Warehouse Layout Optimization: Best Practices Which would you rather do tomorrow: work in a warehouse, or plan one? Hold up, comments section ninjas—don’t come for our heads. We promise it’s not a trick question. Furthermore, there’s no right or wrong answer here. But we also bet that most of our friends who work the warehouse floor are shouting their choice: Plan one! As for the operations managers? We see you out there, backing away from the screen with cold sweat rolling down your neck. Just kidding. We like to ask this question at Goods because it appears to be a simple choice on the sur ..read more

Ecommerce Inventory Management – How to Make it Work WHAT KIND OF INVENTORY ANIMAL ARE YOU GOING TO BE? The tortoise and the hare—it’s our favorite bedtime story. And it just so happens to be a timeless lesson on why preparation, wisdom, and commitment can beat natural strengths. Bet you didn’t know it’s secretly a story about the perils of poor inventory management. All right, we might have stretched the truth a little. But at Goods, where we help our ecommerce customers dig out of inventory messes every day, we see a secondary lesson in the old children’s tale. Are you ready for the bigges ..read more

ERP and WMS Efficiency Guide: From Chaos to Control Listen, ecom kids. In the interest of keeping it real… well, there’s no cutesy comparison or inside joke that can soften the reality check we’re about to drop. Setting up an ecommerce business is overwhelming. Worse than overwhelming. For an operations management newbie diving into the warehouse world for the first time, all the acronyms, tools, and “suggestions” from random internet searches can make you feel like you’re drowning. Or maybe like you’d rather be. Our team knows the feeling. Every day at Goods, we work with ecommerce clients ..read more

Inventory Optimization Guide: Unlocking Success As expert nerds in all things logistics, the Goods team has witnessed more than our fair share of disasters caused by poor inventory optimization. Allow us to set the scene by sharing a story from our consulting archives. INVENTORY DISASTER CASE STUDY: ZIZI AND THE BEARS A retailer friend of ours was just breaking into the B2C toy scene—we’ll call her Zizi (not her real name). Zizi was an ace toy seller and had diligently set up a gorgeous new ecommerce website in preparation for this exciting change. But beneath the glamorous surface of her gr ..read more

The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing for Ecommerce Ignoring social media is like shooting your business in the foot. Sure, it probably won’t kill you—but don’t expect to go anywhere fast when you’re limping on a bum leg. Forgive us for dumping this bucket of cold water on your head: all ecommerce businesses need a social media presence. (Yes, that includes you. Sorry.) At Goods, helping ecommerce SMBs grow is our calling. Experience has taught us that it sometimes feels impossible for a small, tightknit team to rustle up the right ingredients to bake a smash-hit social media post ..read more

Shopify Order Fulfillment Guide for E-commerce Success Shopify, where would internet shopaholics be without you? It’s hard to remember a time before the ecommerce platform Shopify swooped in to save customers and businesses from raging online shopfront headaches. Its simple interface and catalogue of features make managing e-stores easier than ever before. But as loveable as Shopify can be, the Goods team knows getting started with a new platform can be intimidating. That’s exactly why we’ve assembled our team of logistics geeks to whip up this beginner’s tutorial. Read on and find out how t ..read more

How to Improve the Order Fulfillment Process – 7 Tips Remember when you were a kid, and you spent hours swinging from the monkey bars, pretending the ground was lava? We think it’s a perfect way to describe order management. From juggling incoming orders to navigating your warehouse, the whole process can feel a bit like a high-stakes game of The Floor is Lava. One wrong step, and you may just fall into a piping hot mess. At Goods, we know the feeling. So we’ve called together our expert team of logistics nerds to whip up a list of our favorite order fulfillment tips. Read on to discover tri ..read more

What is Order Fulfillment? Exploring the Complete Process As any warehouse manager can attest to, most customers enjoy living in blissful package ignorance for one reason: the expertise of logistics professionals who are hard at work behind the scenes, orchestrating every step between the shopfront and front porch. Order fulfillment describes the process by which businesses track, manage, and complete an order from receipt to delivery. It includes each step the business takes throughout the order’s lifecycle. There is also this great definition from Wikipedia if you want to dig more into the ..read more

What is Inventory Forecasting? Inventory forecasting, also known as demand planning, is the activity of predicting required inventory levels for a future time by analyzing previous data, trends, and known imminent occurrences. Forecasting accurately guarantees that firms have enough merchandise to satisfy consumer requests while not tying up cash in unneeded inventory. Forecasting is employing data analysis to find patterns and trends to react to dynamic situations and meet client demand. Reorder points are crucial, but inventory forecasting is far more complex. Inventory forecasting calculate ..read more

If you’re a B2B company and you’ve recently set up new online store to sell direct to End consumers (B2C), you might face challenges managing your inventory and keep your inventory balanced. Real-time inventory is critical for successful B2B, B2C ecommerce and offline sales. B2C order fulfillment With B2C customers you are generally dealing with one-off purchases by the end user. B2C eCommerce has very low barriers to entry and customers are typically buying different products each time from various sources. For B2C order fulfilment, you are shipping to a customer which makes the shipping proc ..read more