Why Order Splitting Can Make or Break Your E‑Commerce Business

This article explains the essential purpose of order splitting in e‑commerce, outlines seven common splitting scenarios—from merchant and multi‑warehouse splits to logistics, inventory, and after‑sale cases—shows their impact on cost, fulfillment efficiency, and customer experience, and presents a three‑module system design to implement robust splitting logic.

customer experiencee-commerce logisticsinventory optimization

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Why Order Splitting Can Make or Break Your E‑Commerce Business

DeWu Technology

Sep 23, 2024 · Operations

Packaging Material Recommendation Algorithms for E‑commerce Fulfillment

The article presents a packaging‑material recommendation system for e‑commerce fulfillment that uses rule‑based filters and a three‑dimensional bin‑packing algorithm—both exact integer programming and fast heuristics—to select the smallest suitable box or bag, enabling cost reduction, better space utilization, and lower damage rates through applications such as box‑cutting, order merging, box‑type redesign, and AI‑driven protective‑packaging matching.

Operations ResearchRecommendation Algorithmbin packing

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Packaging Material Recommendation Algorithms for E‑commerce Fulfillment

Shopee Tech Team

Aug 26, 2021 · Databases

Database Architecture Evolution and Sharding Practice in Shopee's Logistics Service

Shopee’s Logistics Channel Service migrated from a shared‑cluster MySQL setup to dedicated clusters, added TiDB for transient tracking data, and ultimately adopted hash‑based sharding with separate order and tracking services plus an asynchronous compensation mechanism, enabling uniform data distribution, cross‑database consistency, six‑month archiving, and scalable growth without rebalancing.

Database ArchitectureDistributed SystemsTiDB

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Database Architecture Evolution and Sharding Practice in Shopee's Logistics Service