Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. and Unnu, Kaan. [2]

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Ship Monk

JULY 20, 2023

There are so many layers to the shipping aspect of the ecommerce industry that it can be a bit overwhelming. Dimensional Weight Shipping carriers charge for two things: their services and the physical space a package takes on a truck or airplane. Shipping zones are calculated based on where an ecommerce order is shipped from.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 25, 2024

Last-mile delivery refers to the last leg of an ecommerce order’s journey. This typically means the ecommerce order is on the ultimate truck that will deliver the package to your customer. This typically means the ecommerce order is on the ultimate truck that will deliver the package to your customer.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Ecommerce businesses depend on 3PL fulfillment companies and shipping carriers to make good on their promises to customers. The way your ecommerce business responds when things don’t go according to plan defines your business, for better or worse, in the eyes of your customer. But what happens when something goes wrong?

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In the world of ecommerce fulfillment there are only so many things you can control. There’s more to ecommerce order tracking than assigning a tracking number and crossing your fingers. Ecommerce order tracking starts the moment the order is placed and ends in successful delivery. Offer ecommerce order tracking.

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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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Ship Monk

JANUARY 5, 2024

The holiday season is never short on smiles, especially if you’re an ecommerce business that delivers on all fronts. Thankfully, there are ways ecommerce businesses can see where their orders are. With these constant scans, your ecommerce business has a way to track orders at every stage of their journey.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Learn All about Ecommerce Logistics and Fulfillment Of all the many things you do as an ecommerce brand owner, logistics and fulfillment are often afterthoughts — as in, let’s worry about that after the orders start coming in. Let’s take ShipMonk, for example, one of the fastest-growing 3PL fulfillment providers in the US.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Retail ecommerce increased by 75% in 2020 in Canada and is on track to expand by another 12% in 2021, according to eMarketer. This year, ecommerce will account for 13.4% For example, retailers are investing in digital platforms to reach consumers dispersed over a vast land mass while responding to competition from global e-tailers.

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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. Take ShipMonk, for example. As an eCommerce fulfillment company , our goal is 100% accuracy. No mistakes, ever.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

Traditional routing solutions looked to optimize deliveries by developing routes for their fleet of trucks that lead to on-time deliveries at the lowest costs across the fleet. This reduction in costs is driven by grouping orders intelligently and then creating dense routes for a fleet of trucks. That is not the case with last mile.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Booming Ecommerce is a Megatrend; AMR last mile delivery is one potential solution. The Growth of Ecommerce. Ecommerce and omnichannel was already growing more than twice as fast as traditional retail. Last mile logistics challenges is not just about ecommerce, it is also about urbanization. billion in 2018.

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Ship Monk

JULY 14, 2023

In the case of shipping for an ecommerce brand, in addition to harnessing ShipMonk’s Virtual Carrier Network , we recommend using a variety of shipping carriers vs. relying on one provider. One example is UPS Express Critical – UPS’s emergency delivery service that can get packages to their final destinations around the world within 24 hours.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In the case of your eCommerce order, the shipping carrier might be FedEx, UPS, DHL, or USPS. After you place an order, the eCommerce seller’s software automatically routes the order to their warehouse or fulfillment center to be processed. This barcode is scanned every time the package is loaded onto a truck or moved to a new location.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

There are many noteworthy zones—the Danger Zone , the Twilight Zone —but you didn’t come to a 3PL blog to talk Kenny Loggins or Rod Serling; you’re here for impactful topics related to ecommerce. So buckle up for the rest of this blog; we’re revvin’ up our ecommerce engines to help you save money and time!

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

While it expects significant falls in its core industrial trucks sector, the fast-moving supply chain solutions arm, driving automation particularly in the ecommerce sector, is strongly up year on year. This was reflected in the significant decrease in order intake in the global market for industrial trucks. percent to 5.2

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

China, for example, only produces 14% of their total units, only 3% of those units end up being exported to the United States and 2% to EMEA. Much of the world’s fabric is produced in Asia, for example. Supporting Ecommerce and Omnichannel. Boxes will be taken from the back of a truck and inducted onto a conveyor.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 6, 2023

It’s a unique code created and used internally by retailers and ecommerce sellers to identify each unique product and product variation that they sell. The most common example of a 2D barcode is a QR code. Some examples of different barcodes are below: Barcodes Used in Ecommerce and Retail. What is a SKU?

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For some ecommerce business owners, sending their customers’ orders out the door feels a little like watching your 16-year-old drive off in the family car. But when it comes to ecommerce delivery, that’s not entirely true. Here’s an overview of the ecommerce order fulfillment process and ways to improve each step.

