5 Strategies for Order Fulfillment

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Fulfillment is simple at a brick and mortar store.
The customer pays for the merchandise and carries
it away. However, fulfillment is more complicated
for a mail order business or a business that is
selling via the Internet.

Fulfillment includes taking the order, packing,
shipping and processing the financial transaction.
It could also include customer service, technical
support, inventory management, and processing
refunds, returns and warranty claims.

Fulfillment is a vital but costly aspect of operating
a business. Your situation determines which approach
works best for you.

1. Drop Shipping
Drop shipping is an arrangement in which a wholesaler
or manufacturer agrees to fulfil orders from items in

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their warehouse. You make the sale, conduct the
financial transaction, and send relevant data to the
company to process. Since the company ships the
merchandise, you do not have to arrange warehousing
or inventory management.

Many businesses will not agree to drop shipping, as
they find it more profitable to process large orders
instead of individual orders. However, there are
exceptions. Find a company that produces merchandise

that you would like to sell then contact them and see
if they will negotiate.

Alternatively, look for a company that promotes drop
shipping. Run a Net search or a Yahoo search for "drop
shipping." Before signing a drop shipping agreement,
ask for references from satisfied merchants.

2. Set Up Your Own Mail Room
Micro businesses might set up a "mailroom" in the
basement. It's cost effective, but labor intensive.

You will need a means of processing payment (i.e. credit
card capabilities) and a means of keeping track of
inventory, orders, refunds, etc. Yahoo's Small Business
category lists numerous companies selling software for
small business management.

Larger small businesses might opt to set up a mailroom
in the workplace and assign employees to handle order
fulfillment. This allows the most control over fulfillment
as everything is done on site. You can ensure that
knowledgeable people handle customer service, that
packaging is appropriate, and that refunds, warranties
and are processed in a timely manner.

3. Integrated Fulfillment for the Web

Businesses that are adding online sales to their
regular operations require software that integrates
with the existing system, manages inventory, facilitates
customer service and generally handles all aspects
of fulfillment.

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If you're too large for the basement mailroom and too
small to outsource, you might consider using one of the
companies that are catering to small business. Check
out Yantra, Manugistics and EXE Technologies.

4. Fulfilling Digital Products

Businesses selling only digital products (computer
documents, software, music, video, etc.) have the
easiest time with fulfillment. You will need a web
site, shopping cart software to take the order, and
a means of processing payment. The most automated
businesses use technology that serves automatic
download information to the customer upon processing
a transaction.

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