Flexe

“Aterian’s growth has been phenomenal in the past few years. Our compounded annual growth rate is 61%* —a testament to our supply chain design and performance. As we grow, from a supply chain perspective, we need to ship more. The growth has been in parallel with the growth we’ve experienced with Flexe.”

“The Flexe partnership gives us the opportunity to grow very quickly without having to invest in large capital infrastructure costs. The Flexe Technology Platform allows us to manage our inventory in real time across multiple warehouses and allows our network to work seamlessly.”

“Operations and logistics is huge for us, especially as we strategize around expanding our reach and broadening our market,” says Shaffer Seit. “With any eCommerce business, your delivery promise is key. As we expand our network and add another facility, we’re also looking at ways we can build shorter transit times into our delivery promise and be more transparent in how we communicate that with our shoppers.”

“Flexe brings great data to the table in these reviews. It’s really helpful for us, as a small company, to be able to lean into that information and understand where we are and what we need to do for our business.”

“Flexe adds a level of expertise in operations. Having that support in fulfillment and logistics really allows us to stay laser-focused on product development and our customers.”

“The Flexe team is essentially an extension of ours—they ensure we’re working with the right provider, negotiate on our behalf, and help us keep our operations moving smoothly.”

“Flexe is also a startup and gets it. We feel like we have a stake in the technology and have seen how our operations have improved because of the platform that’s being built,” said Shaffer Seit. “Without Flexe, we would need a tech team and our own WMS. Our day to day is a lot easier because of the services Flexe provides.”

“We did quote a couple of other fulfillment providers, but we went with Flexe because we loved the idea of the solution and they helped us launch faster,” says Shaffer Seit. “It would have taken more resources and more time if we had gone with a legacy third-party logistics provider (3PL).”

“Without Flexe, we would need a tech team and our own WMS. Our day to day is a lot easier because of the services Flexe provides.”

“We later realized Flexe also saved us valuable time and resources. Negotiating and procuring separate 3PLs would have taken months, but with Flexe, we were able to stand up facilities in a matter of weeks.”

“Originally, we were excited to work with Flexe because of the cost savings and the unified nature of their technology platform,”

“They make it possible to solve traditional logistics challenges.”

“Flexe offers way more than any one 3PL can,”

“They’ve also given us the flexibility to create new partnerships with manufacturers and offer more products to our customers.”

“Flexe has enabled us to reinvest in our marketing, hire new employees, and grow faster as a business,”

“Not only were we able to improve our delivery promise to customers, a shorter last mile reduced our FedEx costs by 30%.”

“Flexe enabled us to grow faster as a business, and has given us the flexibility to create new partnerships with manufacturers to offer more products to our customers.”

“The great thing in working with Flexe is they’re able to provide solutions fast, flexible and really trying to meet the demands of the customer.”

“The Flexe technology has been very easy to use. It’s very user-friendly, to where it’s easy to train people on and to understand it and pick it up very quickly.”

“The value that Flexe offers to shippers really is pretty critical. They have one platform. They have visibility of their product across the country. So not only is it product in one site, it could be in five or six different sites, and they can go to one system to be able to see all their inventory across the country.”

“They’ve always helped us find a solution.”

“We like the Flexe team with whom we work and we can rely on the solution they provide.”

“We can trust Flexe and the providers in their network. Our products are safe, protected, and Flexe providers are responsive. That’s what you want in a third-party provider, and that’s what we get with Flexe.”

“From the Flexe app, we get a single view of inventory across the Flexe Logistics Network, and can create multiple orders that are routed to each separate provider,” says Kryscio. “With any other solution, we’d be managing orders across different warehouse management systems (WMS) or different instances without a unified view.”

“We’ve seen a true appreciation from community members, thanking us for our responsiveness and having goods when no one else did,” says Kryscio. “Last year, we had to expedite goods to help Houston, this year we were prepared and were able to respond.”