The Fulfillt Blog
Practical guides for wholesale, distribution and warehouse teams: selling, fulfilling and shipping with less busywork.
Batch Picking vs. Single-Order Picking: Which Saves More Steps?
Compare single-order, batch, zone and wave picking. Learn when batch picking saves the most walking, when it doesn't, and how to set it up in a small warehouse.
The Fulfillt TeamOct 28, 20264 min read
3PL Billing Made Simple: How to Track Storage, Handling and Pick Fees
How third-party logistics warehouses should bill clients: rate cards, daily storage snapshots, handling and pick fees, and turning activity into accurate invoices.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
A Sales Rep App and B2B Ordering Portal for Xero or Odoo Users
Not on QuickBooks? How wholesale businesses on Xero or Odoo can add a sales rep app and customer ordering portal, and what syncs between them.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Connecting QuickBooks to Your Order and Warehouse Workflow
Keep QuickBooks Online or Desktop as your accounting system and add sales, order tracking and warehouse tools around it. What syncs, what doesn't, and how to start.
Oct 28, 20264 min read
Custom Catalogs: How to Show Each B2B Customer Only Their Products
Not every customer should see every product. How custom catalogs simplify ordering, protect private-label and exclusive lines, and reduce ordering mistakes.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Customer-Specific Pricing in B2B: Tiers, Quantity Breaks and Promotions Explained
A practical guide to B2B pricing: pricing tiers, customer-specific prices, quantity breaks, date-limited promotions, and how to apply them without mistakes.
Oct 28, 20265 min read
Cycle Counting vs. Annual Physical Inventory (and How ABC Analysis Helps)
Stop shutting the warehouse down to count. How cycle counting with ABC analysis keeps inventory accurate all year, with variance review and manager approval.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Dock Appointment Scheduling: How to End the Line of Trucks at the Door
Unscheduled deliveries cause overtime, detention fees and receiving errors. How dock appointment scheduling with door assignment and cross-docking fixes it.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Electronic Proof of Delivery: Why Signatures and Photos at the Door Save Money
Paper delivery receipts get lost. Learn how electronic proof of delivery with signatures, photos and receiver names reduces disputes, credits and phone calls.
Oct 28, 20264 min read
From Quote to Order: How to Speed Up the B2B Sales Cycle
Slow quotes lose deals. How wholesale teams send accurate quotes fast, follow up, and turn an accepted quote into an order in one click, synced to accounting.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
GS1-128 SSCC Labels and Retail Compliance: How to Avoid Chargebacks
Selling to big retailers means following their shipping rules. What SSCC and GS1-128 labels are, what a bill of lading needs, and how to avoid costly chargebacks.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
How to Calculate Sales Rep Commissions (and Stop Doing It in Spreadsheets)
Commission on invoiced or paid sales? Writing rep or account rep? How to handle credits and tax? A clear guide to calculating and automating rep commissions.
Oct 28, 20264 min read
How to Choose a WMS for a Small 3PL: A Practical Checklist
Choosing warehouse management software for a small or growing 3PL? Use this checklist: multi-client inventory, billing, client portal, mobile scanning and integrations.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
How to Run B2B Promotions That Reps and Customers Actually See
Most wholesale promotions fail because nobody hears about them. How to set up B2B promotions with dates, alert reps and customers automatically, and measure results.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
How to Start a 3PL From Your Own Warehouse
Have spare warehouse space? How distributors and brands start offering third-party logistics: pricing, contracts, systems and taking on the first clients.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
How to Write a 3PL Rate Card: Receiving, Storage, Pick and Pack, and Minimums
A guide to 3PL pricing: what to put on a rate card, how to price receiving, storage and fulfillment, when to use minimums, and mistakes that cost 3PLs money.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Lot and Expiry Tracking Explained: FIFO, FEFO and LIFO for Small Warehouses
What is lot tracking, and when should you use FIFO, FEFO or LIFO? A plain-English guide to rotating stock, avoiding expired product and handling recalls.
Oct 28, 20264 min read
Offline Order Taking for Wholesale Sales Reps: How It Works and Why It Matters
No signal in the stockroom? Learn how offline order taking lets wholesale reps write orders anywhere and sync them to QuickBooks when the connection returns.
Oct 28, 20265 min read
Picking, Packing and Staging: How to See Every Order's Stage Live
Stop calling the warehouse to ask where an order is. How live order tracking through picking, packing, staging and delivery helps sales, office and floor teams.
Oct 28, 20264 min read
Returns Handling for 3PLs: Restock, Damage, Quarantine and Billing
Returns are a growing share of 3PL work. How to handle return authorizations, inspect and grade items, restock or quarantine them, and bill clients correctly.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Route Planning for Field Sales Reps: Visits, Check-Ins and Visit Notes
Help field reps visit more customers in less time. How to plan sales routes on a map, record check-ins and visit notes, and make every visit count.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Shipping From Multiple Warehouses: How to Route Each Order to the Right One
Running more than one warehouse? How multi-warehouse order routing picks the closest location with stock, handles split orders, and when to transfer stock instead.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Trade Show Lead Capture: Scanning Business Cards and Badges Into Real Customers
Trade show leads go cold fast. How wholesale sales teams capture leads by scanning badges and business cards, take orders at the booth, and follow up the same week.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
What a 3PL Client Portal Should Show Your Customers
A good 3PL client portal cuts emails and builds trust. Here's what to include: live inventory, orders, inbound shipments, invoices, reports and dock requests.
Oct 28, 20263 min read
Why Distributors Are Adding a 24/7 B2B Customer Ordering Portal
A B2B ordering portal lets customers reorder on their own, day or night, at their own prices. Here is what to include and how it works alongside your sales reps.
Oct 28, 20264 min read
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