Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The rise of e-commerce and consumer expectations for faster, more reliable deliveries has further heightened the importance of optimized transportation to meet these needs. As challenges increase, technology continues to evolve to meet demand.

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Ship Monk

JULY 5, 2022

In order to keep up with growing eCommerce orders, follow through on the promise of speedy shipping, adapt to the globalization of supply chains, and adjust for labor shortages that can affect all three, 3PL technology is vital. . Continue reading to get the FYI on AMRs, and the benefits they bring to your eCommerce business.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 30, 2024

Just as online shoppers have a lot of choices when it comes to where to take their business, ecommerce brands have many options for where to take theirs in terms of order fulfillment. While there are plenty of 3PLs out there that your ecommerce brand could consider for its order fulfillment needs, not all are equal.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Is your ecommerce business one of those that’s been growing steadily in recent years, and seen an absolute boom since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged? If so, your enterprise’s good fortunes are probably tempered by the challenges of meeting unprecedented demand for your wares. Is your enterprise a pure-play ecommerce retailer?

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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. Once shipped, the ecommerce client is notified of any shipping delays or issues that need their attention.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 20, 2022

And, of course , that the page they’re on is informed, thorough, and forward-thinking. Accordingly, we actively update our systems to stay ahead of the evolving needs of eCommerce and help our clients succeed.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Don’t ignore the ecommerce factor. Only if a number of locations all meet the needs of proximity to customers will the comparative cost of land and buildings become important. If a number of locations all meet these needs, then of course the comparative cost of land and buildings becomes important.

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Ship Monk

JULY 12, 2023

Josh, a California native, brings an extensive range of distinguished technology expertise and a proven record of enterprise leadership to bolster ShipMonk’s position as a global leader within the ecommerce logistics and fulfillment industry. Ecommerce brands have had to maintain a focused resilience this year, in an ever-changing market.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 19, 2024

In a recent blog post, we discussed the environmental cost of ecommerce and ways to offset it. So, for ecommerce owners who want to reduce their impact on the environment, eco-friendly packaging is a great place to start. Yet, according to the EPA, 28% of municipal solid waste is containers and packaging materials.

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Supply chains are becoming more intricate, ecommerce orders are on the rise, and speedy shipping has never been more important. 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. But what kind of automation ?

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 29, 2024

ShipMonk’s 332,000 sq ft California order fulfillment center was built to maximize efficiency while maintaining accuracy for the ecommerce brands we service. In short, if you have a growing ecommerce brand, OF COURSE! These tech. Can Our California Order Fulfillment Center Help You?

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 30, 2023

would put you in the middle 60% of ecommerce stores according to this benchmark. Today we’re going to look at how to calculate ecommerce conversion rates, identify some things that may be turning customers away, and what you can do to improve conversion rates. What is an Ecommerce Conversion Rate? Anywhere between 0.2%

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

2020 was a monumental year for eCommerce, but not in the way any of us expected. eCommerce merchants and customers alike were faced with some pretty, dare we say, unprecedented challenges that, among other things, forced major changes in both the foundation of online retail and our perceptions of it. Empathize with Your Customer.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

But, of course, with so many cases in such a vastly populated nation, the risk of a new variant emerging to start the whole cycle over again cannot be underestimated. To address the problem, software provider Tecsys claims to offer the perfect solution to the challenge of mixed ecommerce and conventional distribution facilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2021

In a white paper on “ How reinventing the supply chain can transform the planner role ,” consulting firm EY cites their research that lack of the right supply chain talent is the second highest challenge to meeting supply chain goals. As semesters unfolded, students saw course syllabi come to life in news headlines.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 24, 2023

Cold Chain/Ecommerce Through Trinity’s parent company, Burris Logistics , Freight Agents have access to full cold storage options for their customers as well as ecommerce solutions. We can fully customize a Managed Transportation solution to meet your customer’s unique needs.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 24, 2023

Cold Chain/Ecommerce Through Trinity’s parent company, Burris Logistics , Freight Agents have access to full cold storage options for their customers as well as ecommerce solutions. We can fully customize a Managed Transportation solution to meet your customer’s unique needs.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 1, 2022

At ShipMonk, we’ve worked with major carriers to provide our clients with a range of options to get eCommerce orders to customers in ways so speedy it would make The Flash consider switching shipping providers. The shipping service is available in all 50 states, with some restrictions applying to extended regions like Alaska and Hawaii.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 20, 2021

