Improved Efficiency

Technology has greatly improved efficiency in the fulfillment industry. For example, the use of ASN’s (advanced shipper’s notification) informs the receiving staff what to expect in the upcoming days. Typically sent in XML or EDI format, it contains information about when an order will be shipped, which items are being shipped, how many of each item is being shipped and physical characteristics about the shipment such as the shipment’s weight and carrier information. This greatly improves the anticipation of the required packaging requirements as well as the physical bin and pallet space that will be needed. Our analytical tools allows the fulfillment process to have the warehouse physically organized based upon packaging requirements, and order volume. This places the most popular items towards the middle and radiates outward from our packing stations. Most importantly, this reduces the steps each employee needs to fulfill the orders.

Analytical Tools

You can now also take advantage of the analytical tools of the control panel. With our analytics you can see orders shipped by invoice, backordered items by SKU, trending products, order processing time and more. The fulfillment analytics is just part of our supply chain analytics.  Our systems provide coverage of inventory movement as well inventory forecasting, so the customer can plan more effectively.   It also allows the client to balance inventory levels as well as see when their stock is low with custom set thresholds for easy visibility. This provides a more optimal service and streamlines the process for online sellers.

Shopping Cart Integration

Proper shopping cart integration is a very important aspect of eCommerce selling, without your customers have no way of buying products!

Xpert is already integrated with many popular shopping carts and we custom integrate with any shopping cart. Some of the carts that we are integrated with are: Amazon, Etsy, Ebay, Paypal, Yahoo, Shopify, Magento, Zencart, 3D cart, StitchLabs, Ecwid, WooCommerce, OpenCart, Network Solutions, Volusion, Cart32, AbleCommerce, BigCommerce, LimeLight, Miva, Channel Advisor, UltraCart, OSCommerce and many more!

Automation of Processes

Take the advent of auto bagging machines which automate the physical side of fulfillment such as labeling and sealing the packages. This greatly reduces the conventional bottlenecks of the printing and labeling process. Some of the machines can package as many as 200 items per minute. Furthermore, it’s a great piece of technology because it helps keep costs down and in turn saves money, while also greatly increasing productivity. It also uses a bag that is made from 70% recycled materials which keeps the global impact down. XFS also uses either your already labeled UPC codes (or we barcode with an internal system) to verify each order for the correct SKU and quantity.