For retailers, arguably the most important metric for business health is known as inventory turn or inventory turnover. As such, managing it closely and accurately, will help sustain operations and guarantee a turn of more than just inventory. Keeping this…
Ecommerce has a reputation as being fickle when it comes to customer loyalty. Someone will always have a lower price, a promise of the quickest shipping or a guarantee of satisfaction to steal your customers away from a reorder. Despite…
Unknowing of Fill Rate and Inventory Turn Being over-inventoried is a common mistake. Sometimes it’s due to a lack of trust in suppliers and other times it’s because fill rate and inventory turn remain a mystery. In a warehouse environment,…
We transformed QuickBooks basic inventory into a real warehouse management system For the QuickBooks users out there who are frustrated with having only basic inventory features, you can now have your cake and eat it too! By integrating Zenventory with…
Page Redirection: Maintaining Your SEO Maintaining redirects each time urls change is not as easy as it sounds. For one, page changes happen more frequently than we think or even know. In WordPress, page changes are very easy to do…
Are you staring at an empty warehouse? Planning the layout of your small business warehouse from scratch isn’t extremely difficult with the right planning. However, it’s not that hard to screw up either. What’s worse, is that screw-ups usually don’t…
How Does Zenventory’s Inventory Management Software Matchup? Market Study: Characteristics of Inventory Management Software Buyers Confirming what we already know about the explosive growth in the eCommerce sector, one can glean far more from this data than what the literal…
How We Just Made Zenventory Better! Our latest update was released to all live servers tonight, with some highlights for you below ShippingEasy improved setup process: New store selector allows easy association of multiple web stores to each client inventory….
Do you know why people spend thousands of dollars on professional closet organizers? Because unless you legitimately enjoy arranging your shirts by sleeve length and cataloguing your shoes by color, organizing a space is a total drag. The problem is that…
Build an eCommerce Landing Page that Converts Okay so you need to build a landing page that converts but you have no idea where to start. You could leave this up to your web designer who might create a page…
Personalize The Shopping Experience You know the drill, it happens every year. You have a huge rush during Christmas time and just when you thought you couldn’t take anymore, the returns start coming in. And while there is nothing worse…
Learn About the Kinds of Warehouse Waste and How to Minimize it. Waste in the warehouse is not like waste in the home or even waste in engineering. Waste in the warehouse usually occurs without you even knowing it is…
How To Prepare For Inventory Management Software Implementation: Minimize the Disruption You’ve made the right decision in choosing an inventory management solution. It will put infrastructure into your business that will tighten up inefficiencies and add some structure to your…
It’s been the retail buzzword for a while now. And if you’re like more people than you realize, you might be wondering how exactly to do it. So, if finding the time was the first hurdle to climb, the second…
Learn 4 Ways to Improve Your Page Position You’ve probably heard a thousand times that you need backlinks to rank, along with high quality content. And my next guess is that you are rather sick of hearing it. I know…
Companies, particularly those with larger warehouses may have audits of their warehouse, usually performed one time each year. If the company has multiple locations these audits will usually occur at all locations. During this time an auditor will come in…
Is Your Ecommerce Site Secured and Ready for the Http2 Switch? WordPress is a great platform, but let’s face it, it has some security issues. Despite all the warnings, it’s just too tempting to not at least try a plug-in…
What Are the Benefits of Inventory Management Systems? It doesn’t matter how much inventory you have to manage for your business, using inventory management systems that organize your stock and give you accurate insights into your inventory optimizes your operations….
How to Create SKU Codes to Improve Inventory Tracking Whether you manage thousands of items or a dozen, assigning each item you carry a unique product numbering code, or stock keeping unit (SKU) code, is vital to keep your inventory…
Cycle Counting Best Practices: Tips for an Effective Cycle Count Using inventory management software like Zenventory is an ideal step to optimizing your business operations. Ensure the accuracy of your physical inventory with a steady cycle count schedule. An inventory…
If you’re thinking of becoming an online retailer, the first challenge you face is choosing the place where you’ll offer your products. Amazon and eBay are two of the most frequently used platforms, and you need to research each one…
Zenventory is proud to announce our ShipStation partnership! While Zenventory customers have long enjoyed a flexible API integration to platforms such as ShipStation, this new partnership opens the door to a deeper level of integration and functionality between our ecosystems….
