As we prepare for the upcoming holiday season of 2021, it’s important for businesses to reflect on what’s been happening with their supply chain. One area where most companies can always improve is in fulfillment. Here are five ways you can enhance fulfillment immediately in the coming months: Benchmarking The key to efficiency is good…
Business is nothing if not for fulfillment. It’s the backbone on which profitability grows. It’s where the rubber meets the road. Whether you’re running an online e-commerce business or are an established Fortune 500 company with global offices, accurate fulfillment is critical to your success. It can also be quite complicated. It doesn’t matter if…
Shopping online is no longer the exception; it’s the norm. How often have you pulled up Amazon on a random night when you can’t sleep and ordered things just because you could? It’s so easy now and everything comes so fast; it’s the ultimate in immediate gratification. Well, it isn’t so easy for the e-commerce…
As eCommerce continues to grow, the demand for smaller, more frequent last-mile deliveries is also expanding. Parcel rates are now more than twice the rate of inflation as a result. To compound this, the Amazon Effect is creating a higher customer demand for free shipping with diverse delivery options. In 2015, almost 60% of all…
There’s a subscription box for everything these days. Whether it’s beauty products, dog toys, or the Meat of the Month Club, subscription boxes are big business. If your company currently curates a subscription box, or is considering it, you need to ask yourself if you want to handle the logistics in-house or outsource to a…
It is predicted that supply chains will change dramatically over the next ten years. Today supply chains are a succession of discrete, siloed steps including marketing, product development, manufacturing, distribution, and ultimately customers. Digitation will completely change the game by creating a completely integrated ecosystem offering total transparency to all stakeholders. So, what is Supply…
Traceability and transparency are two of the most important foundations of logistics. Blockchain is the new “buzz word” in supply chain that’s becoming synonymous with both. But what is it and is it really all that buzz-worthy? Read on to find out. What is blockchain? Blockchain (for supply chain) is a digital distributed ledger which…
Customers are happy when they receive a package on time, with the correct contents, and delivered to the right location. Happiness then leads to brand loyalty. But as brand loyalty becomes more desirable in the retail space, businesses must do more than the expected minimum to build and retain customer loyalty. As online shopping continues…
Inventory management can be a wild ride. Some describe it as a bouncy house for adults. Others say it’s like riding a roller coaster. It’s among the most important elements of your business–and it’s often subject to the wild winds of economic change, demand and the ability to deliver every time, without exception. It can also…
It seems so simple, but many large companies often lose sight of the simple concept of “focusing on your core business”. You’re in business for a reason, whether that means manufacturing a product or selling a service. Partnering with a company like JIT Services can become a major asset in making sure your company continues…
