For cross-border e-commerce companies, a very important issue is inventory management. For them, due to the influence of various factors, the management of goods may be relatively difficult. So, how should cross-border e-commerce companies effectively manage inventory? Today, the editor will briefly analyze it with you. Friends in need can refer to it.
We all know that if the warehouse management is chaotic, the picking efficiency is low, and there may be a situation where there is sufficient inventory but the order cannot find the goods. The warehouse manager cannot find the salesman, and the salesman cannot find the purchaser, and so on. If the goods cannot be picked accurately in time or the picking is wrong, it will take a lot of time and energy, seriously affecting the efficiency of delivery, thereby affecting sales benefits.
For the above situation, if you want to manage it easily, you should first pay attention to the following items:
Storage space and shelf position specifications
Shelf position information refers to the arrangement of inventory storage places according to location, using unified identification to mark the sequence number and make obvious signs. For the compilation of shelf position information, it is necessary to ensure that the shelf positions of a warehouse are numbered in the same way, which is more convenient to find. The numbering can refer to the following methods:
1. Section numbering
The warehouse area is divided into several sections, and then each section is numbered, such as A1, A2, A3… This is a bit like the numbering method of some underground parking lots.
2. Address type
Encode the warehouse, section, layer, row, etc., and use a corresponding set of numbers to identify the location of the warehouse where the goods are located. The numbers represent the warehouse number, shelf number, shelf layer number, row number, etc., so that you can quickly find a certain product when you need it.
3. Item Group Type
This is not difficult to understand. It is to make a collection of some highly related commodities, and then divide them into several item groups, and then number each item group.
Standardization of commodity information
In addition to the standardized statistics of warehouse space and shelf positions, the commodity information should also be standardized and recorded, such as the specifications and dimensions of the commodities, and the clear and organized customs declaration information in Chinese and English. This is important for picking, and can quickly pick goods and avoid mistakes.
Process Statistics
After the storage of commodities has a certain standardized management, there are also certain process statistics for the flow of commodities, such as where a certain commodity is delivered to where, the order completion status, and the inventory status. This is convenient for tracking commodity information. The final flow link of the commodity should form a closed loop. For example, from a certain shelf in a certain warehouse, a certain specification of commodity is delivered out of the warehouse and transported to a certain location. This process can be tracked in real time, and the final inventory is maintained to determine whether it is necessary to continue purchasing.
In fact, inventory management of cross-border e-commerce is not simply storing goods, packaging and shipping, etc. It is also a very important link in the supply chain management. Good inventory management can greatly increase the overall sales volume.
The above is an introduction on how cross-border e-commerce companies can effectively manage inventory. I believe that everyone has understood it after reading it. I hope it can help everyone.