Since we’re a software company we get the opportunity to talk to people all around the world about their eCommerce processes. Just in the past 8 months alone, we’ve spoken with people in over 25 countries. Not always, but more often than not (I’m looking at you Europe...
Recently someone interested in Studio Bridge reached out and basically asked “You guys still around? I noticed your last blog post was from a while ago and was about how challenging it is to run a business.” The answer…. We’ve never been busier, and when it...
Starting a business is hard. Extremely hard. At least it’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to do. And what’s scary is that for all of the risk, money, time, and effort involved there’s no guarantee of it paying off. ...
When you’re looking to build out the translation arm of your workflow, there are typically 3 options when it comes to implementation. Below I break down those 3 options and the pros and cons of our experience. Please note that my opinions below are based...
The Workflow Bias Recently I received some unsolicited marital advice from a close friend who’s in the middle of separating from his spouse. The advice was, “If you notice any issues in your marriage just get counseling. Trust me you don’t want to wait until...
The Backstory I often liken the Ecommerce studio production process to a pointillism painting. People viewing the process from far away, don’t realize that the process is actually made of thousands of “dots” tiny decisions, people, equipment, and...
Even if all of the numbers, costs, timelines, etc. are in line with your business, adopting an entirely new workflow platform can still be a daunting task. For example, with Studio Bridge we’ve talked to potential clients in the past who have obvious...
In our last article about mass production, I discussed how absorbing smaller creative work from within the business (as it pertains to images and copy) can help with keeping your creative team members happy. In this article I’ll be covering the second...
The Approach For the last 10+ years, I’ve been managing mass production high volume eCommerce studio operation teams across multiple countries and companies. At this point, I can say for certain, creative people and the mass production processes have more...
One of the biggest takeaways for me while managing the Studio Production Department at Zappos.com after being acquired by Amazon.com, was that the most efficient way to “Flex” with the ever-changing volumes (particularly in fashion) was to build a...
