Updates
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2/22/2012
We are adding another fill time position. This position will get to wear two hats; they will help take orders on the phone, fill orders and then help manage and organize inventory. Send your resume to info.usakms@gmail.com. See more details on Monster.com. Search Monster for openings in North Mankto, MN.
Business has been better than we planned. We have been adding overtime and working weekends to get caught back up and stay that way. We very much appreciate your business and support and we are working on getting +95% of our orders shipped with in one business day. We are running 2 days now but should be back to 1 day very soon.
We have just added another order picker. Jesse Anderson joins us part time. He is a college guy working on his degree in Economics and is learning things very quickly and already a big help.
There are now 5 full time and 4 part time people working here now. Just over 14 months ago it was just myself and Lora. It's been a busy year of growth as we moved into a commercial warehouse after operating out of our home for 5 years.
We have contracted for a complete web site upgrade to entirely new shopping cart software that will have the a freshened look but will also have several more features. We will organize things a bit and finding something will be much easier. The new cart is being built now on a test server so we can deploy it seamlessly after full testing and training some time in March.
Work is continuing on our print catalog. We hope to have that in another month or two. It is a massive project that we absolutely underestimated every step of the way. There is a steep learning curve at every turn in this eCommerce business.
What is fun is we now are getting customers stopping by on a fairly frequent basis. We invite you stop in Monday through Friday 8 to 5pm and shop the warehouse. We enjoy the company and you get to put your hands on a lot of stuff you wouldn't get to otherwise. I am generally in the warehouse on Saturdays in the morning and into the afternoon often.
We have several new line additions planned for this year which knife makers of every level will find interesting. We will also continue to add more fun stuff like Blowguns for a little shop break time.
Thanks for your business.
-Tracy and Lora Mickley
