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4 Top Order Fulfillment KPIs
Mike DeFabis discusses the most important order fulfillment KPIs that retailers should be focusing on. These include: Order Accuracy...
Customization Plays Key Roles in Customer Return Rates
It’s 2018, everything we do has a connection with media and technology. Our homes, televisions, phones, and computers are “smart.” One fast growing...
How to Offer Free Shipping and Lower Your Shipping Costs
Mike DeFabis discusses strategies retail and ecommerce shippers can use to offer free shipping to their customers in this video. Additionally, Mike...
IDS Indiana Fulfillment Center Tour
Take a tour of our Indiana fulfillment center. From this location, IDS can reach most of the east coast with 2 day shipping. When you add in our...
The Best Drop-Shipping Practices You Should Be Following
Drop-shipping is a business model which enables a retailer to operate without the hassle of maintaining inventory, owning a warehouse to hold...
Have you Considered Implementing Kitting Solutions in your Strategy?
Kitting is a process that can easily be described as the process of grouping, packaging, and shipping items together as one unit. Think of...
The Voice Activated Retail Rundown
Every successful retailer in today's retail landscape must adopt new channels into their omni-channel strategy in order to be successful....
IDS Named Top 3PL Provider by Multichannel Merchant
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Integrated Distribution Services has been named on Multichannel Merchant’s Top 3PL Provider List for 2018. Curated by their...
IDS Named Top 3PL Provider by Multichannel Merchant
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Integrated Distribution Services has been named on Multichannel Merchant’s Top 3PL Provider List for 2018. Curated by their...
Top Ecommerce and Fulfillment Trade Shows to Attend in 2018
In the ecommerce order fulfillment industry, trade shows are one of the best ways to exhibit yourself and meet potential clients and partners. We...
The Return Apocalypse: Avoiding Holiday Return Fraud
Shipping deadlines have come and gone, most of the shopping panic is over, and now it’s time for retailers to focus on something more daunting: the...
Keeping Parcel Services Caught Up With Free Shipping
It is the biggest and boldest line in the retailing world, FREE SHIPPING. If you didn’t think so already, all of this free shipping being offered is...
What Can You Do To Keep Sales High After The Holiday Season?
The Holidays are still in full swing, but not for much longer. After the spikes in holiday sales near the beginning of January, ecommerce sites...
Are You Prepared to Handle Post-Holiday Returns?
The holidays are by far the busiest time of year in ecommerce fulfillment. Once everything is over, you can finally breathe that deep sigh of relief...
Social Media Tips to Amp Up Holiday Sales
By now, you should have already been planning your holiday season. But social media preparations can often be easy to overlook. With a content...
Are You Managing Your Freight Costs Efficiently?
When dealing with logistics, you need to be sure that you have planned everything down to the finite details when launching a new online business....
Effectively Training Employees for the Holiday Season
As we get closer to black Friday and cyber Monday, most of the big items should already be checked off your planning list (See holiday planning). ...
How Well Do You Understand Warehouse Metrics?
In warehouses, managers often gather massive amounts of performance related data, but can often find that they can apply only a small amount of it...
Adding a Supply Chain Management Strategy to Increase Orders and Save Costs
Having some sort of strategy in your supply chain is the key to success. You must be able to execute and measure that strategy and have the...
Keeping your Employees Safe in the Warehouse
Warehouse safety is a topic that isn’t often covered, but is still consistently important. According to results from the Census of Fatal...
Supply Chain Expert Insights: Reducing Costs Around Your Warehouse
One of the most commonly asked questions in the ecommerce and fulfillment industry is: how can I remove unnecessary costs from my warehouse? There...
Questions to Consider When Looking for 3PL Companies
Many factors can influence your decision to move to a new 3PL (third-party logistics/fulfillment) provider. You may just be starting out, or you’ve...
Personalizing the eCommerce Experience
One thing customers really enjoy is when their shopping experience is personal. It is a well-known fact that speaking with your customers or...
It’s Time to Start Prepping for the Holidays
This holiday sales season is set to break records. If you want to be able to take advantage of the benefits, you need to know how to keep up with...
How Social Media is Changing the eCommerce Industry
Everything in today’s world is so fast-paced. We have faster cars, faster internet, faster forms of communication, and faster delivery methods. With...
Inventory Management: Decluttering Your Warehouse
Maintaining your inventory and keeping everything organized can seem daunting, especially in a large warehouse with hundreds of employees moving...
How To Offer Free Shipping and Increase Profits
Offering Free Shipping and Increasing Profits Let’s face it, the days of charging a hand and a foot for shipping are over, and so is the comfort of...
The Future of Ecommerce
Throughout the years, many ecommerce companies have been upgrading and re-vamping the way they get products to the consumer and gain more customers....
Things to see and do around IRCE 2017
IDS Fulfillment will be attending the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) June 6-9 at McCormick Place West in Chicago, IL. Stop by...
Fulfillment Expert Insight: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Order Fulfillment Price
One of the biggest pitfalls to companies who are looking to outsource their fulfillment is they will choose their provider solely on price. Sure...
Leading the industry, IDS to head up the Fulfillment Council
At this year’s annual International Warehouse Logistics Association convention (IWLA), it was announced that a new Fulfillment Council is being...
IDS hosts visit from ISU Students
In support of the Indiana State University's Operations and Supply Chain Management program, IDS hosted a site visit with ISU students and faculty....
How to Boost Warehouse Efficiency and Reduce Cost
Everything in the world is constantly changing and evolving around us. In the world of logistics and fulfillment, it is no secret that efficiency is...
How Shipping Plays an Over-Sized Role in Customer Satisfaction
It’s a well established fact that repeat business and recommendations are essential to a company’s ecommerce success. There has been lots of debate...
Branding the Inside of the Box: Necessity or Luxury?
We know that consumer knowledge of a brand has a significant impact on customer acquisition and retention. Branding the inside of your box can...
Integrated Distribution Services Named a Multichannel Merchant Top 3PL for 2017
Integrated Distribution Services has been named a Multichannel Merchant Top 3PL for 2017. IDS was selected by the editors of Multichannel...
Turning Your Fulfillment Center into a Profit Center
While the fulfillment center is an extremely critical part of any organization shipping products, it is often viewed as just another cost center...
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