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Inventory Management is simply having the right stock and the right levels, in the right place at the right time. Of course this includes having the right costs at the right price. So why is it such a big problem for most small-to-medium businesses? Every company will have a different meaning to inventory management and will vary from each location based on the type of products and channels in which the products are sold, but it all starts with having the right ingredients to build a solid foundation. Whether you are using a robust system, excel, google sheets or other manual tools to keep track of your inventory database Jaber’s Consulting can help you find the right ingredients for your business. 

We start our offerings by providing a clear understanding of what stock you have on-hand   (physical inventory), where it’s located in the facility and the methods of inputs and outputs. Once clear visibility is identified it ultimately helps you:

• Reduce Costs
• Optimize Fulfillment 
• Provide better customer service
• Prevent loss, shrinkage and spoilage
• Make better purchasing decisions
• Manage your financial standing
• Future Trends, and
• Control your inventory management

Without the right ingredients, you’ll face an abundance of challenges including; an increase in costs, loss of customers, loss of profits and potentially failure. Contact us today to see how we can help you with the recipe for your business.

Fulfillment is the process of storing inventory, picking and packing products and shipping orders to customers. Ecommerce fulfillment is fulfillment and shipping online orders to customers. This applies to business-to-business (B2B) where large quantities of products are shipped to retailers as well as business-to-consumers (B2C) orders that are shipped directly to consumers. Each step in the fulfillment process includes; receiving inventory, put-a-ways or storage (warehousing products), picking and packing products, value-added services (bundling, repackaging, assembly, tagging, labeling etc..) shipping orders and returns processing. 

There are three common methods to order fulfillment:

1. In-House or Self Fulfillment - Doing it yourself
2. Third-Party Fulfillment (3PL’s) - Handing it off to an experienced service provider
3. Drop Shipping - Shipped straight from the manufacturer

All methods have their pros and cons, making the right choice on how your business will fulfill orders depends on several factors including, your production location, types of products, volume and deciding if you are willing to manage it yourself. Contact us today to help you understand what works best for you and your business.

Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it. It is one of the four elements (Direct Selling, Selling through intermediaries, dual distribution and reverse logistics) of the marketing mix.This can be done directly by the producer by the producer or service provider or using indirect channels with distributors or intermediaries. 

Logistics is the management of the flow of things (products) between the port of origin and the point of consumption to meet requirements of customers and or businesses. Generally speaking, it is the organization and implementation of a complex operation.

Distribution and Logistics are co-related to each other. The prime difference is that logistics (link between production and markets) consists of planning and information flow; whereas, distribution (from activities and processes including; production, warehousing, packing and inventory to consumers) consists of the physical movements of the goods. 

Distribution and Logistics are critical to a company’s financial success and longevity. If your business is struggling with its distribution and logistics strategy contact us at Jaber’s Consulting to help understand what strategy works best for you and your business.

Shipping is the physical movement of goods from one point to another. Ecommerce Shipping is simply shipping services for businesses that sell products over the internet that make shipping their products more manageable and affordable to a consumer. B2B (business-to-business).

Shipping is shipping items to other businesses, typically in bulk (freight). Putting an effective shipping strategy in place is one of the most impactful steps you can take to growing your business, yet so many businesses struggle shipping their products in an affordable, efficient and timely manner. Here are some shipping practices to consider while formulating your strategy:

• Build a team - Assemble key members in each department in your business to create a shipping culture that makes shipping work for your business and customers
• Set clear goals - Define your goals, measure and adjust
• Select a shipping strategy - Identify your product(s) size, weight and destinations, understand your carriers rates and pricing and tailor your customers shipping options
• Take action - Execute, evaluate and control

Shipping is easy. Whatever you sell, whomever you sell to, however you ship, we at Jaber’s Consulting can help. Contact us today to see how we can help you simplify your business and save you money and time with your shipping needs.

Training and Development entails improving the effectiveness of organizations and the individuals and teams within them. Employee training programs helps employees learn specific knowledge or skills to improve their performance in their current roles, whereas, development programs focuses on employee growth and future performance, rather than their immediate role. 

Structured training and development programs make certain employees and managers have consistent experience when it comes to learning about companies expectations, services, products, service offerings, processes, policies and procedures. This ultimately impacts the consistent experience you most likely are trying to provide your customers. Establishing consistent business and operating norms only strengthens your business’s chances for long term success. Is your business consistent and set up for long term success? Contact us today to see how we can set you up for success. 

Continuous Improvement is an ongoing effort to improve products, services or processes. These efforts can seek incremental improvement over time or breakthrough improvement all at once. Some of the basic ways to deploy continuous improvement are:

1. Make small, incremental tweaks on the fly
2. Arrange meetings to discuss changes 
3. Clearly identify the problem or improvement 
4. Plan potential solutions
5. Test the changes
6. Monitor the changes and adjust

Getting employees to change the way they have always done things is hard; however, when employees come up with the ideas to improve their own work, they intrinsically see the value of the changes. Rolling out changes that originated from the front lines simply makes changes easier for businesses. If you’re having issues making changes to improve your business, give us a call today to see how Jaber’s Consulting can help you make changes easier.

Building an Ecommerce business is more than simply putting up your product listings on the web. It is far more complicated than you can imagine. Just like running a physical retail, or production facility, the same level of strategic thinking and planning also goes into selecting a system to run your Ecommerce and fulfillment business. 

When you select the right system and get it spot on, then you can take advantage of the digital environment where you can automate and streamline many of the tasks and activities that would have required human intervention, ultimately simplifying your management processes and oversight. 

Some of the factors you should consider when selecting the system for your business are:

1. Out of the box features
2. Time to Market
3. Ease of migrations from current systems to new system
4. Ease of integrations with external and internal systems
5. Scalability
6. Ease of customization

Are you struggling with your current system? Are you tired of throwing away cash due optimization challenges? Let us help you get streamlined and reduce costs, give us a call today and let Jaber’s Consulting get you spot on to take advantage of the digital environment.