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Being a small or medium business owner in today’s digital economy is no small feat. Although e-commerce offers great deal of opportunity, it also comes with its own unique set of challenges. Order fulfilment is one of the key areas that small business owners struggle in when trying to get an e-commerce operation off the ground but this doesn’t have to be the case. Professional fulfilment companies are a faster, better and more affordable way to manage SME fulfilment requirements. Here are five key reasons why outsourcing your fulfilment requirements will benefit your business.
Focus
Outsourcing your logistics requirements means you are able to focus on doing what you do best and growing your business. Many small business owners are hesitant to delegate out of a desire to keep costs low but in doing this they sacrifice valuable time which could be spent growing their business and developing new innovations. Employing commercial fulfilment services may have a higher initial outlay than doing it yourself, but in the long run, it gives you the opportunity to increase the profitability of your business.
Flexibility
For businesses who work with seasonal fluctuations, fulfilment services are the ideal way to ensure distribution capability always matches demand. Pay as you go options mean that all the necessary resources are there when you need them.
Cost
The true cost of order fulfilment goes far beyond postage and encompasses storage, moving equipment, staffing, packing supplies, security, software, maintenance, racking and overheads. Choosing fulfilment services cuts out all these capital costs, allows you to have a better handle on cost control, and spreads the overhead cost across multiple clients.
Technology
E-commerce logistics is a constantly growing market and the technology changes rapidly to meet the demands of modern digital consumers. Professional fulfilment service providers are specialists who are always up to date on the latest turnkey e-commerce solutions and are therefore able to offer the highest standard of fulfilment services to you and your customers with real time reports and custom order monitoring as sophisticated inventory and shipment solutions.
Reach
The great advantage of e-commerce is that it enables small business owners to reach niche global markets. But many SME’s have to pass up on the opportunity to develop a global client base because they lack the infrastructure to offer international shipping. Order fulfilment services are the ideal way to capitalise on the global market as they have the resources to extend your reach without the capital investment.
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