Talking about the importance of logistics for e-commerce is still necessary, because even though virtual businesses are growing exponentially in recent years, delivery quality does not always follow this growth.

Just to illustrate, a survey by ABComm reported that 61% of online stores have problems with deliveries on time.

Today, we are going to address this topic, thinking about the quality of these services as a way to build customer loyalty, speaking of the peculiarities of logistics for e-commerce, its importance and how to make this area a successful sector for your virtual commerce.

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What are the peculiarities of logistics for e-commerce?

Although logistics is essential for industry and retail, in each business area it demands different care. This is no different in the case of e-commerce, where logistical processes have a great impact on customer satisfaction and brand success.

For example, a person who buys over the internet and receives their product after the informed deadline and still damaged.

Probably, this person will not return to buy from your online store, not to mention the damage that you can incur with an unsuccessful delivery.

Therefore, it is necessary to pay greater attention to aspects such as:

• Inventory control, so that there is replacement at the right time without the risk of jeopardizing delivery times.
• Having a diversified distribution center, with strategic locations for faster shipping. 
• Transport, by studying the most viable options for your type of business, which guarantee quality and speed of delivery.
• Order processing, as in the previous items; agility and efficiency at this stage is essential, as well as a good technological solution.

Why is logistics important for e-commerce?

As seen above, instilling confidence in the internet-savvy customer is key to your business being successful, and this is where logistics plays an important role.

In 1st place, efficient logistics management has the objective of successfully delivering the product and guaranteeing cost reduction in its processes.

This means being punctual with deadlines, guaranteeing the safety and quality of the product, having equipped warehouses that allow handling with agility.

And likewise, having a prepared team and good transport.

To make life easier for retailers in this mission, technological solutions have evolved in order to simplify logistical integration processes.

In addition to facilitating all order tracking, providing more visibility and interaction between orders and partner carriers.

How to ensure your logistics is a success for your brand

Make a good plan

It is important to spend time defining and managing storage, inventory, choosing suppliers and reverse logistics.

These steps need to be efficient for your online business to run smoothly.

Invest in innovations for logistics integration

Innovative technology solutions improve the delivery user experience, provide more visibility to the retailer and customers, and increase delivery success rates, in addition to increasing communication between all those involved in the process.

Learn to be more assertive in decision making

For this, choose good KPIs that help monitor your logistics service. Some examples are:

• OTIF (On Time In Full) which is related to your delivery performance;
• OTD (On Time Delivery), similar to OTIF, but which considers the quality and conditions of delivery, also essential to understand whether deadlines are being met.
• And finally, the OFR (Order Fill Rate) which analyzes the average time to receive an order.

Many other practices must be thoroughly evaluated, but having this main vision, your e-commerce has much more chances of achieving customer satisfaction.

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