Archive for September, 2009
Warehouse Management System Confusion
In the past it was relatively easy to tell the difference between the tiers of warehouse management software capabilities. The larger more expensive products offered significantly more functionality and scalability than the other smaller versions. That appears to be changing as we speak. As we help clients look for a warehouse management systems for their [...]
Taking the Easy Path Leads to a Long Journey in Selecting Systems
Have you ever come to a fork in the road where one is the easy route and another is a longer, more strenuous climb? Many of us face that decision regularly and I’ve seen this happen in systems selection projects for e-commerce, order management, warehouse management and enterprise resource planning systems. If you [...]
How Well Is Your Warehouse Treating Your Customers?
It never ceases to amaze me how companies will spend untold time and money to source product and find someone to buy it and then provide poor enough fulfillment services that the customer never comes back. If you consider the cost of acquiring a customer, it makes sense to me that you would do everything [...]
Registration Has Begun for Online Inventory ShareGroup
With the economy where it is most travel budgets have been cut to a bare bones minimum at most catalog and eCommerce companies. That means that most industry conferences have had a substantial reduction in the number of registrants – even when they give away free VIP passes to attend. We know all too well [...]
Shopping Cart Abandonment, A Consumer’s Advantage?
I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine discussing the opportunities of shopping on the Internet. Okay, in reality we were discussing how the economy has affected consumer buying patterns and what we were really after is finding the best bargains. My friend shared with me something that I had not heard of [...]
Stone Edge Technologies How To Videos
I happened to be on Stone Edge Technologies website to view the announcement of the latest release of Stone Edge’s Order Manager (SEOM) version 5.900 – a leading order management software provider for small emerging businesses. And while on the site, I came across a series of how to videos in the Help & Support [...]
Achieving Higher Order Fill Rates Through Integrated Channel Order Fulfillment
Inventory, one of the single – if not the single largest asset on your balance sheet, utilizing that inventory efficiently is the utmost priority in most multichannel businesses. So you might be asking, so what does inventory have to do with order management software. Lets take a look at some great examples of utilizing your [...]
Transportation Turmoil
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, shipping packages becomes a little more uncertain. Certain events are adding confusion to an already unsettling situation. With outbound freight costs representing 6 – 8 % of sales and inbound another 2 – 4 % for domestic and 6 -12 % for imported product, changes to [...]
Utilizing Bar Code Technology in Your Warehouse
If there is one technology that can help improve warehouse operations, it has to be the utilization of bar code scanning. Those warehouses that employ a wide use of this technology reap significant benefits. Improvements in productivity and accuracy are possible. Since these two areas are usually the focus of most warehouse operations, it makes [...]
