{"id":9011,"date":"2023-04-22T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T18:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/?p=9011"},"modified":"2023-06-30T14:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:24:23","slug":"order-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/e-commerce\/order-management","title":{"rendered":"What is Order Management?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9011\" class=\"elementor elementor-9011\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89f3f59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89f3f59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1020d41\" data-id=\"1020d41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2588f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2588f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Order management is a fundamental part of any business that offers products. It&#8217;s the<strong> process of receiving, fulfilling, and tracking orders<\/strong> from customers.<\/p><p>We&#8217;ll teach you some of the basics that revolve around order management.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"#second-heading\">What is order management?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#third-heading\">The process of order management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#fifth-heading\">Better order management means faster delivery<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#sixth-heading\">The importance of order management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#seventh-heading\">Streamlines orders with Breadstack<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c93e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77c93e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_2022817625-1024x759.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9014\" alt=\"Using order management\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_2022817625-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_2022817625-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_2022817625-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_2022817625-1536x1138.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_2022817625-2048x1517.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b77c1ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b77c1ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"second-heading\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2b4ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb2b4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">What is order management?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f98d757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f98d757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Order management is the process of receiving tracking and fulfilling orders from customers<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cycle of order management starts when an order is placed and finishes when that same order is delivered to the customer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order management can be a complicated and timely process for businesses if done incorrectly.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, optimizing and streamlining the ordering process will allow your business to save time and money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It doesn&#8217;t matter what point in your business you are at. You can always start optimizing the ordering process at any time with order management.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dfe23a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6dfe23a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"third-heading\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be1300c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be1300c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">The process of order management<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d82203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d82203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>As soon as the customer clicks the payment button the order management process has started<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It won\u2019t end until that customer has received their order. This all requires several different steps to see success with each order given out.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a breakdown of the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f19a6ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f19a6ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">1. Order Placed\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160e298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"160e298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A customer purchases your product across one of your channels (most commonly, will be a website)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although if you also have a physical location, some businesses allow customers to place orders on items that are out of stock in-store, but can deliver the item once they have it back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>After the item is purchased for order, it has officially triggered the order management process<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b64ea2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b64ea2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">2. Picking order\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f85e7da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f85e7da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the order has been placed, the order fulfillment process in order management takes over. The first step in this fulfillment process is picking the order.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warehouse workers will need to quickly and accurately find the order.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>*Quick tip &#8211; <\/strong>An organized warehouse is essential for a successful order management process. If you can\u2019t find the item you are looking for you are wasting time and money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0bbcfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0bbcfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_2011189634-1024x890.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2695\" alt=\"Using technology for better inventory management.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_2011189634-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_2011189634-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_2011189634-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_2011189634-370x320.jpg 370w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_2011189634-1536x1336.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_2011189634-2048x1781.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d58c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d58c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">3. Packing Order<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b6f84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14b6f84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the item has been found the next fulfillment process is packing the order. Usually, the picking and packing of the order are done by different people.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The packer gets the item ready for shipping and is responsible for a quality check.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0ffd1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0ffd1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">4. Shipping the order<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159930e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"159930e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the item is ready to be shipped, again, the shipping part is usually done by a different person. The shipping part will have 3 tasks.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attach the necessary labels and invoice with the item<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mark that the item has shipped<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">send out the information to the customer and any other channels<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae928d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae928d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">5. Post-sales order<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-206f06b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"206f06b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the item has officially been shipped, it\u2019s important to mark the order as shipped to end the order management process.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses should also follow up with customers to receive feedback.\u00a0 <strong>Returns and refunds need to be considered as well<\/strong>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having an easy return and refund system in place ensures you can manage them in the best way possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b714f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b714f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"fifth-heading\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b68f44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b68f44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Better order management means faster delivery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78abcdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78abcdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Order management is a fundamental part of any business that has to ship items<\/strong>. Customer expectations have increased. They want better and faster delivery.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether that\u2019s same-day delivery or offering <a href=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/ecommerce-operations\/real-time-delivery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real-time delivery<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before businesses would take weeks or even months to ship products, but after years of companies improving their shipping efforts in the backend through order management, they\u2019ve been able to do this process faster.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Amazon is a perfect example of faster shipping being offered<\/strong>. They never use to offer same-day delivery, but as they\u2019ve successfully been able to scale their business, their delivery has also continued to scale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/what-we-do\/delivery-logistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Amazon<\/a> is a billion-dollar company, how does this compare to small or even medium-sized companies?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, customers still want their products fast and companies are continually trying to get their delivery better.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The secret is order management. <strong>An optimized order management system allows you to improve delivery times<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0c1d3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0c1d3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-20-at-8.16.37-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9016\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-20-at-8.16.37-AM.png 762w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-20-at-8.16.37-AM-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Amazon is leading delivery in the product world.