Axida case studies:

Axida’s PPD means Bazaar is full of beans Are you sitting comfortably? Many thousands of Brits are , thanks to their favourite online beanbag company, Bazaar Group. And its best selling Bazaar Bag is monstrously good, just like the software they use according, to Managing Director Mark Dolder. The PPD software from Axida, which looks after all elements of orders, dispatch and after-sales, has enabled Bazaar Group to stay in pole position as the UK market leader despite hundreds of other online beanbag companies springing up and hotly pursuing the title. It efficiently hand ...

Outside the BOX thinking creates perfect platform for software success Independent Internet retailers are increasingly running slick operations thanks to a fruitful partnership between an entrepreneurial order fulfillment company and leading software provider. Hinckley-based BOXstation, is one of only a few UK companies specialising in serving the growing market of online shops and businesses selling by any combination of their own websites, eBay and/or Amazon. Using PPD software from Axida, it offers a totally outsourced pay-as-you-go solution taking care of product warehousing, invento ...

When Best Buy entered the UK market in Spring 2010, it was faced with a complex fulfilment challenge. With a reputation for excellent customer service across the globe, the world’s leading technology store needed to provide a consistent offer across a diverse range of products, including small appliances that are delivered through parcel carriers, two-man deliveries of larger appliances and large screen TVs as well as complex installations for home cinema systems. As well as investing in SAP, Best Buy recognised that it needed specialist, tailored software to fully integrate with SAP and h ...

Going that ‘Extra Mile’ in Home Delivery Fulfilment with CEVA Logistics CEVA Logistics is recognised by its customers for superior supply chain management processes that make their business flow. CEVA employs more than 50,000 people worldwide in more than 1,000 locations, in over 100 countries. For fiscal year 2008, CEVA reported combined revenues of € 6.3 billion. CEVA Logistics provides home delivery services for a range of products from specialist food and medical supplies to furniture. The company’s customers include manufacturers, major multiples and high street retailers. Wi ...

Complete fulfilment …? Customers are becoming ever more demanding, their expectations are growing and a retailer’s home delivery service needs to fit their customers’ increasingly busy lifestyles. Whether you are selling flat pack furniture or kitchen appliances the cost of mismanaging deliveries and poor coordination of supporting services can be high. How often do failed deliveries lead to goods being returned and then lost in a quagmire of paper based returns procedures? With the ever increasing growth of multi-channel sales, order fulfilment is becoming a major issue for big ticket re ...

After years of being the "Next Big Thing", hand held computing is finally of sufficient maturity to deliver hard business benefit to retailers. Hand held computing can mean anything from data capture units and disconnected scanners to tablet PCs. This month we explore new products at the lower end of the scale from Metrologic, look closely at two different implementations of Pocket PC technologies and see where the Smartphone, tablet PC and Smartdisplay may be leading us. Early use of hand held devices in retail was restricted to stock taking and goods receiving types of applications. This ...