D2C Team Workshops
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on your ecommerce.
Achieve alignment, clarity and a proven plan for success
Schedule NowOur D2C Team Workshops unpack your challenges and help you create a clear plan to success of achieving your strategic goals.
They are custom designed to guide teams through their complex operational challenges and deliver actionable strategic plans that drive growth, efficiency and alignment.
We know that operations is what delivers the product and pays the bills. Etail’s D2C Team Workshops uniquely focus on creating operational excellence; reducing costs and increasing efficiency; and solving tough, operational challenges that are holding your business back.
Etail is your partner in ecommerce. We are here to help guide your team to success in achieving your growth goals.
These are our workshop objectives.
Gain Team Consensus
We will facilitate the conversation amongst attendees to:
Clarify and gain consensus on the company priorities for Direct-to-Consumer initiatives.
Clarify the Opportunities, Fears and Concerns from the stakeholders.
Define what success looks like for your D2C initiatives.
Discover Opportunities
We'll have an nteractive conversation of the D2C market opportunities available to your company including:
Sales Channel Opportunities – unpacking the different types and opportunities relevant for your business.
Fulfillment Opportunities – How can you lower your overall D2C delivery costs by 20% or more?
Overcome Channel Conflict
Whether it’s real or imagined, channel conflict can be intimidating and sometimes causes organizations to miss real opportunities. We’ll unpack your reality in this session and identify strategies on how it can be managed effectively.
Building Blocks for Success
We'll share an overview presentation of what is necessary to build a scalable solution that can be flexible enough to handle your various market opportunities and help all attendees understand the importance of each piece of the puzzle.
Gap Analysis & Plan
We'll have a facilitated conversation to gain clarity around your priorities, risks, prioritization of market opportunities, and identify what investments will be necessary.
Workshop Deliverables:
Roadmap & Priorities
We'll deliver prioritized suggested initiatives for your company to pursue based upon an in-depth discussion of the market opportunities, systems and current capabilities of the company.
Resource Analysis
We'll review all the systems and human resources required to undertake the initiatives outlined and an understanding of potential gaps.
Business Impact
We'll conduct a review of the quantitative and qualitative value to be achieved by this initiative.
Project Risk Mitigation
We'll present key areas of concern, strategies to minimize risk and suggest best practices that should be embraced to mitigate risk and increase your likelihood of success.
Post-Implementation Integrations Diagram
You'll gain visual clarity on the implementation of a channel-centric architecture, including the integration points/feeds between all demand channels, fulfillment channels and your systems of record.
Scope & Statement of Work
You'll leave with a detailed estimate and descriptions of the work required to successfully implement Etail’s D2C Control Tower for the requirements gathered and prioritized during the engagement
(Phase I).
Agreement & Schedules
This will include:
Schedule A: Phase I Project Scope
Schedule B: Etail Platform Pricing, Aggregated Order Pricing
Schedule C: Professional/Managed Services Pricing
Schedule D: Support Structure Agreement
Gain consensus.
Clarify company priorities and define success for your
direct-to-consumer ecommerce.
Discover opportunities.
Interactive conversations reveal and unpack sales channel and fulfillment opportunities you're leaving on the table.
Fill the gaps and build your plan.
Gain clarity on risks, opportunities and investment strategies. Build a scalable solution that can handle future market opportunities.
The Challenge
- Growing ecommerce businesses often face complex operational challenges. Often these challenges go unresolved for one simple reason: lack of strategic alignment among leadership teams.
- Your team has a wealth of functional expertise, but navigating the complexities of ecommerce can be tough without the right knowledge and solid, front-line experience across a wide range of ecommerce markets and operating models.
- Sometimes the team may not even know what questions to ask or the full range of solutions available. This leads to conflicting priorities, lost opportunities and inefficient operations that leak margin and drain profitability.
- Overcoming these obstacles requires careful planning, team alignment and expert guidance.
The Solution
- Our D2C Team Workshops are designed to align your leadership team on the key priorities and direction of your direct-to-consumer ecommerce initiatives.
- We'll bring together deep industry knowledge and practical experience, help you navigate the evolving ecommerce landscape, identify market opportunities, and manage the risks that come with scaling operations.
- We'll address operational inefficiencies by optimizing fulfillment, supply chain management, and IT integration, so all your operations run smoothly and cost-effectively. Plus, we'll help you tackle tough issues like pricing and channel conflict, legacy system integration, retail drop shipping, and optimizing your sales channels while maintaining control of your brand.
- Your team will gain the clarity, alignment and confidence needed to overcome obstacles, seize opportunities and achieve sustainable growth.
Your Workshop Leader.
Michael Anderson is the CEO and co-founder of Etail Solutions, with over 25 years of real-world experience in ecommerce and business software development.
As the organizer and facilitator of the Executive Workshop, Michael brings a practical, hands-on approach to helping businesses navigate the complexities of ecommerce operations.
His expertise in areas like ERP development and distributed order management equips him to guide executive teams through alignment with strategic priorities and optimizing operations.
His approach to the Executive Workshop is both strategic and practical, focusing on delivering actionable outcomes with quick payback and long-term results.
Ready to get alignment on a path to success?
D2C Executive Team Workshops
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