Hospital chains could greatly reduce costs while maintaining or even improving service if only they adopted supply chain best practices.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You’ve done the hard work of building your startup into a successful ecommerce business. The good news is that there’s an easy formula ecommerce businesses can use to calculate the optimum reorder point for each SKU in your product line. Improving Data. Demand forecasting and inventory management rely on accurate data.

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Ship Monk

MAY 23, 2023

Things that customers and ecommerce merchants dislike equally: “Where’s my order?” Once your ecommerce brand has reached significant sales, and you can effectively analyze buyer behavior, it’s time to think about the best ways to disperse your inventory. Strategically located fulfillment centers. 2PL vs. 3PL Warehouses store things.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

Distribution is no longer a backwater of the economy, due in large part to the upheavals brought on by ecommerce. Amazon and other ecommerce innovators have been the leading agents of disruption. For existing DCs, ecommerce has also added complexity to their operations. Distribution Disrupted. Automated workload balancing.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 17, 2022

Digitalizing processes to incorporate artificial intelligence will deliver improved data accuracy and enhanced visibility to help quickly interpret and analyze information to make more informed decisions. With accurate data, businesses can adapt and drive improvements faster. eCommerce Continues to Grow.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

There has been an undoubted change in consumer behaviour, including the acceleration of ecommerce uptake. Supply chains must therefore be flexible enough to manage this while maintaining prices, or profitability will fall. New sourcing options are needed to maintain choice and increase efficiency. Hope is not a strategy.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

As the holiday shopping season reaches its peak, ecommerce business owners everywhere are crossing their fingers, hoping they have enough product in stock and that they didn’t order too much. In truth, demand forecasting, or estimating how much product you’ll sell in the future, is one of the toughest challenges for any ecommerce business.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is one of the simplest ecommerce metrics to calculate. For example, if your omnichannel ecommerce business processed 5,000 orders last month for a total of $300,000, the average order value for the month was $60. Simply divide total revenue during a period, by the number of orders during that same timeframe.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

billion by 2026, largely due to the growing preference for eCommerce online distribution. A lack of resilience can be fatal for modern FMCG brands, but achieving it requires businesses to think beyond basic automation by focusing on data and relationships. Indeed, the future prognosis for the global FMCG market is generally positive.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Most recently, these operations are being called upon to support the growing ecommerce sector, which is expected to get products from point of origin to a customer’s location without the support of a brick-and-mortar location. A wide network. A company that takes safety and security seriously. Cares about your success.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 14, 2024

Over the past three to five years in particular, more manufacturers have identified or accelerated their eCommerce plans. As recently as 2021, survey data reveals that 98% of manufacturers have, are, or are planning to implement an eCommerce strategy. There’s also the lingering concern: “Are we just too late to the game?”

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Stord

JANUARY 11, 2022

More partners require significant overhead and capital to maintain." - Sarang Damle, Group Product Manager, Orders & Inventory Data and Service Capability Silos "Supply chains are too often built in and operate from silos. There are silos responsible for "manufacturing" and "inbound planning" (international/customs).

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