Is your eCommerce store ready to spread its wings? Of course, if you’re close by, visiting the warehouse is a wonderful way to get acquainted with your inventory’s new home, meet the team, and perhaps reserve some bragging rights for when you tell your friends and colleagues about how cool your new fulfillment center is. #7.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JULY 8, 2021

With the continued growth of ecommerce and heightened consumer expectations, fast delivery options, tracking notifications, and shipping costs have become a key driver in customer satisfaction. Developing the right strategy and executing it well has numerous benefits for both you and your customers.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 11, 2024

‘Tis the season for processing ecommerce returns. Depending on which article you’re reading, ecommerce brands should be prepared for return rates of anywhere from 16% to 30%. Of course, the opposite is also true — when handled poorly, returns can hurt your brand. That’s a lot of merchandise flowing backwards up the supply chain.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Kentucky Fulfillment Center Shipping At ShipMonk, we offer an array of shipping services for ecommerce brands to make choices that best meet their budgets and customer needs, including expedited 2-day shipping, Standard shipping, and Economy shipping. In short, if you have a growing ecommerce brand, OF COURSE!

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GlobalTranz

MAY 28, 2015

Launching your own ecommerce project online is a key to spectacular revenue growth and a nice opportunity to find a large number of potential customers as you pivot to an omni-channel supply chain. A personalized website has got more chances to meet customer’s requirements and occupy leading positions in the ecommerce marketplace.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

And we reconnected and bonded over the course of a few weeks. This was South Africa’s most well-known Ecommerce retail brand at the moment. Couriers optimize routes by centralizing their demand and distributed over the course of the day. This was an ecommerce florist with a distributed network marketplace.

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GoShip Blog

JULY 7, 2022

If you own an eCommerce store, optimizing your business for same-day deliveries can be beneficial both to your business and to your customers. DOMS also help meet consumer demand by ensuring there’s enough workers at each fulfillment center on any given day. Using DOMS also provides the ability to measure inventory in real time.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Single people mark the occasion by spoiling and treating themselves to gifts and presents, but it wasn’t until Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba chose the date to offer heavily discounted merchandise on its platform for 24 hours, starting at midnight on the 11th November, 2009, that Singles’ Day became a major commercial event.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2020

Of course, businesses normally know when their peak season will occur and they plan for it. As ecommerce orders scale exponentially, many customers have also suddenly been required to adjust DC operations. The post Industry View: DCs Rise to Meet Unprecedented Challenges appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 29, 2023

At ShipMonk, we’re honored to have tons of talented, intelligent, creative, passionate women working to make our corner of the ecommerce world shine bright. In celebration of International Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting the ladies dominating the logistics industry across our international ecommerce fulfillment centers.

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Ship Monk

MAY 20, 2021

Of course, we couldn’t let our entrepreneurial free spirits miss out on those numbers. Who will be your logistics partner as you navigate the world of eCommerce? Those are all fill-in-the-blanks, of course. ??. #6. Left brain, meet right brain! #7. Unfortunately for the latter, they’re missing out! Marketing Strategy.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

Few retailers can hope to grow, or even survive today, without the ability to sell through ecommerce channels. In an article about online retail that I published at the end of 2019, I highlighted Target’s click-and-mortar retail model, which, even then, was positioning the company as an ecommerce trend-setter. The Dark Store Trend.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

This is 27% above the Q1-Q3 2020 total and puts the UK industrial & logistics sector on course for a record year, as the unprecedented levels of occupier demand looks set to ensure that the industry will beat the 51.6m sq ft of space taken in 2020.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

Ecommerce competition was already fierce before the pandemic curbed consumer enthusiasm for in-store shopping, and now, it is even more so. While none of them will be new to retailer businesses created purely for ecommerce, they add a disruptive element to cost control when merging online and traditional retail operations.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

In this post, I’d like to talk about the key factors that will impact on the optimum facility network and design required to meet your warehousing or storage requirements. It can go further than this, of course. Planning a Warehouse Network and Design: Key Factors to Consider. Will your warehouse have to handle returns?

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The logistics of dropshipping sees a renewed focus Shippers still struggling with direct to customer shipping channels will continue to experience problems in meeting the demands of e-commerce for the foreseeable future. Download the White Paper. Shipping distance average. Truckload shipping success rate. It’s that simple.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. The idea is for supply planning application to digest a short horizon demand signals into meaningful plans by using machine learning to suggest courses of action for planners. Final Thoughts.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Running an eCommerce brand can be all kinds of stressful. Of course it would, and that’s why ShipMonk exists. One of the most impactful ways we help eCommerce businesses thrive is by taking the stress out of working with shipping carriers. Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone help you carry the load?

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