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News Release from: dsicmm | Subject: Fulfilment services
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 November 2006
Mailing Firm Wins Cosmetics Contract
After Trial
Skinlight Cosmetics has chosen Corporate Mailing Matters (CMM) Group to handle its order processing, pick and packing of orders and fulfilment, following a trial period.
Skinlight Cosmetics has chosen Corporate Mailing Matters (CMM) Group to handle its order processing, pick and packing of orders and fulfilment, following a trial period David and Tania Furst set up Skinlight Cosmetics, a web based cosmetic company, three years ago and originally focused on skincare products for Asian and ethnic skin
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 4 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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At that stage they did all of the order processing, pick and packing and fulfilment themselves but as the company increased its range of products to cater for all skin types it became necessary to look to outsource those processes.
David Furst commented: "We realised we needed to concentrate on growing the company and as the number of daily orders increased it became clear that we could not cope with fulfilment on our own.
It took us a year to find someone who could do the job.
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What CMM does for us is really important.
Skinlight couldn't manage the fulfilment role that CMM provides." CMM Group has been fulfilling on average around 1,000 monthly orders for Skinlight Cosmetics.
Orders are taken and despatched from the UK and EU trough CMM Group's on-line ordering and stock control system.
The web-enabled inventory management system enables Skinlight to access real-time information and provides accurate monitoring of stock levels and efficient location and extraction of individual items, said CMM.
The system also generates reminders to re-order stock items when stock levels drop to user defined levels.
Once Skinlight has checked that there are sufficient stocks of selected products, it can order on-line, indicating the required quantities and delivery addresses for items.
Skinlight can also access detailed reports and audit trails of previous stock movements at any time.
David Furst added: "With new products added every year and turnover increasing we aim to become one of the main online skincare suppliers.
We are currently investigating further direct marketing opportunities to increase the number of visits to our website and convert them in to orders." Paul Galpin, group sales director at CMM, commented: "People often forget that fulfilment and logistics are a customer touchpoint and a particularly vulnerable one at that.
Fulfilment for a company such as Skinlight Cosmetics is a major challenge.
Firms that take on e-commerce don't have the cost of maintaining outlets and so they are able to invest heavily in marketing." He continued: "This can often lead to very rapid growth and if a business is not prepared for it the operation could fall down at the logistics stage.
In this kind of situation it is critical to plan ahead with a partner that can cope with the growth.
If this is achieved, standards set from the start can be maintained.".
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