How To Build A Fulfilment Infrastructure That Will Scale With Your Business

Running a business that relies on delivering products from warehouse to customer can be daunting, especially when your company is growing quickly.

In this week’s episode Harry Drajpuch talks about ways to build a scalable fulfilment infrastructure and avoid the common pitfalls.

ABOUT HARRY

Harry Drajpuch is the CEO of Amware Fulfilment. He's a 30+ year logistics industry executive with a breadth of experience in executive management. In his previous role as COO of Amware Logistics, he was responsible for technology and the performance of eight nationwide fulfilment centers. Prior to that, Drajpuch was President and CEO of Weber Logistics, where he had full P&L responsibility for 15 distribution centers and a large regional truckload fleet. He also served as COO at third-party logistics provider Kane Is Able.

When he's not shaking things up in the boardroom, Harry will be likely off flying his plane - he’s an instrument rated pilot too!

Here’s a summary of the great stuff that we cover in this show:

• The eCommerce industry has changed drastically over the years. It’s a volatile industry and as an eCommerce entrepreneur, you have to adapt to the customer’s growing expectations in terms of speed of delivery, quality of service, product customisations/personalisations, etc. The ability to adapt with the changing demands of the customer will help you differentiate yourself in the marketplace and stand out from the crowd.
• The pathway to success begins with the right people. You have to ensure that the people in your organisation and those that you hire have the right attitude. Be selective in your hiring, look for people that want to do something a little bit differently, that see it as a challenge, and are willing to put themselves in the customer’s shoes to ensure they deliver excellent service, every single time. And then create a positive atmosphere that walks the talk, that supports and appreciates them.
• As your business grows, you must think about whether or not you need to outsource your fulfillment and what it’s going to cost you. Outsourced companies are a little more efficient and when you outsource, you generally save money and you can scale very quickly. Once the back-end is taken care of, you can focus on getting your message out to people to buy.

Enjoying listening to our conversation about fulfilment infrastructure :-)

For complete show notes, transcript and links to our guest, check out our website: www.ecommerce-podcast.com.