Systems & Operations

Commerce Operations,
Run Hands-On

Selling channels, supply chain, finance and customer operations, led by a fractional COO and CFO. A systems team audits, configures and runs the platforms underneath.

eCommerce

Orders, customers, products and checkout events, straight from the storefront.

Operations
  • Store & channel setup
  • Catalogue & pricing
  • Order & customer sync
  • Multi-store & currency setup
  • Discount, tax & refund handling
  • Checkout & payment configuration
  • Backorder management
  • Replatform migration
Platforms 21

Marketplace

Channel orders, settlements and fees, mapped to one SKU spine.

Operations
  • Listing & SKU mapping
  • Marketplace order import & sync
  • Settlement & fee reconciliation
  • FBA versus FBM stock split
  • Buy Box & stockout monitoring
  • FBA replenishment
  • Channel price & listing updates
  • Payout matching
Platforms 40

Wholesale & EDI

850, 855, 856 and 810 mapped into the ERP, per trading partner.

Operations
  • Trading-partner onboarding
  • PO, ASN & invoice flow
  • Retailer compliance
  • 850 / 855 / 856 / 810 document mapping
  • Chargeback & exception tracking
  • B2B price list management
  • Dropship order routing
  • Inter-company dropship orders
  • D2C, dropship & wholesale in parallel
  • Document acknowledgement feeds
Platforms 30

Retail & POS

Store transactions and stock, consolidated with online into one stock position.

Operations
  • Store & location setup
  • Omnichannel stock visibility
  • Store pickup (BOPIS)
  • Store versus online revenue reporting
  • Register & till reconciliation
  • POS-to-ERP sync
Platforms 10

ERP & Inventory

The system of record: item master, costing, multi-location stock, ledger.

Operations
  • Multi-warehouse inventory
  • Inventory pools
  • Cycle counts & bin transfers
  • Inter-company transfers
  • Landed costing
  • Demand forecasting
  • Replenishment planning
  • Purchase & transfer orders
  • Item master & BOM upkeep
  • Sales & operations planning
  • Multi-entity & subsidiary setup
Platforms 34

Fulfilment & 3PL

Shipment events, inbound receipts and 3PL billing files in one model.

Results
  • 7.6% to 4.1%Warehouse cost as a share of revenue at an apparel brand, cut over 3 years of growth
  • Up to 60%Lower 3PL cost than the previous provider, across 3 transitions
Operations
  • Order allocation
  • Pick, pack & ship
  • Batch & wave picking
  • Barcode scanning
  • Receiving & put-away
  • Inbound ASN capture
  • 3PL onboarding
  • 3PL analysis & benchmarking
  • 3PL contract negotiation
  • 3PL transitions
  • Warehouse SLA management
  • 3PL invoice audit
  • 3PL stock sync & weeks of supply
  • Multi-3PL stock reconciliation
  • Inventory-by-location feeds
Platforms 19

Carriers & Shipping

Tracking, rate cards and surcharges allocated to order and SKU.

Results
  • $1.7M+Shipping cost saved through carrier setup and rate negotiation
Operations
  • Carrier & service configuration
  • Carrier contract & rate negotiation
  • Rate shopping
  • Invoice-to-rate-card audit
  • Tracking & exception monitoring
  • Zone & dimensional weight modelling
  • Shipping cost per order and SKU
  • Transit time & service level tracking
Platforms 26

Finance

Hands-on decisions on cash, margin and lending, made on books that reconcile.

Fractional CFO & COO
  • Financial strategy & planning
  • Profit & loss reviews
  • Contribution & SKU margins
  • Cash flow forecasting
  • Borrowing base reporting
  • Commission & royalty calculations
Operations
  • Accounting platform audit & setup
  • Payout & settlement matching
  • Invoice reconciliation
  • Landed cost to COGS
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Multi-entity consolidation
  • Revenue recognition
  • Gateway fee analysis
  • Subscription billing
Platforms 51

Returns & Post-Purchase

RMAs, dispositions and reason codes linked to refund and restock.

Operations
  • Returns & RMA
  • Disposition & restock
  • Return reason analysis
  • Refund-to-order matching
  • Warranty & claims handling
  • Return cost per SKU
Platforms 14

CRM & Customer Support

Tickets and contacts resolved to one customer, with order context.

Operations
  • Customer golden records
  • Helpdesk order context
  • Ticket & SLA reporting
  • Contact & account deduplication
  • Conversation & macro analysis
  • Support cost per order
Platforms 19

Growth & Retail Media

Spend and conversions in; audiences and customer lists back out.

Operations
  • Spend & conversion sync
  • Audience activation
  • Blended ROAS & MER
  • Campaign taxonomy & UTM governance
  • Retail media network reporting
  • Server-side conversion forwarding
  • Contribution margin by channel
Platforms 39

Retention & Loyalty

Campaigns, subscriber state and loyalty tiers; segments written back.

Operations
  • Loyalty & rewards sync
  • Segment activation
  • Campaign & flow reporting
  • Subscriber & consent state
  • Review & UGC capture
  • Suppression & deliverability
  • Repeat purchase & cohort reporting
Platforms 36

An operations review, in one call

It starts with how orders, stock and cash move today. The review sets out the first fixes, the platforms to audit, and a plan to run them.

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