E-commerce

The Sealed Air 2014 Packaging for e-Commerce Success survey examines the role of packaging across the growing e-commerce market and how product presentation impacts both consumers’ overall online retail experience and perception of the brands and businesses they purchase from.

According to our annual survey, cost efficiency is still king. However, respondents tell us that the multi-channel fulfillment challenge is pushing them to make more economical moves focused on process improvement and layout changes—steps our analysts say are very encouraging.

To help manage the demands of e-commerce fulfillment, consider creating right-sized secondary packaging on-demand.

MHI and our industry are in transition as materials handling’s profile is raised in the supply chain. The challenge is learning to speak the language of supply chain managers.

Distributor saves space and time with light-directed, goods-to-person solution.

AS/RS presents totes and information to pickers and processes an order in as little as 15 minutes.

End-users and solution providers prepare for dimensional pricing models to upend their packaging processes—or realize they have been preparing for it all along.

Right-sized carton system speeds throughput amid rapid growth of e-commerce orders.

As direct fulfillment volume grows, small adjustments can prevent bottlenecks and postpone large investments.

As customer expectations parallel those in retail, industrial distributors are breaking out of traditional solutions to meet the e-commerce challenge.

Consumer preferences suggest businesses should reconsider chasing the Amazon model.

Study uncovers facts supporting rule of thumb; it costs seven times more to land a customer than to retain one.

Buyers prefer online ordering, place high value on post-sales support.

While we've been focusing on the warehouse, the next evolution in e-commerce is the last mile delivery and in-store fulfillment. It could be the break brick-and-mortar has been looking for.

As Internet sales surge and customer expectations intensify, companies are working to create a web of inventory visibility, fulfillment speed and order accuracy.