Curt Barry
Curt Barry is chairman of F. Curtis Barry & Company, a consulting firm specializing in multichannel operations and fulfillment. The firm provides services in system selection and implementation in OMS, WMS, ERP and Inventory systems, 3PL logistics, distribution center design, improvement in facility capacity, workflow and cost reduction and benchmarking. Curt is the author of “Best Practices in Multichannel Operations and Fulfillment.”
Slotting, or determining where each item should be located, is one of the most overlooked aspects of running a warehouse. If your distribution center is trying to control or reduce costs and meet customer expectations, proper product placement is essential.
Merchants always want to improve their warehouse operations and reduce costs, especially when the economy is down. Typically, you can make the most effective changes in labor management.
No matter the type of system, merchants tend to make the same mistakes when shopping for software. These errors can lead to budget overruns on the initial
So you’re shopping around for vendors, software and services to replace your current Web platform. Several questions no doubt go through your mind. What
When it comes to order fulfillment and customer service, most multichannel marketers keep it inhouse. Just 20% use an outside service for fulfillment,
Labor costs have increased by 10% to 15% during the past five years, but the measure of true productivity (units of work measured over a time period) has remained relatively flat. That means there’s been an increase in the labor cost per unit of work performed. Here are a few ideas for developing and managing your labor force.
Multichannel merchants continue to have a love/hate relationship with free shipping promotions: They love the lift they see with these offers and they
We interviewed dozens of multichannel marketers, consultants and service providers to get a sense of how merchants are spending in relation to their strategic marketing priorities. What did we find out?
When determining your total e-commerce spend, you have to identify all online expenses, such as IT costs, personnel for marketing and merchandising, content and outside services, among other things.
Is SaaS for you? Curt Barry spells it out for you right here.