Most Recent Articles

It’s easy enough to assume that your warehouse is efficient when your shelves are stocked and customers get their products on time. But how many organizations can claim 100% success with those items? Even so, you’d be amazed at how some adjustments to your strategy can make an impact on your business’s bottom line.

With retail eCommerce revenue projected to exceed $1.3 trillion by 2025, eCommerce fulfillment operations have been struggling to keep up with higher than estimated growth. The COVID-19 pandemic fueled more online shopping, illustrating for many consumers the benefits of being able to order items online with a few simple clicks.

Even with a continuing global pandemic, 2021 turned out to be an excellent year for many retailers. The National Retail Foundation reports that holiday sales hit a record $886.7 billion in 2021, a 14.1% jump from the prior year.

Despite rising inflation, labor shortages, supply chain issues, and the new omicron variant, consumers continued to spend money at record rates and businesses delivered. But many consumers are also returning items post-holiday, which poses challenges for many businesses. When approached correctly, here is how holiday returns can actually benefit your supply chain and business.

Without sound reverse logistics management, your business might be harboring hidden costs and many uncertainties that threaten long-term success. Every business has to deal with returns. But treating them as an afterthought is not the best approach. Here is what you need to know about the high cost of reverse logistics and how your business can better maximize its results.

Today’s businesses face unprecedented challenges. In addition to meeting the rising demands of consumers, the specialized requirements of complex products, and a lingering public health crisis, there are ongoing strains placed on the supply chain. To respond to these challenges, companies are looking for ways to leverage various solutions along the supply chain to drive automation, collect data, reduce costs, and create efficiencies.

Warehouses are busy environments and seem only to be getting busier. With the growth of eCommerce and shrinking lead times, there’s more pressure than ever to move products quickly, maintain transparency in the supply chain, and elevate the customer experience.

Returns policies and the handling of returns are vital concerns for online retailers. No business likes to sell something and have it come back from the consumer. The cost of processing returns in terms of resources and staffing can be significant. But how you handle eCommerce returns can impact your overall business results.

Here is why you should make your returns process a priority and some best practices for handling internet returns.

If you sell goods online, you know that stuff comes back at a predictable rate. People make mistakes when ordering, find that something doesn’t suit their needs, or get a product in the mail with some type of defect. You might have perfected your logistics process, but what happens when items need to move in the opposite direction?

An efficient warehouse is a profitable warehouse, but it can be tricky to gauge how efficient your workplace pipeline is. You need to track traffic in and out, orders, and everything in between. You might already have a system in place to review your warehouse effectiveness, but an easy way to improve your performance is to review the little details.

eCommerce has revolutionized the way we shop and get products into the hands of customers. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the growth of online shopping as many consumers turn to eCommerce for daily needs like groceries and other items such as clothing. In fact, U.S. eCommerce sales are projected to reach $1 trillion for the first time in 2022 and account for over 20% of retail sales by 2024.