Logistics case study: Altobuy
Altobuy is a French e-commerce logistics company specializing in home furnishings. The company offers for sale lounge furniture, such as armchairs and sofas, but also bedding with mattresses and box springs. It also has several warehouses with more than 3,000 product references.
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Problems encountered
The company offers D+1 delivery which was not possible without the adoption of the Shippingbo solution. In fact, order preparation was carried out solely from Prestashop, with carrier modules generating labels semi-automatically. This solution is viable when a small volume of orders needs to be managed, but when faced with a larger number of orders, it is important to a high-performance tool, especially when it comes to e-commerce furniture logistics.
Shippingbo solutions
The adoption of the Shippingbo solution has enabled Altobuy to grow rapidly and serenely, and thus to a second and then a third warehouse!
Order routing, done directly from the interface, enables orders to be orchestrated for dispatch to the right warehouse (according to product type, for example). In addition, Altobuy is connected to a large number of generalist marketplaces (Amazon, Cdiscount), but also to more specialized more specialized marketplaces (But, Conforama). Also connected to private sales marketplacesShippingbo’s ability to integrate quickly and intelligently was what won the company over!
As an e-commerce logistics company specializing in furniture, Altobuy is a perfect candidate to benefit from Shippingbo technology. Since adopting the solution, Altobuy has seen its order preparation time greatly reduced. This is because, a label that used to take 2 minutes to produce now takes just a few seconds. Product locations are optimized thanks to the software, which enables the space to be reorganized to cope with the growing volume of orders.