ShipHero in the news

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ShipHero [https://shiphero.com/], the shipping and logistics provider for over 5,000 e-commerce brands and 3PLs, today announces a new accelerator program for eCommerce startups looking to supercharge their businesses with best-in-class warehouse management software, regular mentorship from the ShipHero team, and access to a community of other fast-growing startups. Applications for the accelerator program open Friday, October 1st - full details visit: ShipHero.com/software/accelerator.Read more at Yahoo! Finance

Port congestion, capacity constraints and fluctuating transportation prices are putting increasing stress on supply chains. As we enter peak season, these issues are unlikely to go away. Experts have mixed opinions about whether sustainability remains a focus during peak season stress, but they agree on one thing: Capacity is king.‍

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Real-Time Shipment Tracking and Shipping Carrier Updating For Fulfillment Clients

ShipHero is proud to announce a new set of features now available to all of its Fulfillment clients. PostHero is a post-shipment dashboard and data visualization tool that gives ShipHero Fulfillment clients the data they need to make informed decisions about their shipping performance and carriers.

With PostHero, ShipHero Fulfillment clients will be able to:

• Track Packages Across Carriers
• Identify Growth Opportunities in Shipping
• Recognize and Address Fulfillment Gaps

PostHero provides insight by giving clients the tools they need to truly understand their fulfillment process, even after the package has left their facility.

With this data, Fulfillment clients can analyze how certain carriers perform, what average transit times are and what changes, if any, they should make to optimize their revenue and increase customer satisfaction.

“We’re very happy to incorporate PostHero directly into ShipHero for Fulfillment,” Aaron Rubin, ShipHero’s Founder and CEO said. “This will give our Fulfillment clients a chance to really understand and control their shipping times and carrier distribution. Once you have the data - How long does it take? Who ships faster? - you’re able to make better decisions that maximize revenue. And of course, increase customer satisfaction.”

Now more than ever customers want to know where their packages are at all times. With PostHero, this ability is now in Fulfillment clients’ hands. A planned integration with Klaviyo and PostScript will be coming soon that will enable these shipment updates to be sent directly to consumers. This is the type of transparency that is expected of online retailers today and in the future.

“Once the 3rd party integration launches, we don’t see any reasons customers won’t want access to these features. We’re so glad that PostHero is immediately available for our Fulfillment customers. We’re working hard to also roll this out to our software clients too. We really feel it brings value,” Rubin stated.

ShipHero premiered PostHero after sunsetting an app called ShipScore that was part of the Shopify App store. PostHero provides all of the same functionality, but now it’s completely integrated with ShipHero for Fulfillment. To learn more about the superpowers of PostHero, click HERE.

About ShipHero

ShipHero is a US based, leading provider of cloud-based eCommerce fulfillment solutions that gives online retailers and third-party logistics providers the tools to ship more efficiently anywhere in the world. With more than 5,000 customers located around the globe, ShipHero offers online retailers a suite of services ranging from warehouse management software to outsourced fulfillment as a service. Some notable customers include Mars, Universal Music Group and Canadian Tire. Additionally, ShipHero is the official fulfillment network partner for Shopify, and is rapidly scaling a network of warehouses throughout the US to meet the growing demands of today's online retailers.

Facing the swiftly approaching holiday season, companies are throwing massive job events, touting pay hikes, and embracing the gig economy to staff up in critical supply chain roles.

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We are entering the most important months of the year for small businesses and online sellers as we head into holiday shopping season.With the Covid pandemic impacting logistics and shipping operations last year, especially around Cyber Monday and Black Friday and leading into December, many buyers and sellers complained about late packages.Multiple circumstances all came together to cause the COVID pandemic to adversely impact deliveries during the 2020 holiday season. It could be argued that it was a perfect storm of conditions.‍

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Distributed fulfillment means utilizing a nationwide or global network of warehouses and fulfillment centers to bring inventory closer to potential customers, as opposed to shipping from one to two centralized locations. While this supply chain model creates more complexity and room for error, tech companies have come to the rescue with powerful software that integrates virtually every aspect of getting a product from the online store to te customer’s door.

Companies have found enormous success using predictive analytics and machine learning. These tools intelligently allocate inventory across networks to avoid stock-outs, reduce miles traveled, and decrease delivery time, cost, and environmental impact.

To understand the power of a distributed fulfillment network, consider that distributed fulfillment services can prioritize ground transportation and achieve a two-day shipping standard anywhere in the United States. That’s receiving an order, picking, packing, and shipping using trucks, cars, bikes, or scooters anywhere within 3.797 million square miles…in less than 48 hours.

As shoppers slowly regress to in-person shopping habits, retailers have taken the opportunity to roll their customer-facing storefronts into this distributed fulfillment network, creating a hybrid model for traditional brick-and-mortar stores. The front end handles in-person shopping, while the back end receives and handles online orders from nearby customers.

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