Aug 16, 2021 | newsroom
Distributed fulfillment means utilizing a nationwide or global network of warehouses and fulfillment centers to bring inventory closer to potential customers, as opposed to shipping from one to two centralized locations. While this supply chain model creates more complexity and room for error, tech companies have come to the rescue with powerful software that integrates virtually every aspect of getting a product from the online store to te customer’s door.
Companies have found enormous success using predictive analytics and machine learning. These tools intelligently allocate inventory across networks to avoid stock-outs, reduce miles traveled, and decrease delivery time, cost, and environmental impact.
To understand the power of a distributed fulfillment network, consider that distributed fulfillment services can prioritize ground transportation and achieve a two-day shipping standard anywhere in the United States. That’s receiving an order, picking, packing, and shipping using trucks, cars, bikes, or scooters anywhere within 3.797 million square miles…in less than 48 hours.
As shoppers slowly regress to in-person shopping habits, retailers have taken the opportunity to roll their customer-facing storefronts into this distributed fulfillment network, creating a hybrid model for traditional brick-and-mortar stores. The front end handles in-person shopping, while the back end receives and handles online orders from nearby customers.
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Aug 12, 2021 | newsroom
Logistics and e-commerce company ShipHero next month plans to move into warehouse, roughly four times the size of its current facility at the Golden Triangle Logistics Center in North Las Vegas.
ShipHero Chief Executive Aaron Rubin said the move is happening just over a year after the company opened its first outpost in North Las Vegas.
“We (first) moved in July 1 of last year,” he said. “We basically ran out of space. We’re an e-commerce and logistics company so things are busy.”
The company currently occupies a 50,000-square-foot facility but will be moving into a 200,000-square-foot warehouse at the Golden Triangle, a 127-acre business park that’s still under construction.
Rubin said the company plans to add 100 employees over the next two years at the facility, which would bring its total workforce in the area to about 130 employees.
New York-based ShipHero helps small-to-large firms with e-commerce fulfillment needs as well as offers a cloud-based warehouse management software system.
Last year, it processed more than $5 billion in orders, and clients include Canadian Tire and Universal Music Group.
It also closed $50 million in funding led by Riverwood Capital in June, marking its first institutional investment.
Rubin said expanding ShipHero’s warehouse network to include Las Vegas made sense.
“Vegas has good proximity to Southern and Central California (and) it’s a good workforce,” he said.
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May 4, 2021 | newsroom
A key component of micro-fulfilment is rethinking the role of the retail store, which now needs to function like a warehouse and bricks-and-mortar shop, says Maggie Barnett, COO of ShipHero, the fulfillment network partner for Shopify. “Some of our large beauty and fashion brands have a prolific real estate footprint, so they want to leverage that — even if people aren’t necessarily visiting those stores at 100 per cent capacity,” Barnett says.
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Apr 27, 2021 | newsroom
When a transaction goes well, gig companies can provide a level of service the parcel giants can’t, according to Aaron Rubin, CEO of e-commerce fulfillment startup ShipHero. He points to the difference in experience. Beyond same-day service, gig startups often offer live tracking and text updates for each order. The delivery workers knock on the door and (pre-COVID) hand orders to customers‚ creating contrast with opaque and sometimes theft-prone deliveries offered by traditional carriers.
“You’re starting to see more Amazon packages show up at your door, more Grubhub, Doordash … where it’s this fantastic experience. And that opens your eyes to, well, this is the way the world could be. Why is it not like that?” Rubin said.
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Apr 23, 2021 | newsroom
“From memory, it would take about four of my staff about 4-5 hours to completely fulfill 200 orders. The week we went live with Shiphero we did the same amount in about 2 hours – as of right now, even less.” Jordi Anger, CoFounder of E-Commerce Xpress.
