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Kris Gösser Kris Gösser / December 11, 2024

How to Calculate and Improve Cart Conversion Rate

Since the first secure online purchase over 30 years ago, ecommerce has grown exponentially worldwide. According to a Forrester study, 20% of global retail sales are now online.
Kris Gösser Kris Gösser / November 26, 2024

How to Optimize Your Shipping Process Workflow

For enterprise ecommerce businesses, a well-optimized shipping process workflow — starting with an order and ending with a delivery — protects margins, enhances customer satisfaction, and boosts the bottom-line profitability.
Kris Gösser Kris Gösser / November 21, 2024

Parcel Shipping Optimization: A Guide

For high-volume businesses, moving products from warehouse to customer represents one of their most significant operational expenses. To take control and manage costs, you need to implement a robust parcel strategy designed to streamline your processes.
Kris Gösser Kris Gösser / November 15, 2024

Körber WMS: 7 Use Cases for Ecommerce Shipping Operations

Warehouses and processes for managing them are the backbone of fulfillment operations, ensuring products are stored safely, orders get handled smoothly, and customers receive their products as quickly as possible. That's why many ecommerce businesses rely on solutions like Körber's Warehouse Management System (WMS) to streamline workflows, strengthen operations, and elevate the customer experience.
Kris Gösser Kris Gösser / November 8, 2024 / Product

How a Carrier Management System Impacts Ecommerce Efficiency

For enterprise shippers, a well-maintained carrier management system eliminates common operational burdens like manual rate updates, time-consuming carrier selection processes, and tedious compliance checks. The right solution can directly improve shipping operations through automation and centralization — from faster contract management to smarter carrier selection.
Anurag Allena Anurag Allena / October 30, 2024 / Product

Enhancing Operational Control with Shipium’s Console

Despite the continued growth of shipping volumes and resulting complexity of fulfillment networks, many shippers can’t leverage their growth and scale because they don’t have the level of operational control they need to make shipping a growth driver.
Kris Gösser Kris Gösser / October 16, 2024 / Product / Company

5 Benefits of Effective Carrier Contract Management

Expenses, service inconsistencies, and compliance risks can quickly erode ecommerce shipping operators’ profit margins and customer satisfaction. Without sufficient oversight of how your mix of carriers operates, your business can miss out on potential cost-saving opportunities, not to mention open itself up to potential legal liabilities.
Anurag Allena Anurag Allena / October 16, 2024 / Product

How Shipium’s Universal Rules Engine Streamlines Business Rule Management

Business rules play a pivotal role in ensuring shipments are handled correctly and cost-effectively. However, for companies who still rely on legacy parcel shipping technology, managing rules is a complex and time-consuming process. In this post, we’ll explore the common challenges shippers face when it comes to managing rules with traditional systems, and how Shipium’s Rules Engine addresses these issues. We’ll also highlight the key functionality that makes Shipium’s Rules Engine a game-changer for modern shippers.
Kris Gösser Kris Gösser / October 9, 2024 / Product / Company

An Overview of Shipium’s ML-Powered Time-in-Transit Modeling

With the bar for digital customer experience now higher than ever, retailers are increasingly focused on creating a competitive edge through faster, more transparent, lower-cost shipping. But without the right understanding of transit performance, it’s impossible to actually make promises you know you can keep — which leaves many shippers in the position of having to decide between optimizing for customer experience at the expense of margins, or vice-versa.
Jason Murray Jason Murray / October 8, 2024 / Product / Company

How Last Mile Delivery Impacts Your Shipping Cost

When studying ecommerce leaders like Amazon, it becomes clear that focusing on the customer journey is the path to scaling growth. Last mile delivery is the stage of your supply chain that puts your product directly into the hands of your customers. Getting it right can significantly impact customer experience, driving increased sales. How can optimizing your final mile logistics elevate the overall customer experience, and how does that impact your bottom line? Let’s explore its importance and the cost-saving benefits a well-optimized process can offer to your business and customers.