Ever wondered what happens to your item before it ends up in a customer’s hands? Perhaps you’re thinking about starting an ecommerce business and you can’t wrap your head around the process? Or maybe you’re looking to expand and you want to understand what a fulfilment company does to help? This beginners guide to fulfilment has all the basics you need to know about the fulfilment process.
A 3PL is a third party logistics provider that receives, packs and sends out orders on behalf of a company. They fulfil the orders and make sure those packages get made up and sent out to customers. There are various different roles a 3PL can play in a company’s fulfilment process, this article will detail the things that a 3PL does to help.
Hiring a 3PL can be extremely beneficial to your business. It can save you time, money and improve your service helping you to grow your business. People often overlook the real advantages of hiring a 3PL, however there can be some cons too. Generally, if you hire a reputable 3PL you shouldn’t see any of the cons we are going to outline in this article, so we’re going to also give you some top tips on how to choose the right one in order to ensure you only see the benefits.
When shipping fragile items you need to be careful that you are packaging them correctly to ensure they aren’t damaged in transit. This part of the fulfilment process needs to be very carefully considered so we’ve put together some of our expert knowledge and everything you need to know about shipping fragile items. However, we must stress that it is important to consult an expert if you’re unsure - better than your items breaking during your first shipment!
Order fulfilment is basically the process followed to deliver goods and products to customers. The order fulfilment process is all the steps that a company takes to ensure this happens. From receiving a new order to it reaching your customer’s home. It involves various steps including warehousing, picking and packing the product, shipping and delivery (and then returns if necessary!). There are multiple steps involved and we are going to outline the key stages of the order fulfilment process in a digestible, easy way.
When starting up your ecommerce business there are many things you need to consider and think about. What’s your USP? What will your branding look like? How are you going to get your products to your customers? There are some services you can use that will help this process, such as a 3PL. But what exactly IS a 3PL I hear you ask! We’re here to help, this article is a beginners guide to ecommerce fulfilment for startups.
Fulfilment centres play a crucial role in e-commerce by managing order fulfilment. They act as central hubs that streamline the movement of goods from sellers to customers. These provide a range of supply chain services such as processing orders, managing inventory, and shipping goods and much more, this sets them apart from traditional storage spaces.
Sennheiser came to us and asked us to help them with their floor standing display units (FSDU) to promote their headphone range in the flagship HMV stores across the UK. Free standing display units (FSDU) are usually point of sale displays that stand freely on their own and are often made of cardboard...
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