With peak shopping season just around the corner, we have created resources to help you understand what you can do now to prepare your teams, systems and stock for increased customer demand. And longer-term strategies to stay ahead of the game.
Access Mintsoft is the order and warehouse management software to help you thrive during the busiest time of year.
E-commerce peak season describes the boost in online retail sales that takes place between November and January, encompassing Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Christmas gift-buying period.
Increased shopping behaviour rises slowly from September before peaking during the final two months of the year.
Many businesses log the majority of their annual turnover in this peak period, setting them up for the new calendar year. Making sure you have the right systems and processes in place will help remove the risk of overselling and disappointing customers, or underselling by not having the right amount of stock on hand.
So, how do 3PLs, warehouses and ecommerce retailers prepare their businesses for this peak period to make the most of increased consumer spending? Read on to find out, and let us help you make this silly season the best one yet.
Peak retail season can be one of the most rewarding times for ecommerce – but at the same time – the most stressful.
Online shoppers now choose convenience over brand loyalty, meaning how orders are picked and packaged, delivery costs and timings, and ease of returns all matter.
We’ve put together some actionable strategies and tactics you can implement to increase your ecommerce peak season success this year.
Mintsoft customer Black Bear Fulfillment share their top tips to prepare your business for peak season.
List, sell and fulfill on multiple channels, in one place
Quickly and easily list and sell your products with the biggest online marketplaces with multi-channel listings software, ensuring accuracy and greater visibility.
List new products, manage descriptions, pricing and imagery across multiple channels and use the integrated product status dashboard to get a full view of performance and success.
Ecommerce platforms available with the software include some of the most popular sales channels such as Amazon, eBay, TikTok, Shopify and Squarespace.
Order Rules & Batch Scheduler
Create workflows and place bespoke actions against products, couriers and warehouses. You can even apply multiple actions to work in logical order, automating processes and saving you time.
Free up time and make bulk scheduling a doddle by automatically releasing waves of orders for picking and processing into your warehouse, based on certain criteria you specify.
Take control of stock locations and capacity with cloud-based warehouse fulfillment software
Automated advanced location management allows you to scale your business by managing inventory and optimising your warehouse space.
Improve your workflow management with features including pallet and carton support, stock counts and cycling.
The Mobile Barcode Inventory System and picking system
Use mobile barcode scanning software to track and organise stock effectively.
Pick, pack and store your products with ease by utilising their existing barcodes to your advantage - improve productivity, reduce errors and leave a full audit trail of each item too.
Get up to 100% order picking accuracy, book in your inbound deliveries and manage your warehouse inventory - all directly from location using a mobile device.
Powerful warehouse analytics at your fingertips
Powerful dashboards empower business leaders to easily track all their business performance and warehouse productivity metrics, to help you make data-driven decisions.
Ensure your warehouse is running at optimal efficiency by monitoring key metrics such as on time in full despatch times, order processing volumes and picker efficiency. Monitor the space used in your warehouse & manage staff requirement levels.
Control the flow of stock with automated workflows that allow you to create and set rules, easily speeding up the full despatch process from picking straight through to shipping.
The increased demand of peak season can result in more costly, time-consuming human errors. Automate unavoidable admin tasks and reduce errors - instead focus on meetings the expectations of your customers.
Remove spreadsheets from your order fulfillment processes during peak season. Complex order requirements are made easy with features like automated order rules and batch scheduling.
Enhance your brand and the customer experience with customised invoices, packing slips, picking lists and despatch notes. All created within seconds.
Easily list, sell and fulfill all from the Mintsoft platform. Increase accuracy and simplify order fulfillment by managing all orders from one place.
We integrate with over 150 couriers, platforms and marketplaces, meaning our OMS software will fit seamlessly into your business and help you easily expand to new channels.
As an eCommerce 3PL specialising in smaller consumer items, such as clothing and cosmetics, Black Bear Fulfillment are 100% Australian owned and operated. Unlike most 3PL’s they aren’t just focused on the logistics and warehousing side of the business, but also, importantly, the customer. Fulfillment is about people as much as it is logistics, and they needed a software solution to help bring this customer-centric vision to life.
I would recommend Mintsoft to anyone - except my competitors
Mack Blunsom: Owner Operator, Black Bear Fulfillment
