6 Ways Outsourcing Fulfillment Services Can Help You Grow Your Business - http://www.ifssolutions.com

1. 6 Ways Outsourcing
Fulfillment Services Can
Help You Grow Your
Business
Innovative Fulfillment Solutions LLC
4346 Belgium Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64150-1704
1-888-275-3000
816-587-5880

2.  As any e-commerce business owner
knows, managing the myriad details
involved in the fulfillment process
demands extensive time and
resources.

3.  Outsourcing the fulfillment of your
product orders to a fulfillment service
expert can provide a variety of benefits.

4. Six Examples
 Experienced fulfillment service provider
can be beneficial for your business

5. #1 Fulfillment functions may not
be the best use of your time
 If your strength is finding new products, establishing
new customer relationships or generating
sales, that’s where you should be utilizing your time
and talents.
 An experienced fulfillment partner can help you
efficiently manage the critically important “back-end”
operational issues that can be time-consuming and
costly, and take your focus away from growing your
business.

6. #2 Expanding your warehouse
space can be costly and difficult
 Having the ability to expand your inventory can be
critical to meeting increased customer demand for
product. But finding the right space at the right price
can be difficult.
 And if your products need to be in a climate-
controlled environment, that can be hard to
accommodate if you’re doing your own warehousing.
 Plus, signing a long-term lease for a space that may
need to increase later can eat away your operating
cash, which could be used to buy and sell product.

7.  An established fulfillment provider should
already have ample warehouse space to
house your current product and enough room
to allow your business to expand in the
future.
 In addition to the storage issue, leasing and
maintaining warehouse equipment – fork
lifts, racking, packing materials and supplies
– puts an additional drain on your hard costs.

8. #3 A commitment to excellence
leads to a better response time
in shipping
 With full-time staff dedicated to picking, packing and
shipping product, your customers’ orders will be
processed quickly and efficiently, often with a much
shorter turnaround time than you might be able to
provide.

9. #4 A centrally-located fulfillment
services provider means quicker
delivery to your customers
 A central location can also mean uniform shipping times
and costs since UPS and FedEx both base their rates
on distance traveled.
 Shipping from the center of the U.S. will always cost
less because the distance traveled is always less.
 When you offer a faster, less expensive delivery
time, your customer satisfaction will be enhanced
dramatically.
 This is especially important around special events and
holidays, and can make the difference between a
customer placing an order with you or shopping some
where else.

10. #5 Established information systems
help to maintain accurate data on
orders
 A professional fulfillment provider will have the
systems in place to capture, track and report data
based on the buying habits of your customers.
 This gives you easy access to information on who
your customers are, what they have purchased and
why they purchased.
 This important data mining capability can be
invaluable as you make marketing and product
selection decisions.

11. #6 A provider with a 100% focus
on supporting your fulfillment
needs
 From the moment a consumer decides to purchase
your product, a fulfillment provider is focused on
making sure that the experience is pleasant, that the
product is shipped quickly and accurately, and that
all key back office systems are supporting your on-
going business needs.
 If you are open to considering all these ways – and
many others – in which a third-party fulfillment
services provider can benefit your business, you’ll be
amazed at the time you will have to do what you do
best: running your business.

12. For more information about IFS, visit
www.ifssolutions.com
To learn more about how IFS can provide
your company with the highest quality
fulfillment services, contact Keith Milburn, at
kmilburn@ifssolutions.com or call
1-888-275-3000
Innovative Fulfillment Solutions LLC
4346 Belgium Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64150-1704
1-888-275-3000
816-587-5880