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Ecommerce Inventory Management: Challenges & Solutions

Logistics Bureau

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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Customer Relationship Management for Ecommerce Brands

Ship Monk

With most ecommerce businesses, however, the sales pipeline isn’t nearly as long or as hands-on. Today’s CRM platforms have adapted and expanded their tools to meet the needs of ecommerce businesses. Let’s take a look at CRM systems, the tools they provide, and the benefits they offer to ecommerce businesses.

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Types of Ecommerce Inventory from Beginning to Ending

Ship Monk

Inventory” is a tricky word because it means different things to different people. If you are an inventory manager, inventory is the number of units you have on hand at any given time. If you are an accountant, inventory is an asset on a balance sheet tracked by its monetary value. Inventory Types for Manufacturers.

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How Ecommerce Brands Leverage Brick & Mortar

Ship Monk

As much as we’d like to think that ecommerce is taking over the world, it still only accounts for around 21% of retail sales according to a 2023 Digital Commerce 360 analysis of U.S. In fact, there can be significant advantages for brands that engage in both ecommerce and brick-and-mortar sales. Department of Commerce figures.

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Maximize Ecommerce Supplier Relationships

Ship Monk

Whether your business is a small ecommerce startup or a big box retailer, the benefits of supplier relationship management are the same. Taking a collaborative approach with suppliers can help your business innovate, find better products and solutions, reduce inventory costs, and work around future problems. We’re here to help!

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Top Ecommerce Trends for 2024

Ship Monk

We can’t predict when joggers will go out of style (never, we hope) but we are pretty good at predicting ecommerce trends. Since ShipMonk is a third-party logistics provider (3PL for short), we’re well situated to observe the ecommerce supply chain from end to end. Here are a few of the trends we think are going to be big in 2024.

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Email Tips for Ecommerce Businesses

Ship Monk

One of the greatest benefits of owning a direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce business is that you get to form a direct connection with your customers. Email vs. Other Forms of Communication For many years, email has been the gold standard of communication tools for DTC businesses. With any relationship, communication is key.