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Utilizing a 3PL to Apply Transportation Management Best Practices For E-Commerce

GlobalTranz

In the age of e-commerce, maintaining the status quo will result in failure, disgruntled customers and added expenses, but shippers that leverage 3PL resources to apply transportation management best practices for e-commerce , as listed below, can navigate the issues that arise in e-commerce and achieve sustained profitability. LEARN MORE.

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What is GMROI, and What Does it Mean for Your Retail Inventory?

ShipBob

That means you must see a sufficient return on your inventory investment. In other words, you need to make more money selling your inventory than you spent to acquire, store, and fulfill orders with it. In this post, we’ll cover what GMROI is and why it’s important for your retail inventory management.

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Inventory Turnover Ratio: Definition & Improvement + Calculator

Unleashed

The inventory turnover ratio measures how often stock is sold and replaced over time. It’s a vital inventory accounting metric for monitoring sales and managing perishable goods – without it, your business will struggle to operate efficiently and could start losing money fast. Inventory turnover is expressed as a financial ratio.

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9 Key Topics to Understand to Frame A Shipper’s Mind for Effective KPI Management with a 3PL

GlobalTranz

Here are the 9 key topics to understand in the relationsihp between the shipper and the 3PL. To be unified is to collaborate and trust the shipper/customer Third Party Logistics Service Provider (3PL) relationship. For example: Inventory Record Accuracy has to be 98-100% accurate daily. 3PL/Shipper/Customer Rewards.

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Stord Launches Stord One Warehouse (WMS) to Help Operators Increase Efficiency and Productivity of Omnichannel Fulfillment

Stord

“Knowing what we have is better than anything on the market, we decided to make it available for all 3PLs and brands who are looking to increase efficiency in their own warehouses.” Coupled with Stord One Commerce , our new tech stack has helped us get a real handle on inventory management across multiple facilities.”

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So You Want to Make the Perfect Logistics Model

Logility

Your buyers or your 3PL might be taking advantage of opportunistic contracts— trucks that were cheap for a single event, but do not reflect the market price next year. You can see three warehouses and almost every warehouse shipped to each destination city. – Are there data points for every season? Great, see how I saved $948K?

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22 warehouse pros share the biggest mistakes made with inventory management (and how to avoid them)

6 River Systems

Managing warehouse inventory, on its face, seems a simple concept: Keep enough stock on hand to fulfill orders, but not so much stock that your warehouse is filled to the brim with inventory that won’t move for months (or years). How much does it cost to store and maintain slow-moving or stagnant inventory?