Transportation Manager

Integration between Bigblue, Amazon FBA and Amazon FBM. Yes. Bigblue connects to your Amazon Seller Central account and supports both Amazon FBA and FBM: FBM orders that you ship yourself, and FBA orders shipped by Amazon. Bigblue is the only logistics provider (3PL) in Europe that automates the steps needed to send stock into Amazon FBA. Integration between Bigblue and Amazon Seller Central. Bigblue connects to your Amazon Seller Central account, just as it does with Shopify and your other sales channels. You set up the connection once, then Amazon orders and stock sync automatically. No manual exports needed. You can use FBM, FBA, or both with the same stock in Bigblue's warehouses. You use that stock for Amazon, your website, and your other sales channels, so you do not have to keep separate inventory for each one. Bigblue runs ten fulfilment centres in Europe: six in France, two in Spain, one in the UK, and one in Germany. That means Amazon orders can be packed and shipped from the destination country, not from one distant hub. The same warehouse network ships over two million orders a month for 600+ brands, which helps keep delivery times reliable across Europe. Sportswear brand SmartWorkout connected its Amazon stores in France and several other European countries through Bigblue. It now sells on those marketplaces with reliable delivery in each country. As its founders put it, "Bigblue enabled us to expand into new markets and ensure efficient delivery throughout Europe." Integration between Bigblue and Amazon FBM. With Fulfilled by Merchant, your products are sold on Amazon, but Bigblue ships each order from its own warehouses. * Once your Amazon account is connected, every Amazon order goes to Bigblue automatically, whether you manage orders in Amazon Seller Central or in the platform you already use, such as Shopify. * Bigblue picks, packs, and ships the order directly to the customer. * Amazon sets tight delivery deadlines for FBM orders, so Bigblue prioritises them in the warehouse to ship on time and protect your seller rating. * You keep control of your stock, packaging, and customer experience. FBM is a good fit for brands that want to reach Amazon customers while keeping their own branding and customer relationship. Integration between Bigblue and Amazon FBA. With Fulfilled by Amazon, you send part of your stock to Amazon's warehouses, and Amazon ships the orders. Because shipping is handled by Amazon, your products can get Prime. Amazon has strict rules for labelling, packing, and booking each shipment. Bigblue automates that work. During setup, you match your Amazon FBA products with the corresponding products in Bigblue. After that, Bigblue handles labelling, packing, and Amazon rule compliance for you. You do not have to label boxes by hand. Work that used to take hours can now take minutes. Amazon FBA Prime replenishment with Bigblue. Bigblue can keep backup stock for your Amazon sales and top it up before it gets too low. That helps keep your products available and reduces the risk of losing Prime because of stockouts. Bigblue keeps that backup stock in its own warehouses, not in Amazon's. You can use the same stock for Amazon, Shopify, and other orders instead of blocking inventory for one channel. And if your Amazon stock runs low, Bigblue can ship those orders itself through FBM, so you do not run out and lose sales. Brands often manage their Shopify store, Amazon sales, and direct sales with the same stock in Bigblue's warehouses. The same item can go to an Amazon order one day and to a website order the next, across several European markets. Comparison between Bigblue, Amazon FBA and Amazon MCF. Brands often compare Bigblue with Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfilment (MCF). Put simply, MCF lets Amazon use your FBA stock to ship orders from your website too, not only Amazon orders. The limit is that those parcels ship in Amazon packaging, with no branding and no access to customer data. The table below compares the points that matter most when choosing. | Prime | Branding and customer data | Where the stock is | Who ships | Model | | No, shipped by the brand | Controlled by the brand | Bigblue warehouses | Bigblue | FBM with Bigblue | | Yes, eligible for Prime | Amazon packaging, no branded inserts | Amazon warehouses, prepared by Bigblue | Amazon | FBA with Bigblue | | No. MCF only ships website orders, which are not Prime orders | Amazon packaging, no branded inserts | Amazon warehouses | Amazon | Amazon MCF | With Bigblue, you keep control of packaging, returns, and customer data on every channel. With Amazon MCF, parcels arrive in Amazon packaging with no branding, and Amazon keeps the customer data. Questions about Bigblue, Amazon FBA and Amazon FBM. Amazon FBA compatibility with Bigblue. Yes. Bigblue offers a fully integrated way to prepare stock for Amazon FBA. It is the only 3PL in Europe that automates FBA labelling from end to end. Amazon FBM and Amazon FBA with the same Bigblue inventory. Yes. Both models use the same stock in Bigblue, so a brand can run FBM orders and FBA products at the same time. Amazon Prime eligibility with Bigblue and Amazon FBA. Yes. Products that Bigblue prepares and sends to Amazon through FBA are shipped by Amazon, so they remain eligible for Prime. Bigblue also tops up that stock before it runs out, which lowers the risk of losing Prime because of stockouts. Amazon FBA preparation time with Bigblue. Bigblue automates FBA labelling and preparation, so work that used to take hours can now take minutes.

IBM is set to acquire HashiCorp, known for its Hashi Stack now rebranded as HashiCorp Cloud Platform, an alternative to IBM's Red Hat tools like OpenShift and Ansible. The acquisition, confirmed during IBM's Q1 2024 financial results call, involves a purchase price of $35 per share, a 41.7% premium, totaling a net cost of around $6.4 billion. This move will consolidate IBM's position in enterprise distributed computing, potentially integrating HashiCorp's offerings under the Red Hat brand.