When it comes to direct-to-consumer (DTC) operations, package theft, also known as “porch piracy,” has become a major problem for today’s ecommerce consumers and fulfillment operations. According to safety and security data organizations like SafeWise, incident rates of package theft cost Americans $19.5 billion in 2022 alone. That’s 260 million instances of porch piracy last […]
When it comes to ecommerce and high-volume order fulfillment, shipping may be one of the easiest and riskiest processes to get wrong. Even if your receiving and putaway processes are highly efficient and your retrieval, sorting and packing operations solid, orders can still fail at the end of workflows in the final stages of delivery. […]
The benefits of using cloud ecommerce software for managing high-volume order fulfillment cannot be overstated. In a post-pandemic world, logistics success depends on synchronicity, streamlined communication, and data accuracy – or in other words, cloud-built solutions. If you’ve been frustrated with clunky warehouse management systems or outdated interfaces, you may already be familiar with drawbacks […]
The larger the ecommerce sector grows, and the more complex supply chains become, the smarter warehouse operators need to be in their approach to high-volume order fulfillment. It is no longer enough to design an efficient warehouse layout or anticipate the right amount of staff to help manage demand: you must be able to ensure […]
It’s that time of year… peak season has passed, order volumes are slowing after the final days of December, holiday orders are delivered, and the gifts are unwrapped… that returns begin in the warehouse. For retailers and third-party logistics (3PLs), the weeks following Christmas and New Years make up one of the most crucial order […]
It should come as no surprise that ecommerce trends from the past year continued through 2022’s holiday peak season. Online shopping continues to be the preferred method of shopping for many consumers. And it is clear that to successfully manage high-volume direct-to-consumer (DTC) orders in 2023, fulfillment operations cannot stop evolving . Here are the […]
