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Businesses that don’t handle fulfillment in-house need to consider outsourcing fulfillment. This is a worthwhile option if you’re shipping more than 5 to 10 packages per day. The two main types of fulfillment providers are:

In the age of e-commerce, customers expect their products to be delivered quickly and with accuracy. Staying up to date on supply chain management technology can be the gap between fulfilling orders at an average rate and delivering orders at the quick pace your customers crave. Market America | SHOP.COM has discovered how impactful certain warehouse technology can be when shipping customers their orders quickly. Chad Sullivan, Market America | SHOP.COM’s Global Distribution Manager, says the company he works for has found three specific technologies that are integral to a fast delivery system and a better online shopping experience: an ERP (or enterprise resource planning accounting system), a warehouse management system (or WMS) and a pick to light system.

Market America | SHOP.COM Warehouse team member, Laprecious uses the pick to light system to fill orders. Another warehouse processing technology that can improve both productivity and accuracy is a pick to light system.

Now if you told me that you were going to hire dedicated pickers then we would have to look at the economics of the new model and I think we can all agree they’d be somewhat lacking.

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Yes, folks, it’s high time to rethink the store. How much square footage do we really need for our in-store shoppers? Do we really need to place all the merchandise on the floor? Should we be looking at a model like Hointers uses? How, where and what kind of associates will be required?

All this is much easier for online retailers located close to their customers. For many, strategically setting up, or working with, a network of fulfillment centers across the country is a good way to achieve this same goal.

Xparcel Priority joins RSL current delivery options include the company's Xparcel Expedited and Xparcel Ground services. Xparcel Priority will mean that RSL customers have yet another alternative to ensure lower shipping costs and expedited service.