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How to Successfully Manage Supply Chain Disruptions

Most customers may never give it a second thought, but business owners are well-acquainted with the fact that supply chains operate like a well-oiled machine. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, disrupted supply chains made it difficult to provide communities with pandemic response, including food, vaccines, and other medical supplies. Find out how business owners can prepare for disrupted supply operations to benefit both customers and employees. 
 

What is a Supply Chain Disruption?

Supply chain disruption

What Do You Need to Get Started With Dropshipping Business?

Have you always wanted to start an eCommerce business? Many businesses have failed to come to fruition due to insufficient capital and difficulties in dealing with warehouses, inventory, and shipping. Fortunately, there’s a more convenient and attainable alternative – dropshipping. Find out if dropshipping is the right choice for you! 

What is Dropshipping?

Dropshipping is a form of eCommerce where all fulfillment of orders is taken care of by third-party suppliers. This means that digital store owners

How to Choose the Best Full Truckload Freight Carrier?

FTL or full truckload carriers make up the largest freight market share globally at about 46.4%. FTL shipping offers some of the most flexible and convenient methods to land delivery, particularly in North America. FTL carriers provide an excellent solution for shipping high-value, fragile, or hazardous products urgently and safely to their destination.  Due to point-to-point standards of FTL shipments, suppliers can rest assured that FTL shipments will entail less handling and higher security. It is theref

Sustainable Packaging Strategy and Eco-Friendly Packaging Trends

They say that you should never judge a book by its cover. However, business owners are aware of how critical product packaging is to customer satisfaction. It is likely to be the first physical encounter your customers have with your brand and sets the tone for the customer’s perception of your brand. With the skyrocketing online shopping demands due to COVID-19, eye-catching plastic packaging waste has unfortunately become a serious environmental issue which has become a rising concern among consumers in r

Implementing AI in Supply Chain and Logistics

The rapid development of AI in supply chain in the last decade has made moving packages from one end of the globe to the other more seamless than ever.  From virtual assistants, robotics, analytics, and autonomous vehicles, AI technology has provided sophisticated solutions to supply chain and logistics operations around the globe.

What can AI offer businesses and e-commerce? 

With the volume of data entering the supply chain every day, AI computing technology has the potential to shift business trends

What is a Shipping Cost Calculator?

In this fast-paced world, everyone is seeking quick and reliable delivery services. According to a survey, 64.3% of online shoppers expect cost-effective or free and fast delivery of goods. Likewise, business owners are also trying to provide their customers with the best ecommerce shipping options. When it comes to shipping freight, business owners need to know their margins when estimating and analyzing shipping prices. Use a shipping cost calculator to help you save time and continue gaining profits in t

Best eCommerce Shipping Strategies for Small Business

Just as important as developing your products and tweaking your online store, establishing a clear eCommerce shipping strategy is a critical step to jumpstart a growing business. 

What is eCommerce shipping? 

eCommerce shipping is more than fast delivery and free shipping. It encompasses all the services from marketing your product down to delivery and fulfillment, and everything in between.  The most successful online merchants use strategic eCommerce shipping strategies to set themselves apart from t

Peak Season Shipping: Get Ready with GoShip

Regardless of the fluctuations in the freight market, there is a relatively stable pattern when it comes to freight shipping seasons. In freight shipping, the year is divided into four parts and is mainly determined by the demand and the business of freight carriers and shippers. Understanding freight seasons can help you accurately predict demand and prepare for the challenges of every season. Here we will talk about the peak season of shipping and how to prepare your logistics operations for it. ![Get a Q

A Guide to Different Types of Shipping Pallets

What is a wooden pallet?

The pallet is a flat structure used for transporting freight. Wooden pallets are simply platforms of a standard pallet size that are the most common type of packaging in freight shipping. There are different types of pallets, but they are mostly made of either wood or plastic. The freight is usually secured or tied to the pallet and then stacked into the trailer. Pallets are mostly used to attach and secure already packaged freight. This way, the carrier can load a full trailer a

Free on Board Meaning: What FOB Means in Supply Chain and Logistics  

The freight shipping industry is saturated with many shipping terms that are sometimes confusing even to experienced shippers. One such term is the FOB acronym, which stands for free (or freight) on board. It is a widely used term in the industry, however, not everyone knows the accurate meaning and definition. A lack of understanding of certain industry abbreviations or terms can cost you time and money. FOB is one of the rarely recognized terms in freight shipping, yet is still important.

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