Articles of Interest

The Explosive growth of Promotional and Daily-Deal e-Commerce Sites One of the main drivers of complexity in the supply chain has been the explosion of sales channels. Lets say you wanted to buy a new sweatshirt. You could go to the…

From Cyber Monday to Black Friday… and Every Day In-between The third party distribution and fulfillment provider This year, I have heard just as many news stories about ‘Cyber Monday’ as I have about ‘Black Friday.’ Behind the scenes of these…

Routing Guides Fulfillment and Distribution in a Routing Guide Environment What is a Routing Guide? Routing guides are published by retailers for manufactures and wholesaler/distributors to establish a set of rules and requirements when fulfilling orders and shipping product to the…

Fulfillment Center Pricing “It’s Apples to Oranges to Bananas…” How to Compare Fulfillment Center Pricing So you have decided to outsource your fulfillment and distribution-maybe you didn’t want to buy a warehouse, purchase forklifts, manage additional personnel and invest in costly…

Push Your Packaging Down the Supply Chain Responding to Different Promotional Packaging Needs – Without Breaking the Bank! One of the challenges of the supply chain in today’s retail environment is packaging customization. The wide variety of retail outlets has led…

Reducing Pick Error Rates – Start with the Fundamentals Pick Error Reduction in Small Volume Fulfillment Accurate order fulfillment is a crucial part of customer service.Order fulfillment is a crucial part of many businesses. Because it is the last link in…

A Midwest Logistics Center Will Save You Money Dawn Norman , TAGG Logistics All third party logistics (3PL) companies are not the same. While most offer a similar range of logistics services, location plays a major part in whether outsourcing logistics…

Outsourced eCommerce Fulfillment Can Improve Order Accuracy and Customer Service Tod Yazdi, TAGG Logistics Outsourcing order fulfillment continues to be a significant industry trend. In today’s competitive marketplace, more and more companies are choosing to focus on their core business of…

Why You Should Outsource Your Distribution and Fulfillment Tod Yazdi, TAGG Logistics I recently stumbled upon a study that defined third party logistics (3PL) as: “That part of the supply chain process that plans, implements and controls the efficient flow and…

What is Order Fulfillment? An Industry Expert Explains Gary Patterson, TAGG Logistics Order fulfillment can be defined as… “the process of receiving an order, then shipping the order to the buyer to complete a transaction.” Seems simple enough, right? Except, every…