Cargo DC Freight Inventory 
ToolsGroup
MAY 17, 2016
Industry analysts have pointed out an obvious fit with inventory optimization. If retailers optimize their inventory—dynamically aligning their supply chains to changing customer preferences and behavior—they can position inventory to satisfy demand at the lowest possible cost.
GlobalTranz
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Higher freight volumes. Stronger freight volumes are expected as pent-up demand from consumers, retailers, and manufacturers reaches an apex. Shrinking capacity from higher freight volumes results in higher rates throughout peak season and beyond. This is not the usual peak season, and it started much earlier than in 2020.
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Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Those shipments can move directly to customers or move to several regional distribution centers (DCs) that serve as forward inventory locations and consolidation hubs servicing customers and channel partners. There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. The Advantages of Agility.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 29, 2022
Amazon announces new changes to inventory limits. Bank of America sounding the alarm on collapsing freight demand. Amazon is making more changes to its inventory limits, including a new extra-large category and an increased price threshold for its small and light program. BrightDrop And FedEx set new Guinness World Record.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. Freight heavyweight J.B. Hunt’s third-quarter earnings signal a strong market for freight operators, but increasingly restrained economic forecasts suggest clouds on the horizon. retailers’ inventory-to-sales ratio in August, down from 1.11
Cathy Roberson
AUGUST 30, 2021
Supply Chain Implications Smaller stores typically mean less inventory. As many of these stores are also serving as online fulfillment locations, positioning the right inventory at the right store will be important. Hence, investing and utilizing a good inventory management system will be critical. The key here is fast.
Cathy Roberson
AUGUST 1, 2022
Consumers couldn’t get enough of buying goods since the pandemic occurred in 2020, and shippers struggled to keep enough inventory on hand once pre-pandemic inventories were depleted. As a result, many retailers are sitting on excess inventory. This year, everything seems to have changed again.
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