Order Fulfillment 101:
Simple Ways You Can Streamline Your Business
Order fulfillment is a crucial part of the promo industry. In fact, successfully fulfilling orders can make or break a project, even if everything else is going perfectly. Take advantage of every opportunity to streamline your services and ensure happy customers with these simple tips and tricks you may not know about.
In a nutshell, order fulfillment means the meeting, finishing and completion of requirements and conditions of a project or order. This can include elements such as drop-shipping, kitting and assembly of your products along with other materials, co-package items, warehousing and more. A fulfillment center is a business designed to help you succeed in a turnkey operation beyond the product that's ordered –essentially a one-stop-shop for resources on assembly, production and distribution. It's all the components you need to master to successfully complete orders and achieve customer satisfaction.
What began as a part-time business to help companies in 1993 has grown to become a nationally recognized, woman-owned logistics and fulfillment service company. With over 30 million square feet of space across over 20 warehouse and production locations across the U.S., Canada and Europe, Xpedite Fulfillment is equipped and eager to help you with all your order fulfillment needs.
As for services, there's no shortage of tasks Xpedite Fulfillment can help you with, such as:
Kitting and assembly projects
Direct mail
Order processing
Shipping
Gift wrapping
Company stores
T-shirt fulfillment
International shipping
And more.
Drop-ship programs
Warehousing
Packaging
Full-service print shop
And more.
Now that you know what an order fulfillment partner is and how they work, you might be wondering "what's in it for me?" Partnering with an order fulfillment expert paves the way for plenty of benefits:
Save time so you can focus on more important business aspects and growth
Get help from industry experts so you don't have to master order fulfillment yourself
Gain flexibility to scale your business and reduce your overhead, as you don't need to get your own warehouses
Provide better service for your customer, increasing their satisfaction and giving you more value add to your service offerings
Save With Your ASI Membership!
All ASI members and suppliers can qualify to receive up to a 25% discount on fulfillment services by signing up at XpediteFulfillment.com/ASI.
See for yourself everything Xpedite Fulfillment can do for you.
View ASI's Business Savings Program for more info.
Xpedite Fulfillment
To learn more, visit XpediteFulfillment.com or call (978) 478-5250.