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Fulfillify.com featured at 2017 Operations Summit

Complemar featured its Fulfillify.com brand at the 2017 Operations Summit tradeshow and conference this past weekend in Pittsburgh. Operations Summit a leading show about direct-to-consumer and omnichannel operations and fulfillment. This year's show featured conference sessions, a full exhibit floor, tours and other related special events and Fulfillify.com was a featured exhibitor.

 

We introduced Fulfillify.com to the attendees, Complemar's fulfillment service for e-commerce companies, and discussed fulfillment strategies with a myriad of e-commerce companies from early-stage startups to channel leaders processing 60,000+ orders per month.

How to Successfully Move Your Inventory From Your Garage to a Professional Warehouse

Moving your business from your garage to a professional fulfillment center can be confusing but it doesn’t need to be. Read below to find out exactly how to prep your inventory, schedule a pickup and transition your order fulfillment successfully.

When your ecommerce business takes off and it becomes difficult to manage the fulfillment of orders, it’s time to consider third-party logistics, also known as 3PL. This is where you use the resources of a professional warehouse or distribution center to handle the fulfilling of online orders for you. The first step is to select a fulfillment provider. Consider your options carefully in order to select a 3PL provider that will meet your customer service needs, business operations and plans for business growth. Take into account the distributor’s inventory & order accuracy rates, service level agreements and geographic location. Read How to Choose A Fulfillment Provider to learn more. The next step is to prep your inventory. 

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4 Steps To Building The Perfect Pallet

Before sending your inventory to a distribution center, you will need to load all of your items onto a pallet (or skid) and prepare it for transport. If your supplier is sending your products directly to the fulfillment center for you, make sure they are packing your pallets correctly and consider sending them this article as a reference. Packing and wrapping a pallet may seem like a small step, but if done incorrectly, you risk damage or loss of expensive inventory and a potential delay in your overall fulfillment cycle. 

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How To Efficiently Monitor Your E-Commerce Outsourced Fulfillment Operations From Home

You have just made the plunge and sent your entire product lineup to a 3PL. You may have SKUs scattered across the country at multiple distribution centers, or perhaps you’ve decided to store your complete inventory list at one centralized location. Setup and integrations are complete, and orders are rolling in like there’s no tomorrow. Now what?

You may be wondering how much day-to-day work there is for you (communication, organization and coordination) in terms of managing your outsourced order fulfillment operations. Should you check your inventory levels on a daily basis? Are you tracking your shipments like a hound? Do you wait to see a “shipped” status on every order and do a happy dance? 

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How Does Fulfillment Work?

If you are running an ecommerce store, it is likely that you have heard about fulfillment as an answer to your logistics and inventory management issues as your company scales. While order fulfillment from your main facilities is an inexpensive way to launch, volume sales require infrastructure and overhead that makes it difficult to keep up without dedicated staff or a service provider. Fulfillment is simply the service that handles the “pick, pack, ship” process for your customers.

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