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The August bank holiday is in the history books, and as families finish up their back to school shopping, B2C retailers prepare for the next big sales surge. For most companies, that’s Christmas – but while shoppers may think in terms of the Christmas rush, retailers can’t. Getting ready for Christmas sales – and for…
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What do you do when your typical shipments are big enough that couriers aren’t cost effective tools? You move on to pallet shipping. Maybe you develop a delivery team to go with your shipping team, or maybe you contract hauliers. Either way, you’re shipping at a volume where one lost package can be an expensive…
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Your business is all but guaranteed to end up with excess inventory at some point. The only exceptions are purely digital companies and those that only drop-ship. And even they may overstock on items used internally! Why Do You Have Excess Stock? Obviously, excess stock isn’t something you set out to have. You want enough…
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Stock control is a term for any and all procedures involved in monitoring and managing the amount of stock in your business at any given time. For almost all businesses which use stock, stock is their single largest investment. This makes efficient stock control vital to your company’s success. Developing your stock control procedures involves…
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The role of inventory management is to maintain appropriate stock levels for the business’ needs, minimising wasted inventory, funds tied up in stock, and lost income through stocks dropping too low. Manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers all use inventory management to achieve slightly different goals. Manufacturers & Types of Inventory Manufacturing businesses need to do more…
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It’s easy to see now that Parcelhub’s New Year Resolution was to make it easier for their customers to use them. Integrated Labels In early January they rolled out an integrated label system – now picking sheets, packing slips, and shipping labels are produced on a single sheet of paper. This kind of integrated, streamlined…
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Cloud Commerce Pro offers three types of warehouse management configurations to help online retailers, as well as wholesalers, manage stock across single or co-located warehouses, including in-store premises. These are: Standard Warehousing Simplex Warehousing Complex Warehousing Whether you are dispatching from one or multiple locations, our ‘Warehouse Management Feature’ helps you keep track of…
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