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Kerry Transport
Flexport
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we use Monta, I see Plankton having a killer setup there. It also works well for fashion like us, but I think your economics are different 🙂
Yes, pretty much. Ask for Lennart Jilesen. We also looked at Bleckmann and Ingram Micro, Monta, FSA, and for bulk Vos Logistics and Arvato.
Extra benefit: late cut-off points and priority during busy times…
We use PostNL (). Quite happy with them.
will let you know how it goes!
I've a call with 3PeeL today - they'e a 3PL Matchmaker
Thanks James! Very interesting! I'll wait with any shipments to the US, maybe Trump sees the light in a few days...
this is brilliant!
Great article
Fascinating how they’ve actually made building a factory in America comparatively more expensive than before
SALES FORECASTING AND STOCK MANAGEMENT
Hi everyone,
We've recently started using Optiply, but our experience has been quite disappointing. About 20% of the time, the sales forecasts seem inaccurate, and when a product sells out, the system suggests excessively high reorder quantities.
Given these issues, we're exploring alternative solutions. We operate across multiple sales channels, so Shopify's native apps aren't an option for us.
Does anyone have recommendations for a reliable alternative?
Going to continue to share insights about the Tariffs as things develop - please do the same in the thread below :) 🧵
RETAIL OPERATIONS AND ORDER MANAGEMENT
Okay, we are growing heavily on our B2B / Retail Business. And we are getting overwhelmed by the manual work required.
Essentially, we are doing ~20 B2B orders on average weekly, with some being several pallets and others being a smaller package. It ranges from ~40.000 EUR orders to ~1.000 EUR orders.
However, we are currently managing this through our Shopify back-end, then sending it to a B2C focused warehouse, and then doing invoices in our back-end finance system. Very inefficient, highly prone to errors. We also currently have a full-time hire only handling this, which is just way too much salary for this process.
How do others here handle this process? Any system your are using? Any learnings? What is resources spent on managing orders?
Top tip for anyone in the UK. I just agreed to defer VAT with HMRC , so we can use the cash to buy our extra growth containers. Their interest is only 2% + Central Bank Rate, which is cheaper than our working capital facility. Can only do it once a year but definitely worth it I think
You just call the VAT payment plan number
@here Bit of an ask - What percentage of your overall expenses is typically spent on warehousing, fulfillment, and shipping costs?
Sam said I should cc him in directly and he'll take it from there. Always handy going straight in via the Founder 🤝
He just said 30% off so let me email him now and see the best way to organise it 🤝
Or just swap global?
Is that for the full swap package
thats a big discount!
Their Founder, Sam offered us 30% off FYI if you're in talks 🤝
A lot closer but still not integrated yet