Broken Supply Chains When Growth Breaks Your Existing Logistics Fixing
Imagine waking up to a huge spike in online orders and then walking into your inventory storage area and feeling your stomach drop. The shelves are a total mess, everything is all mixed up, and you spend half your day just looking for the right things to pack. To top it all off, a package we shipped out last week was just returned to us due to a simple labelling error and another customer is requesting a refund for a delayed shipment. Once your daily agenda has been switched from developing a brand to putting out warehouse fires, it’s clear your business has outgrown its operational foundation. Eventually, managing stock, printing labels and handling manual distribution on your own will cap your ability to scale. The silent stress of disordered product distribution As your online business grows, you’ll begin to notice hidden friction points in your storage and shipping setup. These operational bottlenecks tend to be present in three different areas: Wrong Inventory Numbers: Sell...