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What size warehouse will your business need in 3 years? 5 years?
Like so many businesses these days, you are probably enjoying the benefits of using “on-demand” software platforms like Xero. In the same vein, shouldn’t you be thinking the same way about your inventory management and warehouse requirement? Most of the benefits of outsourcing your accounting or CRM packages can also be applied to outsourcing your […]
Client Update 15 May 2020 – Freight / Courier Update
Further to the Client Update of 12 May, our freight and courier partners have now issued further updates. The peak volumes experienced by the freight and courier sector in Alert Level 3 are expected to continue, or increase even further, with most businesses now operating under Alert Level 2. Social distancing and additional cleaning / […]
Client Update 13 May 2020 – Safety Plan
Having been open during all Covid-19 alert levels, the health and safety of all our employees, clients, contractors, visitors and tenants has remained a high priority for us. We prepared a comprehensive set of rules and guidelines for our sites who operated on behalf of our essential clients during the Alert Level 4 lockdown period. […]
Client Update 12 May 2020 – Freight / Courier Update
The recent move from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 saw an unprecedented spike in fulfilment activity throughout the country, and we expect demand to further increase as we move to Alert Level 2 later this week. All of New Zealand’s Freight and Courier companies are struggling to keep up with parcel volumes exceeding […]
Client Update 21 April 2020 – Move to Alert Level 3
Yesterday’s government announcement that New Zealand will move from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 at midnight on Monday, 27 April 2020 is good news for our country. Businesses now have a week to prepare for the move to Level 3. We have been continuing to provide a safe and timely service to our […]
Client Update 16 April 2020 – What we know about Alert Level 3
Today the Prime Minister provided more context around life at Alert Level 3 and on Monday, 20th April we expect a timeframe to be confirmed for the country to move from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3. Businesses are being encouraged to start planning now for the move to Level 3. We anticipate that […]
Client Update 7 April 2020
In our last update (April 3) we indicated that our operational capacity was impacted by our reduced skeleton staffing teams who are exercising strict physical separation. In the last few days, a number of our clients have become eligible to despatch items newly deemed as essential. This has increased the pressure on our operational capacity […]
Client Update 3 April 2020 – Week 1 of Level 4 lockdown
We want to provide a brief overview of what’s been happening as we reach the end of our first full week in “Level 4 lockdown”. What a week it has been for all of our clients, running businesses remotely and navigating severe downturn and extraordinary issues. Like you, our focus here at Online is on the […]
Update on our Operational Capabilities
As a company that services both Essential and Non-essential businesses, we have been working hard to categorise and communicate with our clients against a backdrop of evolving information and official advice. By the end of the day yesterday we had made contact with all our clients to provide clear guidance on our operational capabilities throughout […]
Client Update 24 March 2020 – Continuity of Service
After another unprecedented day, the Prime Minister has this afternoon advised New Zealand businesses to close unless they are providing a “necessity of life”. As all of our clients will be at this time, Online Distribution’s senior leadership team is considering how to respond to this directive in the most pragmatic and compliant way possible. […]
