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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation (VFC) is a global apparel, footwear and accessories company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2002 with over 100 consultants and based in Boulder, Colorado , Spinnaker SCA designs and builds agile supply chains for leading brands across Consumer Staples, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Apparel, Medical Devices, and Distribution Industries. No financial details were disclosed in the announcement.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price. Zachary said.

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How to Minimize the Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase in Your Supply Chain

RFgen

Spencer Levy, head of research for CBRE in the Americas, believes e-commerce businesses, which hire manual warehouse laborers to receive and ship products, could feel the greatest impact of higher minimum wages. Simply input your inventory management, cycle counting, picking accuracy and product increases to see your ROI results.

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How to Minimize the Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase in Your Supply Chain

RFgen

Spencer Levy, head of research for CBRE in the Americas, believes e-commerce businesses, which hire manual warehouse laborers to receive and ship products, could feel the greatest impact of higher minimum wages. Simply input your inventory management, cycle counting, picking accuracy and product increases to see your ROI results.

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The Impact New Technologies Have on the Supply Chain

BlueYonder

Walmart, for example, used a drone to verify inventory in one of its large distribution centers (DCs). Another example is DC pick, pack and ship applications. Collins Brewery to Colorado Springs, a 120-mile journey. It can be used to project holograms of unsafe conditions in a DC.

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The Impact New Technologies Have on the Supply Chain

BlueYonder

Walmart, for example, used a drone to verify inventory in one of its large distribution centers (DCs). Another example is DC pick, pack and ship applications. Collins Brewery to Colorado Springs, a 120-mile journey. It can be used to project holograms of unsafe conditions in a DC.