Ship Monk

JUNE 3, 2021

A 3PL, or third-party logistics provider, is an indispensable asset in the eCommerce journey, but, to many, the concept of outsourcing is still shrouded in mystery. can be confusing, but the whole point of a 3PL is to help you navigate those murky waters while also turbocharging your business’s growth. What Is a 3PL?

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How to Choose Your eCommerce Niche. Now that you’re all caught up with the why, here are three, roughly chronological, ideas on how you can find the perfect niche for you! Once you’ve done your research, you may find that your niche isn’t the turnkey winner you were expecting, but there’s no need to change course just yet!

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 5, 2020

Of course, it’s not just about what you sell — it’s also about how you’re getting products to your customers. Of course, as your business expands, it might not be possible to keep it in-house. But even outsourcing to a 3PL means you’ll be choosing a solution that best suits your wants and needs. Shoot us a line here.

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Camelot 3PL Software

MARCH 5, 2024

As the logistics industry continues to evolve, 3PLs play a crucial role in ensuring seamless supply chain operations. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the world of mobile barcode scanning within 3PL warehouses, exploring its benefits, best practices, and how it impacts productivity. Why Mobile Barcode Scanning Matters 1.

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3PL Insights

MAY 4, 2018

When two businesses partner together, this brings about a variety of benefits (and risks, of course). Merging with a 3PL, specifically, can help a company with scaling, expanding geographic reach and footprint, and help with growth in certain industries. What Are the Benefits of Merging with a 3PL? Expand geographic reach.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 26, 2020

To understand the rise of the 3PL for managed transportation services, shippers need to understand how managed transportation services became a global power, why 3PLs in managed services work well together, and how 3PLs enable better management of transportation. 3PLs and Managed Services Go Well Together.

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Ship Monk

MAY 5, 2022

So you’ve made the decision to break ties with your fulfillment provider and switch to a new 3PL. In past articles we’ve looked at some of the signs that it’s time to change your 3PL, and tips for finding the right fulfillment partner. In this case, you ship some of the inventory from your current 3PL to cover a transitional period.

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Ship Monk

MAY 24, 2022

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already decided to switch 3PL fulfillment companies. Maybe you’re frustrated with poor performance at your current 3PL , or maybe they just can’t keep up with your growth. Your new 3PL will know exactly what to do to smoothly guide you through the process. Now, you ask, what’s next?

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10xLogistics

JUNE 11, 2013

As I travel and speak to industry leaders I am always asked about strategies for shippers to manage their 3PL relationships. And, of course, there is everything in between. The key question here is whether the goals and incentives are aligned when you are in a relationship where the 3PL essentially acts as a broker for you.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This article will explain what reorder points are and show you how to calculate them. How to Calculate a Reorder Point. How to Calculate Demand During Lead Time. Average lead time is 30 days, including manufacturing and shipping, and over the course of a year you sell an average of 29 units per day. daily units x 30 avg.

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Freight Center

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

That’s where partnering with a 3PL can help. From getting expert insight into the freight industry to booking lanes at the most affordable rates available, the benefits of partnering with a 3PL far outweigh going it alone! Partnering with a 3PL gives you access to the best shipping rates possible. Affordable Solutions.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

There are ways to reduce dimensional weight and, as a result, reduce shipping costs, but first you have to understand how shipping costs are calculated. Read on to learn how to calculate DIM weight and minimize its effect on shipping costs. How to Reduce eCommerce Shipping Costs. 4 Factors That Determine Shipping Costs.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you’ve been wanting to learn more about how automation positively impacts 3PLs, and the ecommerce businesses they’re committed to, this is the blog for you. And if you’re an ecommerce business owner looking to partner with a 3PL that has a mastery of fulfillment technology and automation, ShipMonk is the logistics provider for you.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The optimal way to handle them is having a strong 3PL partnership. The best 3PLs, like ShipMonk, take care of the reverse logistics side of things, which helps limit the fallout of these situations. This is just an example of course, but it’s the perfect one to illustrate how impactful a review on a product page can be.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

do you do it in-house, work with a reliable 3PL like ShipMonk, or outsource entirely to a 4PL or 5PL ). If you work with a 3PL like ShipMonk that has many strategically-located fulfillment centers across the globe, 2-Day shipping may not be an inconvenience, but rather a natural result of being close to your customers.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Those who think trucks, trains, ships and planes define the 3PL market may be in for a surprise. The 3PL sector has at least three levels of change to consider and a possible makeover, sooner than some may think. What Market Are 3PLs Really In? Confusing the need with the means has been the undoing of many companies.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Although this may take years in traditional settings, reports Hanover Research , modern service providers, like a third-party logistics provider (3PL) or even a third-party integrator (3PI), can streamline the selection, implementation and change management necessary. Use omnichannel fulfillment to handle e-commerce.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 5, 2023

Anyone who owns an ecommerce brand has unwittingly been through a crash course in ecommerce logistics. That’s when they decide to outsource logistics to the fulfillment experts, third-party logistics ( 3PL ) providers. And lastly, the same 3PL that handles your order fulfillment may also be able to handle your reverse logistics.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 4, 2023

Keep reading for the 411 on lost packages: why they happen, what they mean for your ecommerce business, and how to stave them off. Meanwhile, if a shipping label is incorrect (in terms of sender or receiver information), blurred, or even peeled slightly, an order can easily veer off course. Of course (see what we did there?)

