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How Are Mail Holidays Affecting Your Business If you’re a small retailer, then you know that the holiday season is a crucial time of year. This is especially true if you’ve got an online component as part of your business. Customers will be placing orders and expecting them to arrive in plenty of time before…
What Expect For Shipping Costs over the Course of the Year Anyone in the shipping, manufacturing, or retail business knows that shipping costs fluctuate over the course of a year. Even though inconsistent shipping rates are expected, that doesn’t make them any easier to understand. For example, why does it cost $25 to ship an…
We are proud to stand amongst Multichannel Merchant’s Top 3PLs Taylored Services has been named amongst Multichannel Merchant’s Top 3PLs of 2019! Multichannel Merchant provides an in-depth analysis of industry trends and best practices for e-commerce management, marketing, and operations. As a company, their goal is to provide resources to help businesses successfully sell and…
Recycled Building Material is Changing the Game Did you know that building material accounts for about one-third of all waste in the United States? That’s literally thousands of tons of garbage that ends up in landfills or incinerators. Most of this waste is recyclable. Construction companies are now learning that recycling their waste and using…
The holiday season is in full swing and if you’re a business owner, then you’re trying to get online orders out the door as quickly as possible. But are you offering overnight shipping? If not, then you may be missing out on a lot of potential customers. So how can you as a small business implement overnight shipping in the busy holiday season without blowing your profit margin?
Best Practices for Shipping Heavy Items It’s no secret that the internet has revolutionized retail. The e-commerce industry will only continue to grow and become more sophisticated as technology advances by leaps and bounds each year. What hasn’t changed as much? Shipping. Sure, maybe self-driving trucks will be a reality in our lifetime, but shipping…
Do you Have Optimal Supply Chain Stability? As any manufacturer or distributor knows, their supply chain is not any single business function. Rather, the supply chain is a network of suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, distributors, and retailers who are all working together to get products into the hands of customers. It sounds straightforward, but supply chains…
Amazon Wage Set a Competitive Bar Call it “the Amazon wage hike heard around the world.” In October 2018, Amazon announced its plans to increase wages for nearly 350,000 Amazon and Whole Foods workers to $15 per hour— more than doubling the current legal Federal minimum wage. Other companies have increased wages to similar levels…
Order Fulfillment Tips to Keep in Mind as the Holidays Near The holiday shopping season is right around the corner, and warehouses and distribution centers will soon be bustling to get online orders out the door. Order fulfillment during the holiday season is especially challenging for those warehouses that rely exclusively on manual processes. Having…
A Warehouse Management System Could Benefit Your Business If you’re in the warehousing or supply chain management industry today, then you can most likely list the more obvious benefits of using a warehouse management system (WMS) such as increased order accuracy, faster picking and receiving times, improved inventory control, and better customer service to name…