The Amware Fulfillment & Logistics Blog

There are some books that we all enjoy reading. But, unfortunately, we must read others – whether we want to or not.  

Retailers' routing guides and vendor manuals definitely fit into that second category. Like War and Peace, they can often be epically long – not to mention mind-numbingly detailed. Yet you can't skip over a single page or paragraph because anything you miss could hurt your company and its bottom line.

Slumberkins, an educational children's brand, is on the INC 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.

Amazon is famous for putting its trademark 'smile' on the outside of its boxes.  But we think it's more important to put a smile inside the box with custom packaging, done right.

When it comes to warehouse picking error rates, most fulfillment centers operate within a 1-3% margin of error. A warehouse with a 97% picking accuracy rate operates on the lowest end of the scale in terms of acceptable performance. Modern eCommerce businesses should expect at least 99.5% picking accuracy from their in-house or 3PL-run fulfillment operation.

Labor represents the single largest cost for a fulfillment operation. That cost can quickly get out of control if your logistics partner fails to take steps to reduce warehouse turnover. Consider that it may cost up to $10,000 to replace a single warehouse associate. Given the high turnover rate in the warehousing sector, those costs will quickly spiral into the millions for a 3PL that operates numerous fulfillment centers.

Scaling order fulfillment operations is tough enough. But when your multi-channel brand is experiencing 4X growth, it's essential to have a buttoned-up back-end operation so you don’t disappoint customers.

With the post-Covid rise in online shopping, e-retailers are battling for the minds and wallets of a larger-than-ever market. Chief among the weapons these combatants are using are claims of fast shipping, typically 2-day fulfillment or less from order to delivery. Can your shipping speed keep up with your competitors’ offerings? A better question to ask may be: does it need to? In this article, we’ll look at 2-day

Parcel costs eat up about two thirds of an eTailer's spending. It's no surprise then that companies are looking for ways to reduce their parcel spend.  But it's not easy.

Your ability to deliver a great ecommerce customer experience depends on how well you navigate the array of order fulfillment problems that can happen between the order and the delivery. Contending with these problems can be maddening. Fortunately, most fulfillment problems have clear solutions. Let’s look at 6 common problems and how to address them.

In the fulfillment warehouse, pick to light technology is a tool that more companies are relying on to improve throughput, order accuracy and order quality. It also enables companies to simplify the training process and get associates into action quicker.