This Week’s Expert Mailbag: How Are Workers Staying Safe in Warehouses?

| Mike O'Brien

Lots of us have questions these days. The biggest one being: When will we be able to return to “normal” – and what will that look like? In this week’s edition of Multichannel Merchant’s “Ask the Expert,” we address a concern about how warehouse workers are staying safe in the midst of concerns over the spread of COVID-19.

10 Ways to Improve Warehouse Efficiency and Reduce Costs

| Curt Barry

What are you doing in your warehouse across freight management, incentive pay for employees, creating baselines for KPIs, developing great managers and other critical areas? Here are 10 things to consider as you look for ways to make your operations more efficient and less costly.

O+F Advisor 4/29/20

| David Hurwitz

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 4/29/2020 Popup Fulfillment Centers Overcome Last Mile Obstacles During COVID-19 Supply chain issues related to COVID-19 are causing lots of problems … Continue Reading →

SkuVault Launches the SkuVault Network

| Press Release

New Hub Will Help Ecommerce Merchants, Omnichannel Sellers and 3PLs Overcome COVID-19 Logistics and Labor Challenges Louisville, KY, April 24 — SkuVault, developer of the world’s most intuitive inventory management … Continue Reading →

Hits of the Week 4-27-20

| David Hurwitz

Amazon Increases its Dominance in Apparel Sales Amazon is continuing to dominate in apparel sales online, according to a new report from CoreSight, which reports 70% of apparel shoppers bought … Continue Reading →

Bezos Says Amazon May Test All Employees for COVID-19 Infection

| Mike O'Brien

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos addressed the company’s response to and operations during the coronavirus outbreak, saying they’re doing all they can to keep workers safe amid reports of growing positive tests, a worker death and walkouts. Bezos also discussed possible company-wide COVID-19 testing, a process that is taking top priority.

Amazon to Halt Shipping Service for 3P Sellers Due to Coronavirus Demand

| Mike O'Brien

Amazon plans to halt its Amazon Shipping service that competes directly with FedEx and UPS, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, diverting workers to over-maxed fulfillment operations for its own business. Amazon Shipping is only active in a few cities. The company is working with shippers to limit the amount of disruption.

O+F Advisor 4/15/20

| David Hurwitz

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 4/15/2020 Last Mile Service Providers Seeing Huge Coronavirus Demand Spikes Amidst the massive pivot to online during the coronavirus crisis, … Continue Reading →

VARGO® and Körber Announce Alliance

| Press Release

Together, companies will conquer supply chain complexity through latest WMS, WES, system design, MHE, and automation solutions HILLIARD, OH, April 7, 2020 — VARGO®, a leading provider of material handling … Continue Reading →