Category Archives: Product Fulfillment Services

With 2014 winding down and various holidays approaching, you can bet that your fulfillment business is about to get very busy. To meet the shorter deadlines and demands of clients, there’s a good chance you’ll have to bring in some outside assistance. Temp help in product fulfillment is necessary and one of those situations where you have to spend money to make money. Here’s some info you can use to get the most bang for your temp worker buck. (more…)

With the continued growth of the information age, there’s a bigger demand for more knowledge. This content is what is now used as a marketing tool. In fulfillment, you can incorporate your experiences and knowledge into useful content media. Educational and informative material will always have an audience, so it’s just a matter of determining what to offer and how. (more…)

With fulfillment business picking up as the holidays approach, it’s time to look over your e-mails. You likely have an e-mail mailing list used to promote your product line and even offer promotions to boost sales. However, a closer examination is necessary to see if they are truly benefiting your e-commerce order fulfillment. Desktop and Mobile To better organize your e-mails, you need to divide them based on what products you are offering into multiple mailings; you don’t want a single e-mail overloaded with information. (more…)

It’s fall and now is the time to refocus on your fulfillment center—and the opportunities doing so provides. Aside from the usual savings and promotions you could be offering at this time of year, there are also some new fulfillment trends you can take advantage of as well. Here’s all you need to know. Discounts Like the shops putting out harvest displays or cutouts of Santa, your fulfillment marketing strategy has to be holiday-centric. (more…)

In product fulfillment, there have never been more advantages to using technology to improve a business. However, that doesn’t mean that technology can entirely replace human beings. A successful product fulfillment business will employ the proper balance between technology and personnel. Keep It Technical Technology most benefits areas like pick-and-pack fulfillment and kitting and assembly, the components of fulfillment that involve moving larger objects. (more…)

You’ve likely heard the term “niche marketing” before, but nowadays, especially if you have a fulfillment center, it’s taken on a new meaning. Not only does targeting a niche market lead to profit, but it helps to make your fulfillment center operate more efficiently. Stripping it Down A niche market allows you to examine what you do and don’t need to meet client demands. (more…)

If you haven’t already done so, consider the events just around the corner: back-to-school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas, all of which take place over a few months. You need to be ready to profit from them, as clients are going to need your fulfillment center more than usual. Here's what you need to consider. Goods If your products don’t change much season-to-season, not much is done differently. But if you alter your product line according to the seasons, you have more opportunities for sales. (more…)

There may be times when the cracks start to show in your business and you aren’t providing or receiving the best services possible. One area where this may happen is your supply chain services. If your partners are starting to display problems, they need to be addressed immediately. Signs and Symptoms Recently, Target Canada revealed that since its inception, there have been problems with its supply chain companies. (more…)

There are so many ways to deal with clients: via mail, a web site, the phone, social media, mobile apps, and any combination of the above. With so much activity, you might be wondering how each is faring. So how do you find out? With cross-channel analytics. These help you measure the results of your multi-channel operations, as well as plan for the future. Here’s what you need to know. (more…)

There’s always a market for imported specialty goods. However, changes to importing laws are stymieing a lot of people involved in the merchandise fulfillment importing process. Once these laws are on the books, you, as the importer, have to be ready to determine how these regulations will affect your ability to acquire and sell imported goods. You may even have to revise your fulfillment service to accommodate these new laws. (more…)