Deciding to Shift from In-House to Outsourced Fulfillment
Destiny Jordan
May 23, 2023
Order fulfillment management is difficult, expensive, and time-consuming. Most business owners can handle fulfillment when their company is small, but the task may become too much to handle as it expands.
Orders for products can be efficiently and cheaply fulfilled in-house. However, problems appear if the number of orders reaches a particular threshold. Shipping rates are rising, and storage space is becoming tight, making it harder to manage orders.
A day may come when it's best for companies to outsource their fulfillment instead of doing it themselves. That said, let's take a look at why outsourcing can be a good idea.