Order management software
Negotiating Software Agreements To Create Successful System Implementations
There’s lots of work getting to the point of signing the agreements for a new order management system, warehouse management system or website platform. The systems selection process may take you four months or longer. By the time you have gone through all the user requirements, writing an RFP, watching vendor demos, negotiating price as [...]
15 Ways to Reduce Supply Chain Logistics Expenses
Through the hundreds of supply chain consultant projects we have worked on, F. Curtis Barry & Company has compiled the following quick-hitting supply chain strategies titled “15 Ways to Reduce Supply Chain Logistics Expenses”. Here is a summary: Efficient receiving. Inventory accuracy and product flow through the warehouse all start with receiving. The single biggest improvement companies [...]
Selecting the Right Systems for Your Third Party Logistics Business
More and more companies today are using third party logistics providers to avoid making investments in that non-core area, or in technology necessary for it. We’ve also seen hundreds of start up eCommerce companies that simply don’t want to be in the fulfillment business. All of these companies are turning to third party logistics providers. With so [...]
7 Tips for Understanding the Total Cost of Ownership When Acquiring Applications
Cited in a study that the technology firm CNET conducted, roughly 49 percent of IT projects suffer from budget overruns, and 47 percent suffer higher than expected maintenance costs. It’s imperative that companies identify and properly plan for all expenses associated with replacing a business application, such as an order management system or warehouse management system, to avoid [...]
Exploring Third Party Logistics Call Centers To Reduce Costs
Every company today is looking for ways to save money without hurting sales and customer service. As the pressure on businesses to dramatically reduce costs continues, you need to explore whether third party logistics call centers is the right solution for your business. Does it make sense to outsource some or all call center and data entry functions [...]
Does Your Order Management System Provide the Needed Reports?
You have just spent four months doing your homework to replace your aging order management system: gathering user requirements, writing an RFP, getting capable order management system vendors to bid on it, conducting demos and selecting the finalist. Yet there is one more activity that, if not done superbly, will shake management’s confidence that replacement [...]
Published Book – Best Practices in Multichannel Operations & Fulfillment
Best Practices in Multichannel Operations & Fulfillment is still available for purchase on Amazon.com. This guide to multichannel best practices was derived from our years of experience with hundreds of catalog, eCommerce and retail companies. Our team understands the issues and challenges facing multichannel businesses and provides insight on the following topics: Business Management – including [...]
How Are You Spending Your IT Dollar?
Even though we are coming out of a tough business climate, we see companies making investments in IT systems, especially in the eCommerce area. In many direct businesses, more than 50% of sales are eCommerce based, though those sales may have been spurred by receipt of a catalog. Long before the current economic slowdown, many companies [...]
How To Avoid Systems Project Waste
Management often bemoans the fact that IT projects fail to be delivered on time and within budget. And the truth is, the IT spending waste that occurs in our industry is at times mind-boggling. We have seen clients—ranging in size from $7 million to $650 million in sales—all struggling with the same schedule and budget problems [...]
Supply Chain Strategies to Control and Reduce Expenses
We all know we’re coming out of a tough business climate. With many companies ramping up for fall and holiday seasons, there is an urgent need to increase productivity and reduce costs without having to make major capital purchases to do so. Here are some supply chain strategies to reduce your cost per order, increase capacity without expansion, [...]