If you’re looking for ways to increase your online sales, you’ll be interested to know that Forrester, a leading research firm, has discovered that product recommendations are responsible for 10-30 percent of online revenue. If you’re not selling kits and…
E-commerce businesses that cater directly to consumers often face issues with managing SKUs and inventory tracking. Keeping up with how much inventory your warehouse holds can be difficult if you’re relying solely on pen and paper or Excel spreadsheets. If…
Summer heats up today with a new Zenventory USPS partnership! It may be sizzling near 120F today outside our headquarters in downtown Phoenix Arizona, but we never let a little sunshine slow us down. Integration work is underway to connect…
Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE) Used To Launch New UI/UX Zenventory UI/UX underscored by years of backend development Team Zenventory traveled to Chicago for the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE) to unveil the much anticipated UI/UX for Zenventory built…
Having trouble printing shipping labels, item barcode labels, pick lists or packing slips from your browser due to recent Java updates? An easy fix can be found here: Zenventory SubPrint Knowledge Base SubPrint is now available for Zenventory users as…
New support for eBay inventory synchronization, in-app shipping with ShipStation, and more! Here are some highlights of our latest enhancements for our software update V2523: eBay inventory sync: Zenventory users may now connect an eBay store to synchronize stock levels with Zenventory automatically for…
Beautifully designed inventory management and order fulfillment We’re working hard on the new user interface for Zenventory. The user experience (UX) is important to us. Our new user interface (UI) not only brightens things up (think Google Material Design)…
Overview Yes you can connect UPS Worldship to Zenventory. Why? So you can automate shipping by retrieving ready to ship orders. Once integrated, processing Zenventory orders means simply typing the Zenventory order number in UPS Worldship. Better yet, configure your…
Understanding Dropshipping Dropshipping is a simple enough concept: You set up an eCommerce store and use suppliers to fulfill your orders and ship them out to your customers. This retail fulfillment method means that the merchant doesn’t have to handle…
This is the third and final installment of our Theft Series. To wrap it up, let’s look at your employees: why an employee would steal, why background checks are important, and how improved security in your warehouse and software can reduce theft…
Warehousing and logistics are a major cog in the wheel of business. That means that efficiency is vital with the proliferation of online businesses and exportation growth. Despite affordable technology available to businesses to increase productivity and decrease wasted time,…
Welcome to part two of our Theft Series. We will be looking at a diagram of a warehouse layout and discuss common security flaws and how to remedy them. Stolen inventory is a problem. But before you start looking at customer…
Welcome to the age of “Smart”. Smart phones, smart refrigerators and smart cars are just a sampling of what’s occurring in society. This “Smart” phenomenon, known as the internet of things (IoT), has permeated into consumers’ lifestyles into such items…
An inventory management system guarantees a balance of raw materials or products in the company inventory. Whether it’s for selling or for manufacturing purposes, the system ensures that there is no glut or insufficiency of items in stock. Having a well-coordinated…
You’ve either noticed that your operations are starting to suffer due to lack of organization or data accountability or you just need to find a better solution for managing your inventory. Choosing a software that fits best with your business…
In this first part of our Theft Series, we will be looking at the delivery and receiving process and how and when theft can occur. It’s important to pay close attention to the quality checking of your items before the receiving…
If you want to have a successful inventory management system, there are certain factors that you need to take into consideration when it comes to your SKU management. Identification is the cornerstone of proper inventory management. You must be able to identify…
The difference between inventory and asset management is critical when running your business. Inventory management focuses on monitoring parts and products companies have moving in and out of their stores, where asset tracking focuses on keeping track of items or “asset inventory” an…
Using technology to improve warehouse productivity Improving productivity in the warehouse has become exponentially easier due to advances in technology. With advances in rugged handheld computers, wireless barcode scanners, label printers, and the cloud-based inventory management software that ties them…
Product returns are part of the cost of doing business for all retailers. As an e-commerce retailer, you experience a higher number of returns than a brick-and-mortar operation. However, there are things you can do to increase sales and reduce…
Black Friday and eCommerce Retailers It’s pretty well known that Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year. In 2015, Adobe Digital Index reported that shoppers spent $2.74 billion online with a projection of $3 billion for 2016….
