by Geanna C. 3PL ProviderDecember 20, 2024December 20, 2024 3PL vs. 4PL – Which is Right for You? 3PLs (third party logistics providers) handle orders, inventory, warehousing, and shipping for ecommerce businesses on the rise. Meanwhile, 4PLs (fourth...
by Geanna C. EcommerceOctober 17, 2022June 15, 2023 What is a 3PL? How Third-Party Logistics Providers Benefit Ecommerce Brands 3PL—a simple abbreviation for one of the most complex, integrated, helpful entities operating in the ecommerce landscape. 3PL stands for...
by Cathy O. EcommerceOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022 FIFO Inventory Management vs. Inventory Valuation for eCommerce Businesses Flow of Goods vs. Cost Flow Assumption If you manage inventory, you’re familiar with the term FIFO, an acronym that...
by Cathy O. EcommerceOctober 5, 2022October 5, 2022 What is Discreet Shipping? When eCommerce sellers don’t want anyone, even their customers, to know what’s inside the packages they’re sending, they use what’s...
by Cathy O. EcommerceOctober 3, 2022October 3, 2022 What Does “Arrived at Carrier Facility” Mean? When you place an online order for a new pair of dancing shoes, you don’t really think about how those...
by Geanna C. EcommerceSeptember 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Peak Season 2022 Guide for eCommerce Brands PART 2 Tips for Peak Season 2022 In PART 1 of our “Peak Season 2022 Guide for eCommerce Brands” we discussed the...
by Geanna C. EcommerceSeptember 28, 2022September 29, 2022 Peak Season 2022 Guide for eCommerce Brands PART 1 eCommerce Peak Season Problems and Solutions Peak season didn’t get its nickname because of people trying to get a peek...
by Cathy O. EcommerceSeptember 26, 2022July 15, 2024 Scheduled Delivery Pending, Awaiting Delivery Scan, and Other Tracking Statuses Explained When you think about eCommerce order fulfillment, from checkout to delivery, there are about a million things that have to...
by Cathy O. EcommerceSeptember 19, 2022September 19, 2022 How to Calculate Inventory Holding Cost or Carrying Cost Remember when you were managing your eCommerce business out of your garage? Back then you didn’t need to know about...
by Geanna C. EcommerceSeptember 15, 2022September 15, 2022 What is eCommerce Order Fulfillment? Fulfillment means different things to different people. To a pastry chef, seeing a souffle rise in the oven is fulfillment....
by Cathy O. EcommerceSeptember 14, 2022September 14, 2022 How to Calculate Beginning Inventory and Why You Should Track It There are a lot of accounting terms thrown around when describing eCommerce inventory: merchandise inventory, WIP inventory, ending inventory, and...