{"id":74536,"date":"2023-05-31T13:25:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=74536"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:24:03","slug":"the-retailers-guide-to-automating-e-commerce-fulfillment","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/insights\/the-retailers-guide-to-automating-e-commerce-fulfillment","title":{"rendered":"The Retailer\u2019s Guide to Automating E-commerce Fulfillment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"interior-page-block-area\">\n\t\n<div class=\"core-heading-block\" data-heading-level=\"3\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wondering-how-and-when-to-automate-your-order-fulfillment\">Wondering how and when to automate your order fulfillment?<br><br><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"core-paragraph-block\">\n<p>As an e-commerce retailer, you\u2019re under a lot of pressure to deliver faster, more streamlined omnichannel experiences that meet customer expectations. And what do they want? Convenience, fast delivery, right pricing, and great customer service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"core-paragraph-block\">\n<p>As technology continues to evolve in its capabilities and in our everyday lives, it\u2019s clear that human workforces cannot keep pace. Which may have you wondering: How can you harness the power of automation to drive a better customer experience, improve efficiency, reduce rote manual labor, and drive revenue?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\r\n<source data-image-size=\"image_block_small\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5027_AMR_Bin_Mover_min-aspect-ratio-47-30-1-564x360.jpg, https:\/\/www.radial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5027_AMR_Bin_Mover_min-aspect-ratio-47-30-1-1128x720.jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\">\r\n<source data-image-size=\"image_block_large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5027_AMR_Bin_Mover_min-aspect-ratio-47-30-1-940x600.jpg, https:\/\/www.radial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5027_AMR_Bin_Mover_min-aspect-ratio-47-30-1-1880x1200.jpg 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5027_AMR_Bin_Mover_min-aspect-ratio-47-30-1-940x600.jpg\">\r\n<\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Automation at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/insights\/299-robots-to-amplify-the-human-potential\">Radial Europe fulfillment site Groningen<\/a>, Netherlands<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"core-paragraph-block\">\n<p>Automated fulfillment is becoming the next generation of digital transformation in the retail industry. From machines that pick-and-pack, to workstreams that are connected across multiple applications, to full visibility across the supply chain \u2014 automation offers the capacity to do more, faster, and more accurately, than human workforces alone. But, to implement automation, retailers need to use human wisdom, judgment, and creativity to determine the best places and ways to automate to achieve a better customer experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"core-paragraph-block\">\n<p>How can you do that?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"core-paragraph-block\">\n<p>Download our eBook, <strong>A Retailer\u2019s Guide to Automating E-commerce Fulfillment<\/strong>, to learn:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"core-list-block\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is automation for retail?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When to automate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key steps in pre-planning for automation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The different types of automation and when and why to choose them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to evaluate automation solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How Radial uses automation to support customers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"file-attachment-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"file-attachment-block__button primary-button\" data-style=\"dark\" data-icon=\"download\" download=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eBook-The-Retailers-Guide-to-Automating-eCommerce-Fulfillment-Centers.pdf\" title=\"Download eBook\" >Download eBook<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"core-paragraph-block\">\n<p><strong>Follow Radial on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/radial-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RadialEurope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/radialeurope\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":73237,"template":"","insight_type":[],"solution":[399],"class_list":["post-74536","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/74536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insight"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/74536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74543,"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/74536\/revisions\/74543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"insight_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight_type?post=74536"},{"taxonomy":"solution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radial.com\/eur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/solution?post=74536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}