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Holiday Preparedness: Tips on Dealing With Increased Order Volumes
All companies will experience fluctuations in orders sometime throughout the year. It is important when orders increase that you are able to maintain a level of order accuracy while still shipping out your products in a timely manner. This video from Integrated Distribution Services discusses some helpful tips on how to handle fluctuations in order volumes throughout the year.
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Two Tips for Staffing the Warehouse for the Holidays
To hire the correct amount of order pickers, packers, and shippers you need to understand two things: Product demand/sales forecast, and how many orders your warehouse can ship per labor hour. Using these metrics, you can determine how many people you need to get all the orders out the door on time. Then you just need to hire those quality applicants.
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Video: Measuring and Managing During Holiday 2011
Ken Lane of Hathaway & Lane and J. Schmid & Associates talks about key metrics and forecasting for the holiday season. This year more than ever, you need to have a measure and manage on steroids mentality. A Sunday Christmas, ecommerce, express shipping and daily deal sites will change your curve.
Video: How to Manage Holiday Inventory Levels
Here’s a holiday preparedness tip from Carolina Rustica owner Richard Sexton. Don’t just keep an eye on your inventory levels. Make sure that if you’re participating in a promotion like Free Shipping Day, you’ve allocated inventory to go towards that promotion. The last thing you want to do during the holidays is make a customer mad!