MCM Week in Review 7/13/18

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week week of 7/13/2018 Back-to-School and College Spending Expected to Reach $82.8 Billion Total back-to-school spending for children in … Continue Reading →

Reactive to Proactive: Blockchain for Inventory Planning, Replenishment

| Pratik Soni

Inventory planning, replenishment and forecasting become major challenges as companies try to deal with demand fluctuation, growing SKU counts and lead time variance from manufacturers. Now blockchain technology enables companies to shift from a reactive approach to a proactive one.

9 Benefits to a Software as a Service WMS

| Brian Barry

Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud-based computing has made Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) affordable for many small- and medium-sized companies. Here are 9 benefits to installing SaaS vs. on-premise based applications, and 4 downside risks to watch out for.

MCM O+F Advisor (7/11/18)

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 7/11/2018 FedEx Active in Blockchain Initiatives Tying in Supply Chain With interest growing in the use of blockchain in the … Continue Reading →

Amazon Charging Excess Inventory Fees to Address Storage Issues

| Mike O'Brien

In an effort to address overcapacity issues in its dozens of fulfillment centers, Amazon has instituted new charges that will penalize third-party sellers – who make up more than half of its sales – for having slow-moving inventory. See what these changes mean and what else Amazon is doing to deal with inventory overflow.

MCM Week in Review 7/6/18

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week week of 7/6/2018 Abercrombie & Fitch Testing Small-Format Omnichannel Stores at Two Campuses Looking to provide a different … Continue Reading →

Identifying the Right Market for Your Ecommerce Fulfillment Center

| Brian Barry

Identifying the right labor market for a new ecommerce fulfillment center is a major, expensive undertaking, and your success depends on performing a three-pronged analysis. Follow this outline of the data and process steps involved to help you identify the right labor market for your new facility.