Zenventory has made some big upgrades to our order handling engine, particularly within the stock allocation process. Some businesses have a very high volume of orders to fulfill, and this means that the mission-critical allocation (order handling) process can sometimes…
Zenventory is a cloud-based inventory management software that works with small to medium-sized businesses get control of their inventory, streamline their warehouse operations, and increase efficiency and save you money with automated features and integrations. To learn more about how Zenventory’s…
Zenventory is rolling out the latest software update expansion. Performance enhancements: Upgrades under the hood to the allocation, picking, and integration algorithms to provide a significant speed boost for users who handle large volumes of transactions at once. Better behaved widgets: Fixed an…
Avoid Common Mistakes and Learn the Best Product Sku Management for Your Products. A stock-keeping unit, or SKU, as it is more commonly known, is vital to managing inventory levels accurately and efficiently. SKU management is a unique identifier of…
These latest updates for Zenventory include our newest integration: ShippingEasy is now live and available for all customers! ShippingEasy integration live: Another great multicarrier shipping option is now available for Zenventory users. ShippingEasy accounts can now be connected with Zenventory to…
By partnering with an online shipping solution like ShipWorks, Zenventory has become a fully-loaded and flexible inventory management solution for users. FLEXIBLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE Pairing Zenventory’s powerful API with the ShipWorks scripting engine, users are provided with a great…
You ask the questions and we give you the answers… plus a little extra. So we’re not going to be answering questions about how we keep our soufflés from collapsing or how our hair always looks so great; no, this…
Are you Ready for a New Zenventory? The developers of Zenventory inventory management system are excited to announce new changes coming to our cloud-based software. For the past few months, we have been working on a whole new look for…
Take control of your inventory with Zebra AppGallery. Zenventory Inventory Management software has been officially verified by the developers at Zebra Technologies. What does this mean? Zenventory’s mobile app is now available for free download in the Zebra AppGallery. Zenventory’s…
There are different types of locator systems which leads us to the subject of how and where we place items with in our warehouse. We need to decide where an item will live within your facility. There are three main theories for…
Janam Technologies has just released their latest rugged handheld, the XT2, and Zenventory got the opportunity to try it out and get it certified with our software. Zenventory’s mobile application specializes in mobilizing inventory management and order fulfillment for small…
Zenventory now fulfills Amazon orders in the latest shopping cart integration. It’s finally here. We have completed testing and are proud to announce the release of our Amazon integration with Zenventory. While our customers using ShipWorks or ShipStation have long enjoyed the…
Not content to rest on their laurels after the success of the TC55, Zebra has yet again set a new standard for the industry with the award-winning TC70. This new rugged handheld raises the stakes with a faster processor, better…
How tough can one handheld get? If you are utilizing mobile software like Zenventory for on-the-go warehouse management, then we must recommend the Zebra TC70 rugged handheld computer. It offers business-class durability and security and it’s as easy for employees to use…
Streamline your operations with the powerful inventory management software, Zenventory, and the endless integration capabilities of ShipStation. What is ShipStation? ShipStation is a web-based shipping solution for eCommerce retailers that offers virtually unlimited integrations to sales channels, shopping carts, payment…
Manual System vs. Zenventory System Situation: Warehouse Inventory shows 2000 pieces in C-7 on 5 pallets for production use today! Production begins all systems go…. each pallet brought to line as required for production. Material only has 4 pallets in…
At Zenventory we’re proud of the inventory accuracy our customers enjoy. Interestingly, our cycle counting module has sparked debate among our users. Implementing a cycle counting process in your warehouse means that you are counting parts of your warehouse frequently rather than…
Transform your mobile device into a powerful integrated tool for managing inventory. Saving time and eliminating unnecessary paperwork have always been critical objectives in our mission here at Team Zenventory, and today we’ve added another powerful tool to our toolbox. Zen Mobile, our long…
Manage multiple vendors that supply the same item. Small business owners often make a fatal mistake; they’re so focused on increasing sales that they fail to manage their costs. Business owners work hard to drive sales and spend most of their…
If you want to have a successful inventory management system there are certain factors that you need to take into consideration. SKU Identification is the cornerstone of proper inventory management. You must be able to identify each SKU as well as…
One-to-one Picking vs. Zone Picking In a game of basketball there are pros and cons to utilizing man-to-man defense versus zone defense. While you have your players designated to the opposing teams’ players, this may serve as a waste of…
FOB is an acronym for the commonly used term FREE ON BOARD. Although this term is widely used in the shipping and trucking industry it is important to discuss why it is vital to understand its implications on your inventory. There…
Why is barcoding so important today? How is it used to help the management of inventory in your warehouse? Whenever you add human intervention to perform a task, you risk increased errors and the time it takes to complete the…
Things at Zenventory have been ramping up for new customizations and functionalities requested by you, our customers. Because we take so much pride in not only listening to the voice of the customer but by also creating a user experience that…
First-In-First-Out & Last-In-First-Out Inventory can be valued by using a number of different methods. The most common of these methods are the FIFO, LIFO and Average Cost Method. Although these are not the only way to account for inventory we can…
To maintain an accurate inventory count over a period of time your inventory must be locatable when you need it. This will require some sort of system to find that specific item within your warehouse. Secondly, you must be able…
Checks & Balances – How do you monitor this issue? Truck arrives at the dock, with paperwork in hand loading dock personnel begin unloading. BOL says there are to be 6 pallets of product, only take five off of the…
Now that we have discussed the different types of stock we can now talk about some of the costs that are associated with having inventory. Generally speaking, costs can be divided into two main groups. Ordering costs and holding costs. …
In order to truly understand how to manage inventory we must first understand what are the different types of inventory or stock, why it is important to have or not have inventory, what to do with unused inventory, and the…
With e-commerce increasingly channeling through more than a single online storefront, many business owners are discovering challenges with managing all their product data within the various marketplaces they use. The missing piece of the puzzle for many is synchronization. This can come in many…
With the Motorola TC55 and MC40 Mobile Computer Series your warehouse workers have the most rugged and convenient tools right at their fingertips. Time to mobilize your workforce and get an edge on your inventory management with Zen Mobile. Use…
Ubiquia announces Z-Sync for the Zenventory app available on iOS and Android We’re introducing a robust yet inexpensive solution to ensure efficient electronic order picking without having to print pick slips or purchase expensive RF systems. Most small to medium-sized…
