Friday, January 30, 2015

How to manage fluctuating fulfillment volumes

Let’s face it – no matter how detailed the inputs, how carefully we plan, forecasting is, at the end of the day, our best guess at the future.  And sometimes, we just get it wrong.  Maybe demand for a product skyrocketed or the market took a sharp turn – and that can leave us scrambling to adapt and manage the new reality.  How can you efficiently manage your fulfillment resources to meet your changing needs?

Even the biggest companies have to deal with this. After the fiasco of undelivered holiday gifts in 2013, UPS planned extensively and added thousands of additional workers along with investing heavily to improve and expand logistics operations in preparation for the 2014 holiday season.  But while they nailed on-time deliveries, on less busy days workers and trucks were left unused – and that resulted in lower than forecast earnings and the biggest drop in share price since 2008.


Partnering with the right fulfillment company can help you manage those fluctuating volumes.  You use the resources you need, scaling up and down as appropriate – and that’s what you pay for.  Fulfillment companies, with their wide variety of clients, can often manage and offset those fluctuations behind the scenes, leaving you with the support you need, no more and no less.  Talk to Vision to see how we can help you efficiently manage your fulfillment operations and the ever-changing volume demands!

Vision Consumer Products Fulfillment has decades of experience and industry expertise in consumer products fulfillment services.  No matter who your customer is, we treat your customer as our own.  We know what makes a raving fan out of an individual customer, as well as what makes a business partner trust you with their business.  Call or email us to learn how.  We’re certain we’ll be the best fulfillment warehouse partner you have ever had!

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