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ment was a novel approach for a unit of the Department
of Defense, which has a reputation for buying expensive
specialized hardware from defense contractors. “As a government agency, we tend to move slowly, as contracts need
to be signed and then we need to get government funding,” French acknowledged. “But
we have the intention to upgrade
quickly and make changes fast in
the future. We need to use [com-mercial off-the-shelf] products to
stay up-to-date and stay current
because e-commerce is changing
so quickly.”
DELIVERING RESULTS
When the Exchange opened the
electronic doors of its website
to an expanded audience last
Veterans Day—Nov. 11, 2017—the orders came pour-
ing in as expected. In fact, the number of orders placed
on ShopMyExchange.com over Veterans Day week-
end was nearly triple the number from the previous
year, as newly eligible military shoppers logged in to take
advantage of the tax-free deals and the “family connection.”
In raw numbers, the website logged 172,396 orders over a
period that included Veterans Day weekend, Thanksgiving,
Black Friday, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and Cyber
Monday, which represented a 132-percent increase from
2016 levels, according to the Exchange. Measured by units
shipped, the website handled 351,175 items of inventory over that period, notching
a 202-percent increase from the
year before.
As for how the new systems
worked out, the Exchange’s e-commerce operation weathered the
storm, executives said. The flagship Dan Daniel facility recorded a 30.42-percent productivity
increase over its performance in
2016, measured by units shipped
per day, while using the same
number of workers, Meeks said.
“We see ourselves as very unique,” said Julie Mitchell,
the Exchange’s public relations specialist, Executive Group
(EG). “This is different from a commercial business; our customers are our family. We serve a special type of customer
who raises their right hand and takes an oath to serve their
nation, so we consider it a privilege and honor to serve
them.”