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CH Robinson Logistics

APRIL 2, 2021

Due to the pandemic, we have seen a shift in consumer buying habits, particularly when it comes to shopping ecommerce. In addition, load-to-truck ratios in Florida are significantly higher this year than they have been since 2016, the last significantly tight transportation market.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 22, 2022

When you’re first starting an ecommerce business, packing and shipping your products is the easy part, after you’ve done all the hard work of developing, producing and marketing a product. Many ecommerce business owners start with direct fulfillment thinking that it’s something they can easily manage on their own.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

Focus on eCommerce. People usually think of robots in the warehouse or self-driving trucks when they mention automation within the supply chain. Hardware is one prime example; we don’t have drones delivering packages quite yet, but robots can be found within warehouses such as Amazon. Focus on eCommerce. Automation.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Don’t ignore the ecommerce factor. So I will use Sydney as an example. On the M4, trucks can very easily drive straight into Sydney for deliveries. On the M7, trucks can go around the north of Sydney or around the south of Sydney. Tip #4—Don’t Ignore the Ecommerce Factor. Weigh up the cost of transport.

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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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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A dangerous goods area is utilised for compliance checks on such items going onwards domestically by truck. For example, a flight from Paris CDG arriving at 04.00 is unloaded, delivered to the import sorters, split and loaded on to trucks to the other hubs or on to vans to the final delivery destination that day.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

Brian provided me with insights into some specific warehouse automation and robotics examples. DHL and Campbell Soup Company have deployed a fleet of Crown Equipment Reach Trucks supported by JBT’s autonomous technology. I recently wrote about DHL eCommerce Solutions’ interesting use of DoraBot DoraSorters.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 28, 2023

Which means in the world of ecommerce business, entrepreneurs may feel torn between making eco-friendly decisions and strategic business ones. The good news is that you can stick that stigma where the sun don’t shine because there are plenty of ways to run a profitable eco-friendly ecommerce brand. What is Sustainable Ecommerce?

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GoShip Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

For example, international port delays due to insufficient dockworkers will have a trickle-down effect on the order fulfillment processes of many businesses before the products even reach their destination countries. As an ecommerce business owner, there’s not much you can do to mitigate these issues. Truck Driver Shortages .

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Bringg

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

With the eCommerce eruption of the last few years, a great deal of focus has been placed on last mile delivery. For a moving and storage company, for example, the first mile would involve a pickup from the customer’s home or store, and bringing the inventory back to the warehouse or storage site.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

Narrow Aisle Ltd – the VNA materials handling solutions specialist – recently hosted a series of distributor open days at its UK Flexi Truck manufacturing plant in Great Bridge, West Midlands. The robots and pickers work alongside Flexi Trucks safely in VNA aisles assembling customer orders.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 14, 2023

There are a lot of moving parts to managing an ecommerce supply chain. An ecommerce store owner is expected to master everything from sourcing materials to manufacturing and procurement, to fulfillment and shipping orders to customers. Today we’re going to take a look at a typical ecommerce supply chain from beginning to end.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 13, 2023

When it comes to ecommerce order fulfillment, two of the most important operational factors are speed and accuracy. The faster your warehouse or 3PL can fill orders (while maintaining accuracy, of course), the more responsive they can be to spikes in order volume, and the easier it will be to scale your ecommerce business.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Last mile delivery within retail and ecommerce is complex and vital to get right. Start with an Optimised Route Plan Many fleet operators make use of route planning solutions to support with retail and ecommerce deliveries. For example, a customer cancels a delivery or an accident closes a road.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

For example, Cimcorp’s intralogistics solution has revolutionized the order-fulfillment process of the Spanish supermarket giant, Mercadona, enabling the delivery of fresh and seasonal produce to stores within 24 hours. For example, Cimcorp has helped Mercadona to match automation and RPCs for excellent results.

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LandLink

MARCH 11, 2020

It could be argued that the ecommerce boom started all this controversy overweight vs size. Ecommerce shippers have millions of items in inventory and a finite amount of box sizes. It didn’t take long for the parcel carriers to figure that their trucks were dimming out before weighing out.

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ShipLilly

JULY 16, 2020

Under this arrangement, a third-party logistics company acts as an eCommerce fulfillment company. For example, they rely on software that can track all activities. 1PL companies will have a dedicated fleet of trucks. Examples of this approach include shipping and trucking companies. Beyond 5PL. Wrapping Up.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The US Department of Labor does not split out job openings for truck drivers versus openings for warehouse workers. But anecdotally it appears hiring truck drivers is even more difficult than hiring warehouse workers. Lift truck drivers have a less tiring job than those that must walk miles a day doing order selection.

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