E-commerce Logistics Integration: Connect Your Logistics Provider to Your Marketplaces
Connect your logistics provider to Market Invaders and automate your e-commerce workflows
Outsourcing your logistics allows you to entrust the storage, fulfillment, and shipping of your orders to a specialized service provider.
But when you sell on multiple marketplaces and through your own e-commerce site, coordinating between your sales channels and your logistics provider can quickly become complicated.
Orders must be processed quickly, inventory levels must remain consistent, and shipping information must be forwarded to the relevant distribution centers.
Without an automated connection, these exchanges may require file exports, re-entry of data, or manual interventions, all of which could slow down order processing.
With the logistics integration feature of the Market Invaders Software Business Suite (MI SBS), connect your logistics provider to your marketplaces and your e-commerce environment to automate the exchange of data between your online sales and your logistics operations.
This allows you to maintain a centralized view of your business while entrusting logistics operations to your service provider.
Why should you connect your logistics provider t Market Invaders ?
The connection between MI SBS and your logistics provider simplifies communication between your sales channels and the teams responsible for processing your orders.
Depending on the services offered by your provider and the workflows defined for your project, the integration can, among other things, enable you to:
How does the connection between Market Invaders and your logistics provider work?
MI SBS serves as an exchange platform between your e-commerce business and your logistics provider.
Workflows are defined based on your organization, the tools used by your logistics provider, and the services they handle.
Automatically forward your orders to your logistics provider
The speed at which orders are transmitted is essential to meeting the fulfillment deadlines expected by customers and marketplaces.
With MI SBS, orders from your various sales channels can be centralized and then automatically forwarded to your logistics provider.
Centralize your marketplace orders before forwarding them
If you sell on multiple marketplaces, your logistics provider may need to receive orders from different platforms.
MI SBS consolidates orders from your connected channels to streamline their transmission to your logistics partner.
This allows your service provider to receive information from a single exchange point, without needing a specific connection to each marketplace.
Centralize your pricing management
When your inventory is managed by an external logistics provider, the actual availability of products must be communicated to your sales channels.
Thanks to the integration with MI SBS, inventory data can be retrieved from your service provider’s system and then synchronized according to the rules defined for your business.
Please submit the preparation and shipping information
After receiving an order, your logistics provider handles the operations specified in your contract: order fulfillment, packaging, shipping, and—depending on the services offered—returns management.
The information generated during these operations can be transmitted to MI SBS.
Automate the submission of tracking numbers
Marketplaces generally require sellers to submit shipping information by specific deadlines.
When this data is entered manually, the risk of omissions, delays, or errors increases.
Thanks to the connection between your logistics provider and MI SBS, tracking numbers can be retrieved and automatically forwarded to the relevant sales channels.
Grow your marketplace business without complicating your logistics
Launching new marketplaces can generate more orders, new order flows, and specific operational requirements.
When your logistics are outsourced, your service provider must be able to receive and process orders from these new channels without increasing the number of interfaces.
MI SBS centralizes your marketplace data streams and facilitates their transmission to your logistics provider.
Connect your logistics provider to your entire e-commerce ecosystem
Your logistics provider may need to integrate with various tools, such as marketplaces, CMS, ERP, PIM, WMS, or transportation solutions.
MI SBS facilitates the flow of data between these different environments.
You have a connected ecosystem in which each participant maintains their role.
Your logistics provider handles the operations entrusted to it, while MI SBS centralizes communication with your sales channels.
Logistics integration tailored to your organization
Each logistics provider uses its own tools and may offer different services.
Some logistics providers have a connected WMS, while others use a proprietary platform or specific data exchange systems.
Market Invaders adapts to your environment to set up the workflows your business needs.
A scalable connection to support your growth
The architecture of MI SBS is designed to support these changes.
You can expand your sales channels and scale your logistics operations while maintaining a centralized platform to manage transactions.
Our team analyzes your e-commerce environment and the tools used by your service provider to determine the integration that best suits your needs.
Why connect your logistics provider to Market Invaders ?
Market Invaders, your platform for connecting logistics providers and marketplaces
Outsourcing your logistics should not create a disconnect between your sales channels and your order fulfillment.
With MI SBS, orders from your marketplaces and your e-commerce site are centralized and then forwarded to your logistics provider.
Information related to inventory, order fulfillment, and shipping can then be synced to keep your data up to date across your various channels. You’ll benefit from a more seamless integration between your sales and logistics operations, while maintaining a centralized view of your sales.