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64af4db elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"64af4db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"sixth-heading\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55dc7ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55dc7ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">The importance of order management<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197457e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"197457e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a few key things that come to mind when understanding the importance of order management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d96b0f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d96b0f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Improve Efficiency<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3c66c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3c66c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good order management system in place will speed up everything. <strong>Orders can be received quicker, they can be found, packed, shipped and delivered faster<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order fulfillment strategy is a big process.\u00a0 Every order not received quickly, item not found on the first try, or wrong order made is time lost on getting orders out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of this becomes especially true when you continue to scale. If your order management process isn&#8217;t in place with a few items everything will escalate when you continue to get more orders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c53ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c53ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Better inventory forecast<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb3d36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcb3d36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order management process will ensure you have the right available items in stock &#8211; this also works both ways.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Overstock of inventory could mean lost cash flow and understocked inventory also means lost cash flow and even worse, lost customers<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good system will provide an overview of all inventory levels. It could also forecast ordering patterns for the future to give you an outline of requirements and expenses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking to optimize inventory right now? Check out our article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/ecommerce-operations\/inventory-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips for Inventory Management<\/a>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa8685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2fa8685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Less human error<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e895de4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e895de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Order management helps reduce human error based on a few things<\/strong>, the first thing is the process.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will have a process set up with each step laid out. Employees can follow the whole ordering process without missing a beat. This even goes for using fulfillment processes within order management.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another factor of human error with ordering is misidentifying information. It could be the wrong item or wrong information and both will hold up your order process.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Order management uses automation to limit exactly these errors<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e62fef4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e62fef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_430065943-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9019\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_430065943-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_430065943-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_430065943-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_430065943-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_430065943-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_430065943-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b393820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b393820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"seventh-heading\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d51bd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d51bd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Streamline orders with Breadstack<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1ece2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d1ece2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use automation to simplify the process such as generating orders, creating order lists and synchronizing with the entire order fulfillment process to send out products.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea84a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ea84a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Customer-generated orders\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60fad21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60fad21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the orders going through the storefront will be displayed on the Order Module, on Breadstack. It shows all the related information such as item information, total amount, order time, order status, address, and customer information.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9162b19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9162b19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rectangle-9-1-1024x569.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9017\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rectangle-9-1-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rectangle-9-1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rectangle-9-1-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rectangle-9-1-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rectangle-9-1-2048x1138.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Generate customer orders with Breadstack.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5d55a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a5d55a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Advanced filtering<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f7c83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60f7c83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to quickly find an order, there is an advanced filter section on top of the order list. The section contains filters of all the information, such as order status, addresses, order total, included products, and customer information.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f65cf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f65cf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Order lists<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-872e5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"872e5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The order list provides an overview of all order-identifying information<\/strong>. Orders are put onto different tabs based on their status.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information listed on this page includes order IDs, customer names associated with each order, time of order placements, order previews, number of items in each order, and shipping method and tracking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6cc962 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6cc962\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Order creating and modification<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a54d4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a54d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Breadstack allows store managers to create and modify orders directly.<\/strong> To create an order, information such as items, customer, and shipping information will need to be filled in. Once it is created, it can be processed as a regular order.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37173cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37173cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-10.55-1-997x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9018\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-10.55-1-997x1024.png 997w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-10.55-1-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-10.55-1-768x789.png 768w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-10.55-1-1496x1536.png 1496w, https:\/\/breadstack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-15-at-10.55-1.png 1870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Create and modify orders with ease on Breadstack.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98fe046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98fe046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Shipment tracking<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5266b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5266b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Breadstack allows tracking IDs to be attached to an order<\/strong>. Once it is attached, the store operator will have access to the package\u2019s tracking information.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shipping information will also be detailed in the Shipping section after an order has been created and paid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ebae4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54ebae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Customer information<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62dba52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62dba52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All orders should have a customer associated with them. The <strong>customer information is available on both the Order module and the Customer module, on Breadstack<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the order page, it details the customer\u2019s information such as name, address and payment info.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Order management is important for any business that offers products. <strong>Receiving, fulfilling, and tracking those products greatly impact your customer satisfaction as well as your revenue<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Breadstack can help optimize your order management so you can continue to improve efficiency and allow yourself to scale. Contact us today to get started!<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ready to optimize your order management?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3473044 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3473044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/breadstack.com\/commerce-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Try Breadstack!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Order management is a fundamental part of any business that offers products. 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