Research Shows that the Season’s Best Sales are Still to Come
BY STEPHANIE CLIFFORD – New York Times News Service Oren Etzioni writes articles about artificial intelligence for scholarly journals, is a renowned expert on data mining and gained fame when Microsoft paid $115 million for Farecast, an airline-ticket price predictor he founded. Now, Etzioni, who teaches computer science at the University of Washington, has directed [...]
Have You Considered Outsourcing Your Order Fulfillment Duties?
You have this product. You’ve spent months developing it and working hard to sell it. You are starting to get orders for it. But instead of continuing to focus on what actually drives your success, you need to constantly stop to make sure that orders are actually being shipped to customers correctly. These extra tasks [...]
What is Order Fulfillment?
Broadly defined, the term order fulfillment refers to everything a company does between receiving an order from a customer (the point of sale) and placing the product in the customer’s hands. Order fulfillment processes vary widely. A fast food restaurant receives an order, puts the requested food items in a bag, and has delivered them [...]
History of the Pallet
A pallet, also known (less eloquently) as a skid, is a wooden structure designed for the transportation and storage of virtually any kind of good. Occasionally pallets are made of metal or plastic. They are designed to hold a large amount of weight while still being easily moved by a forklift, making them an efficient [...]
What is Reverse Logistics?
An Explanation and Inspiration for Your Company Reverse logistics can be hard to understand. Think about the flow of the supply chain – from raw material, to the manufacturer, to the distributor, and finally to the customer. Now, think of that in the opposite order. That’s reverse logistics in a nutshell. According to the Bridgefield [...]
What in the World is 3PL?
An explanation of third party logistics and how they could benefit your business. Imagine…. you’ve slaved away for months trying to pitch your product to a huge potential customer. Finally, the customer agrees to give your product a shot, but he wants it immediately. You’re so tired you can’t think straight, and the last thing [...]
So You Have a Product…
So, you have this packaged product. It’s a great product: there is a need and a want for it, your price is market-bearable, and the specs are sound. You’ve strategized and now you are going to market the heck out of it and sells so many units that even Zappos will take notice. How are [...]
