Umexx's Fulfillment Network (40+ million square feet of warehouse/distribution center) At Umexx, we... ...
Fulfillment Network
Supports
The UMexX marketplace members also have access to technolgy, logistics and fulfillment.
Dramatically increase your sales, store your products anywhere, and deliver your products same day.
eCommerce Trend
Online commerce is growing at an exponential rate. According to Forrester’s recent State of Online Retailing report, web retailers experienced 28 percent year-over-year growth in 2012. Combined with the fact that digital consumers spent $1.46 billion on Cyber Monday (a new single-day record), last year’s steep growth curve is a bellwether of another good year … Continued
Order Management
Orders can be received from businesses (B2B), consumers (B2C), or a mix of both, depending on the products. Offers and pricing may be done via catalogs, websites, or broadcast network advertisements. Order Management UMexX’s integrated order management system encompasses these…
Inventory Management
Inventory management is a process for managing and locating objects or materials. It often relies upon barcode and radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to provide automatic identification of inventory objects. In an academic study performed at Wal-Mart, RFID reduced out-of-stocks by…
Delivery
Order delivery can be one of the most stressful parts of an online transaction. The customer has already paid for a product, but does not actually have it in hand. And the retailer – devoted to excellent customer service –…
Pick and Pack
Pick and Pack is the most common operation in order fulfillment and a popular service offered by many Fulfillment Centers. It is a process by which the individual components of an order are gathered from a high velocity pick location…
Kitting and Assembly
The first research towards defining order fulfillment strategies was published by Mather (1988) and his discussion of the P:D ratio, whereby P is defined as the production lead-time, i.e. how long it takes to manufacture a product, and D is the demand lead-time, i.e. how long customers are willing to wait for the order to … Continued
Quality Assurance and Compliance
Quality assurance (QA) is a way of testing and checking the products so that the items and groups of items are what they should be. It is very important to have multiple quality control points: QA at receiving and during putaway process (quality indication of each logistic unit of goods in a warehouse); QA at … Continued
Reverse Logistics
Business often focuses on the cycle that culminates in delivering goods to a customer. But what happens after after goods are delivered? Enter the world of “reverse logistics.” Reverse Logistics Reverse logistics is the collection of all processes that come…
Fulfillment Center Management
Order fulfillment requires multiple steps in a sequential process like sourcing, manufacturing, backorder management, pick and pack, ship and associated customer communications. Order fulfillment is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery…
Multichannel Order Management
Multichannel orders can be received from businesses, consumers in physical stores, eCommerce websites, affiliated businesses, etc. UMexX’s capabilities include order entry, customers, accounts, stock availability, profiling, sourcing, planning, back order, grouping, planning, cartonization, picking, replenishment, value-added processing, packaging, quality control, routing, shipping, and delivery. UMexX’s multichannel order management gives members the flexibility to integrate with … Continued
Extended Automation
Typically there are some degree of automation within a warehouse. For examples, pallets and product move on a system of automated conveyors, cranes and automated storage and retrieval systems (ARSR) coordinated by programmable logic controllers and computers running logistics automation software. For a warehouse to function efficiently, the facility must be properly slotted. Slotting addresses … Continued
Global Fulfillment Management
Order fulfillment requires multiple steps in a sequential process like sourcing, manufacturing, backorder management, pick and pack, ship and associated customer communications. Order fulfillment is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery…
Expanded Sales Network
Connect Once – Sell Everywhere. Integrate to UMexX’s private network and own the ability to rapidly expand sales through online channels, stores, malls, and marketplaces, like Amazon, Alibaba, eBay, Buy, and Facebook. Capabilities include standard interfaces to eCommerce portals and business systems, such as Oracle, Sage 50, Quickbooks, AccountEdge, DacEasy, Simply Accounting, Cougar, etc. Expanded … Continued
eCoupon
Over the last few years, “Couponing” has become an indispensable retailer’s tool. Reasons to use coupons include: To Increase Number of New Customers To Increase Sales of a Specific Product To Increase Branding & Awareness To Reward Current Customers To…
Cloud SaaS
Software as a service (SaaS, pronounced sas), sometimes referred to as “on-demand software” supplied by ISVs or “Application-Service-Providers” (ASPs), is a software delivery model in which software and associated data are centrally hosted on the cloud. SaaS is typically accessed…
Dedicated Warehousing
Dedicated warehouses are available nationwide for you to store and ship your products at locations assuring same day order and delivery capabilities. Your sales opportunities and customer loyalty increases as a result, while significantly reducing operational costs as you do not need to purchase or lease warehouses, acquire labor responsibilities, absorb slow season fixed costs, … Continued
Transportation Management
Transportation management is the process of evaluating customer orders, suggesting routing solutions, and selecting the best mode and least cost providers. Your sales margins are closely tied to the use of sophisticated transportation management models that is responsive to your customer profiles and company growth options. This is especially critical for the profitable delivery of … Continued
Freight Forwarding
Freight forwarding leverages supply chain best practices and provides the expertise to move cargo internationally using ships, airplanes, trucks, and railroads. The sophistication to select and schedule a shipment using multiple carriers is vital to increasing sales margins (especially for…
Customs Brokerage
Customs brokerage involves the clearing of products through customs for importers and exporters. The work is focused on import/export compliance and the international trade process, including document preparation and coordination, facilitating communication between government authorities, managing shipment entry and clearance…
