The commercial invoice form can easily be considered as the most important document when shipping internationally since your package must have one before it can be cleared through customs.

Before digging into those critical elements you need on your international commercial invoice, let’s talk about what an “international commercial invoice” is. Read More…

Preparing for the Halloween season already? Yep! October is only a few months away, after all.

Some of your customers are going to order their costumes a month or two in advance, but there will be more than one or two that will be ordering their costumes the Monday before Halloween (which is on a Wednesday this year)! And you know what? They’re going to expect their costume on their doorstep Wednesday morning if not Tuesday.

Is your order fulfillment process going to be up for the challenge? Read More…

Here’s a round-up of some popular posts and interesting articles we talked about this week (plus a sneak peek of what’s coming up next week!) in a brief, easy to digest post. Read More…

While the process of packing for vacation can help you better your order fulfillment process, actually going on vacation probably won’t (sorry!). There are many similarities between packing for vacation and order fulfillment and when you use some of the steps in vacation-packing for order-packing, it can help your order fulfillment.

By taking the same steps you use to pack for vacation in your order fulfillment, you can make sure you customers get exactly what they want in a timely fashion. Read More…

The Transport Management System (TMS) is the crucial link between warehouse and customer that makes commerce possible. Every industry has it’s unique requirements and within that every business has specific needs that must be met for a product to make it successfully to the customer without error. Using shipping label sheets can help your TMS perform at it’s optimal speed and accuracy. Read More…

Here’s a round-up of some popular posts and interesting articles we talked about this week (plus a sneak peek of what’s coming up next week!) in a brief, easy to digest post. Read More…

Having items being shipped to the wrong locations on a regular basis can mar your company’s reputation. That’s why it’s crucial for you to have an order fulfillment system that helps you keep track of which package goes where throughout the picking and packing process.

A simple way of increasing order accuracy is by starting to implement shipping label sheets into your order fulfillment process. The sheet labels will allow you to keep all of the packing and shipping information together on a single sheet. Read More…

Here’s a round-up of some popular posts and interesting articles we talked about this week (plus a sneak peek of what’s coming up next week!) in a brief, easy to digest post.

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Yes and no, depends on how badly it’s crinkled. Some carriers have structured their barcodes to endure damage up to 30% while others are incredibly strict about keeping the barcode in mint condition.

The two we’ll look at in this post will be FedEx® and USPS®. FedEx® barcodes will work only if very little damage is done to them while USPS®’s barcodes aren’t quite as strict. Most carriers refer to an ANSI grade when talking about the quality the printed barcodes must be. Read More…

Here’s a round-up of some popular posts and interesting articles we talked about this week (plus a sneak peek of what’s coming up next week!) in a brief, easy to digest post. Read More…