To the Letter: Knowing All the Ins and Outs of Professional Printing in Product Fulfillment
Magic Ink The publishing world appears to be getting a little more technical—or rather, technological. There seems to be a shift from the old printing services we’ve grown accustomed to since days gone by to electronic print media. Now, we’ve got pop-up ads online and e-books with complete novels that are easier to carry in your back pocket than a paperback. It seems like the microprocessors have conquered another landscape, and the printing business is its new terrain. (more…)
Full Conversion: Adapting to the Electronic Route for Product Fulfillment
Brave New World Today, it seems like the sci-fi writers of decades gone-by were actually on to something. While aliens haven’t colonized us all, laser guns have yet to hit the commercial market, and the milkman service to the moon is still in development limbo, some technological dreams have finally come true. Really fancy touch screen technology is available, there’s automatic GPS for traveling, and video screens are darn near everywhere. It’s incredible. (more…)
Full Speed Ahead: Good Shipping and Mailing Practices in Product Fulfillment
Very Long Journeys You might not think it, but mail can be a pretty hot topic with people. While global conflict, inflation, and the national economy can be more commonly found in today’s daily discussions, mentioning the mail can bring on equal parts praise and vitriol from a lot of people. You might not believe it, but the post is a real issue of debate! The discussions about mail are always the same: it’s traditional and something we prize, but it’s also often slow and expensive, and sometimes we have important pieces of communication lost within its rather complex network...
Southern Sources: Why It Pays to Look to Florida for Product Fulfillment Success
Agglomeration Economies When we think of common business trends, location is hard to ignore. Movies in Hollywood, technology in Seoul, oil in Calgary—these places are practically defined by the industries that have formed there. It’s often unthinkable to imagine those areas in any other light besides what economies are based out of them. There’s a necessity to be hip to this, too. A collection of businesses around a particular location-specific industry means that there is saturation, resources, and/or business interests there that can help companies related to that industry flourish even more, both internally and externally. (more…)
The Right Connections: Networking and Forging Associations in Product Fulfillment
Linking Together There’s nothing better than being in control of your own business. These days, there are all kinds of stories of people being able to work on their own to great success, often as lone wolves in their living rooms with only a laptop and Internet connection. Technology and new business practices have brought about new ways of doing business that didn’t exist before, often with as little human interaction as possible. (more…)
Inside Edition: Providing the News and Tips for Your Fellow Product Fulfillment Pros
Spreading the Wealth When you’re good, you’re good. A lot of pros don’t realize their talents enough. If you’ve been anything for years, from a plumber to a stockbroker to a farm machinery technician, and have achieved success, you are something that not all people are: skilled. You know the ins and outs of the business, how to troubleshoot problems for that particular job in a pinch, and can work your way around the position with little to no instruction. It’s something that people often don’t see in themselves until someone points it out to them. (more…)
The Great Post Debate: Thinking Practically About Courier and Mail in Product Fulfillment
One Versus the Other There was Coke vs. Pepsi, then Burger King vs. McDonald’s, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Harry Potter vs. Lord of the Rings, and, for some, Lady Gaga vs. Madonna. When you’ve got two parties doing two similar things, it’s simply a matter of deciding which one is better. Now before some of you dismiss these arguments as a matter of personal taste or as being trivial, there is some merit to these debates. (more…)
Lifesavers: How to Save Big in Product Fulfillment
The Best Bang for Your Buck Penny-pincher, quarter-cruncher, balance sheet bureaucrat...when it comes to those who focus their lives on saving their cash, the terms to describe them, however derogatory, are endless in number. While some people take saving to new levels, the last half-decade has opened people’s eyes to the necessity of saving their cash and being a little thriftier with what they have. People might not have all the riches they once had, but they adapt accordingly. (more…)
Getting the Bigger and Better Clients in Product Fulfillment
Grand Royal If you’ve been in product fulfillment for a while, you are likely looking to work inside your comfort zone. In other words, you want to find a way to work on a regular basis that allows you to be the most effective you can be, while still bringing in the most profits you can. Pros are always looking to see what procedures are easiest for them, and then trying to perform those processes for as long as possible. (more…)
Going Overboard: Some Things to Avoid in Direct Marketing Product Fulfillment
Knowing Is Half the Battle Order big or order little? Go digital or stick with paper media? Start working on your catalogue now, well before Christmas, or promote a new product that’s hot from the supplier? Decisions, decisions, decisions. And in product fulfillment, like any other business, there are a lot to make. In fact, if you’re in the product fulfillment game, you already have a pretty good idea how hard it is to make the best decisions for your business. (more…)
