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Empowering Better Business with OpalEDI is NOT Forever – That’s Good News
All companies large or small that sell product on-line or for warehouse fulfillment to retailers and e-tailers eventually find themselves in a position where they need to rely on EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) to communicate with them. But does EDI really have a...
How to Increase the Profitability of Drop Ship Orders
Unlike the old days when you were shipping large pallet orders a few times per month, the transition to drop ship orders can be pretty traumatic. The pain extends all the way from order processing where you are now going through the same old steps, but for...
Life With and Without Autonomous Order Processing
First thing in the morning: Hello, my name is Joe. I am an order processing expert Hello, my name is Tracy. OPAL is my order processing expert Joe: I’m logging into the portals for all my retailers and downloading the orders Tracy: OPAL works 24x7 so all my orders...
E-commerce: The Direct to Consumer Shipment Problem
If you’re not already doing direct to consumer (drop ship) orders they are very likely in your future. While those big, high dollar pallet shipments are never going away, your retail trading partners are certainly scrambling to become more nimble and grow revenues by...
The Perils of Overselling or Underselling
We all know that having an accurate count of stock is critical. But how accurate is the individual SKU count that we report to our Retailers? This is a critical question. If you have 10 of a specific SKU in stock and are reporting ALL 10 SKUs to ALL RETAILERS – it...
Even More Things to Think About When Tracking Warehouse Stock
We all understand that efficiency in a warehouse operation relies almost entirely upon the time and motion of its personnel – the fewer steps while performing activities the better labor utilization you have, the more shipments you can make, and the less cost...
The Impact of Drop Shipping on Warehouse Management and Cost
We’ve often spoken of the order processing cost associated with drop shipping and OPAL’s ability to do things that reduce that cost to less than $1 per order. But what about the cost of picking, packing and shipping by warehouse personnel? 90% of our customers did...
Is Your Order Process “Automated” or “Autonomous”?
Now, really think about the difference for a minute. My guess is that most everyone would say that they are “Automated”. There’s probably an EDI service that downloads Purchase Orders from the retailer into an Accounting System or ERP System, and it probably also...
Who Needs EDI Anymore?
EDI continues to be a significant part of a supplier’s life. It’s mandated by many of your retailers or e-tailers, whether it be for drop shipping product directly to consumers or doing warehouse fulfillment. However, over the last 20 years a major shift has opened...
More Profit, More Orders and No EDI Cost
More profit per drop ship order, increasing the number of orders without adding staff to process them and doing it without paying for EDI documents. What’s not to like? Assume that you could: Handle 95%+ of your drop ship orders entirely autonomously (think...
3 HUGE Drop Shipping Problems to Fix
Anyone that drop ships product directly to consumers is painfully aware of these issues: The order processing labor cost to process small orders and the impact it has on the order’s profit. Growing your drop ship business doesn’t solve the problem – you end up needing...
Growing Your On-Line Retailer Sales with Better Product Content
Product Content – the information you provide on-line at retailer websites describing your product – is the secret ingredient when selling through e-Commerce Channels. The depth of detail and the content design used to showcase your product on Wayfair.com,...
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