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2016

How to Breakthrough Lean Culture Plateaus. Leader standard work in order to create accountability within the team structure; Problem-solving thinking; how to align your organization so that the right problems are solved at the right level. Practices and learns how to apply Lean tools. Ask yourself, "Has the Lean team plateaued?

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3PL Insights

APRIL 5, 2018

How to Become a Transportation Broker. There are many free and inexpensive courses available. This kind of training can help you to learn how to more readily navigate the industry, what to do if you encounter any potential issues, and how to potentially start your own business as a transportation broker.

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3PL Insights

APRIL 20, 2021

Ideally, both sides establish a communication norm including form of communication, who to contact, how often and expectations. And, if over time, the customers’ needs change course, a good customer service associate adapts and brings in the right people to accomplish the task. Customer Service is Cultural.

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Ottawa Logistics

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In an effort to help, let’s discuss 3 costly shipping and fulfillment blunders and how to avoid them. Of course, shipping mistakes can also be the customer’s fault, yet the goal of businesses should be to eliminate the blunders they can control while mitigating the ones they can’t. How to Avoid These Blunders.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2024

This was the writing on the wall for many shippers and third-party logistics (3PL) companies. For LTL carriers, YRC’s existing freight had to go somewhere, so they had to figure out how to absorb it. The LTL carriers have course-corrected their capacity concerns. At this point, the hull had been punctured, and water pouring in.

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AAJ Enterprises

JULY 24, 2018

In the due course, it integrates materials handling, information flow, packaging, inventory, production, etc. Hiring Third Party Logistics Organization Selecting 3PL companies for the transportation and storage function is not as easy as it seems to be. So there are two factors to consider before choosing one such 3PL agency.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

We’d go so far as to say that these loyal fans are your most precious business asset — more valuable, even, than your inventory — and that’s saying something, coming from a 3PL that stores inventory! So, how do you nurture this relationship and make the most of it? Of course, what you say is just as important as how you say it.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

What Is The Best Course Of Action To Deal With These Problems? The best thing an importer can do is to choose the right 3PL partner. A 3PL that understands the current business situation and is prepared to get out in front of it, not react to events as they happen. So What Is An Importer To Do? Or look at air freight options.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 11, 2024

ShipMonk is an ecommerce 3PL that partners with hundreds of ecommerce clients of all shapes and sizes. Once you’ve regained consciousness and determined that your ecommerce business has tax obligations in a particular state, you’ll need to figure out how to pay them. Full disclosure: we’re not tax experts.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 15, 2014

3PL Pricing Structure: Part 2 In Third Party Logistics Implementation. Automation technology : Of course, fundamentals are exactly what automation is all about. In general, a single level warehouse is preferable, but conveyors and other mechanization can make a multi-level facility nearly as efficient.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 14, 2023

ShipMonk is an award-winning 3PL founded on the simple, but oh-so-important mission of helping ecommerce stores “stress less and grow more.” Continue reading for a concise overview of how ShipMonk’s express shipping services can extend your selling window and make a massive impact on your ecommerce store’s success.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 21, 2018

Considering the 64 potential combinations, when applied to the course of 1000 shipments, it amounts to 64,000 opportunities for error. In a Nutshell Deploying a 3PL is great, but deploying a 3PL-built, -managed, and -maintained TMS is even better. It is a one-stop platform that manages all existing transportation modes.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And how in the world did that ecommerce company manage to ship it to me for nothing? Today, we’re going to discuss how package weight affects ecommerce shipping rates. How to Calculate DIM Weight 1. Of course, if your product, sans packaging, is already above the weight limit there’s not much you can do to make it lighter.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR LTL SHIPPING RATES Maximize Density LTL carriers make a profit by fitting as many different LTL shipments into their trailers as safely as possible. Of course, it depends on where your shipments are delivering. Weight LTL shipping rates are based on the total weight and number of pallets.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 10, 2023

On the other side of that coin, ecommerce brand owners need to be just as careful when selecting their 3PL fulfillment service partners. Entrust Your Fulfillment Services to Facilities with the Best 3PL Automation Technology paired with the talent and dedication of 3PL experts is an unbeatable combo. order packing accuracy.

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3PL Links

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Improving your warehouse and distribution process isn’t necessarily as easy as it might sound since any course of action needs to take into account variables such as your products, staffing levels, scheduling and third-party vendors. The first tip is definitely a game changer. Automation.

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Camelot 3PL Software

APRIL 3, 2019

We will now delve into HOW to successfully implement, and identify several key success factors for every project. have been written on how to effectively plan a project. Change Management Plans are crucial, as most software implementation will have at least some changes come about during the course of implementation.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Or should you outsource to a third-party returns management company or a 3PL? As one of those third-party logistics (3PL) companies that handles returns, we’re not exactly impartial in this debate, but we can offer you several good reasons to outsource returns management. Just hear us out! All this speed isn’t just for show.

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