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berktree
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 Posted - 11/03/2009 : 3:22:32 PM
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I have a vendor that was dropshipping orders to my customers. However, now they will no longer dropship orders, but will ship the orders directly to me. I do about 10 orders a day with this vendor.
Each morning I will have to compile the items from all of the orders from the previous day, and order the items on the vendors website (to be shipped to me). Once received, I have to send each order to the customer.
I've never had to ship an item through the OM, as everything has always been dropshipped. All of my inventory is set to dropship. What is the best process now to complete these orders, and keep track of what's come in, been shipped, etc?
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Barney Stone
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 1:29:46 PM
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| There is a lot to answer there. I suggest that you schedule an hour of training time with our Support department so they can help you get set up and make the necessary changes. |
Barney Stone, President
Stone Edge Technologies, Inc.
610-994-3699 ext. 111 |
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pghquest
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 1:58:03 PM
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Barney offered a good suggestion to schedule training, but initial steps would be
1) Change all items from this supplier to be not-drop shipped
2) Analize how many days it will take for you to obtain products from this supplier, dont forget to count how many days it takes them to ship, what method they will use to ship to you etc.
3) Does the supplier offer a discount for placing a larger order and if so, determine how large of an order you consider reasonable?
4) How many days is reasonable for your customers to wait for the products you sell to be shipped?
2, 3, and 4 is important because you can analize how often to place orders from your suppliers. Are these orders where you will receive negative feedback for delayed shipping, or is it something that normally takes time to arrive to customers?
5) What shipping methods will you use to ship out, and how will you print postage?
6) Be sure to keep in mind your shipping and time involvement and compute these into your costs. Do you need to reprice your products to cover your shipping material? You'll receive items in one big box, and will have to break them up, compute the costs of boxes / material etc now that you didnt need to previously account for.
7) Make sure your familiar with the PO system (Barneys suggestion).
I have one supplier that did this to us and it was a huge difference here because we were selling 25,000 items a week from them.. |
Edited by - pghquest on 11/04/2009 1:59:06 PM |
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Vendor No Longer Drop-Ships, What Now?
