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Inventory Management Excellence: Some Companies to Learn From

Logistics Bureau

So, rather than get overly prescriptive, I’ll use this blog post to highlight some companies that have achieved success through excellence in inventory management , and outline some of the most effective elements of their strategies. At that point, each SKU will be taken to any convenient storage location in the warehouse.

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Implementing Last-mile Delivery Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

Previously, only large companies such as Amazon and FedEx possessed the network and scale required for cost-effective same-day and next-day shipping. To remain competitive, retailers and carriers must excel in the crucial last-mile delivery stage. And what are the comparative costs of building versus buying?

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It’s Not Too Early to Prepare for Holiday Returns, Part Two

Enterra Insights

The bane of e-commerce is the large percentage of purchased items that are returned. As noted in the initial installment of this article, Elise Dopson reports, “Data suggests that 20% of online-bought products are returned, compared to just 9% of items bought in a brick-and-mortar store.”[1] Get Consumers to Keep What They Purchase.

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Use Forward Buying to Gain Profit During Inflation

Herlitz Inventory Management

Two HIMPACT customers have already rented extra warehouse space just to store forward bought inventory. If ever there was a time to take advantage of forward buying, this is it! Knowing that forward buying is important is only step one. To do so effectively, you need to first understand how much extra to buy. and 65.4%.

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Warehouse Management Analytics!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Warehouse Fulfillment – Move The Material To The People, Not The Other Way Around! Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Adam Robinson at cerasis.com. Benefits of Warehouse Management Analytics. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Putting the Planet First: Bringing Sustainability To The Last-Mile With Logistics Technology

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Parallelly, expectations around the overall purchasing experience have also grown steeper. Sustainable Warehousing. Although often overlooked, warehouses and storage centers use huge amounts of energy in supply chains. Where the warehouse is located is also important. Sales in the e-commerce sector globally, grew to $4.9

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. Companies that tightly tether to enterprise transactional data will never buy the right stuff.