Online ordering for the holidays seems too easy these days, almost as if it happened by magic, or at least that's what consumers expect.

On Christmas morning, your child will most likely open toys, books, and games sent from half a continent away, even if they were ordered last minute. Even if you had to shell out the extra money for 2-day, overnight or even same-day shipping. Despite the supply chain problems reported on the nightly news, your packages show up as planned, just as you had expected... thanks to cutting edge logistics technology that makes today's e-Commerce boom possible.

While consumers might not spend time thinking through exactly how a package gets to to your door overnight, logistics professionals think about the process 24/7. And for small businesses looking to satisfy their customer base by getting items shipped and into the hands of customers quickly, choosing a quick and reliable e-Commerce partner is as important as the quality of the product itself.

So how should small businesses find the best e-Commerce partner to ensure their up-and-coming business builds the reputation it deserves? Here at Geek+, we believe that when considering potential e-commerce partners for your business, choosing one that uses an intelligent automated warehouse system to fulfill orders is absolutely necessary in 2022 and beyond.

When selecting an e-Commerce partner, small businesses should remember:

     •E-Commerce consumers pay great attention to delivery-relevant items

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  •      •The implementation of warehouse automation systems will drastically improve the        supply chain profile for your business
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•       •A versatile, customizable IT system can contribute to the warehouse management        and speed up the business
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•       •Demand fluctuation is common in e-commerce, which requires a highly flexible               automated warehouse solution

Automated picking systems offer flexibility, adaptability and accuracy that manual labor warehouses simply can not provide. An automated system has many special features that automatically facilitate robot picking, optimize the warehouse layout and can provide a clearer understanding of the status of your product. With an automated system from Geek+, a warehouse operator can see exactly what is going on in a warehouse at any given moment. Real time data, how many picks per hour, current throughput rate, robot errors, it's all there. That way, small businesses can quickly trouble shoot any problems quickly and ensure they are getting good service.

E-Commerce businesses around the world are benefiting from Geek+'s goods-to-person solutions and our agile IT systems, especially in our European region. Geek+ and FDL Group have accelerated e-commerce in Greece and Cyprus with smart sorting robots. Webshippy, which provides logistic solutions for independent e-Commerce actors and major companies, also takes advantage of Geek+'s technology to grow their business. Even the pharmaceutical industry is deploying Geek+ robots. Dr. Max, for example, just equipped their e-commerce warehouse with nearly one hundred Geek+ picking robots to ensure their patients across Eastern Europe.

Consumers do not have to know the infrastructure and IT magic behind their online shopping experience, but we all know how the experience is meant to be: we browse, we find, we order, we receive. These days, it's tough to tolerate an "out of stock" message, deliveries arriving after three weeks and wrong deliveries. As consumers, we've come to expect more.

Thanks to robotic automation technology, even last minute shoppers like can count on happy faces when the whole family gets exactly what they want on time.