Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

VF Corporation is Building a Highly Automated DC on the West Coast. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth. VF has built a highly automated distribution center (DC) in Barden, England.

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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. In one major case in 2017, the Hanjin Shipping company was declared bankrupt by South Korean courts.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The path to perfect implementation of a new e-commerce shipping strategy is not always clear, and it comes with several challenges that can undermine the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of e-commerce. International trade and customs issues reports Toby Gooley of DC Velocity. Channel-specific processes. Troublesome returns management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. Now, let’s take consumer products. What can we learn?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2015

If you are a manufacturing company or distributor, you most likely are using a warehouse or distribution center to make sure you are able to store inventory, replinish store fronts, and easily send goods to customers or receive goods for manufacture or distribution. A slot can be part of a shelf or the entire shelf.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2015

However, the diversity of the supply chain, and the importance of timely shipping and customer service, presents a unique challenge at best through several festive celebrations all year long. Benchmark DC Systems to Handle the Volume. Make your Inventory OmniChannel.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Amazon announces new changes to inventory limits. It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. Existing inventory that fits the qualification for the extra-large storage type will automatically be reclassified as extra-large.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Why are warehouses and DCs so vulnerable to cyberattacks? In today’s interconnected world, the distribution industry has become increasingly complex and reliant on technology to manage inventory, track shipments, and communicate with suppliers and customers. It ended up costing TFI about $6 million in quarterly operating revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

Price of Ocean Shipping Business Continuity. The future inventory fire sale. One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In Baby formula. Semiconductors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

For the largest retailers, short shipping results in fines and penalties. “I’ll The stock rebalancing skill is designed to enable Mars to optimize DC to DC shipments. The algorithms generate recommendations on optimal ways to rebalance inventory based on cost and service level impacts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In the study, new products represent 17% of total cases shipped. Companies that have successfully implemented demand sensing to improve the forecast at the warehouse DC have reduced inventory on the balance sheet by 10% within two years. I do not see the same results from the multitier inventory projects.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2023

The company’s warehouse network consists of four main distribution centers (DCs) and 22 forward DCs that ship furniture to customers. One telling example is that an item would sometimes pass through three DCs before final delivery to the customer. The next implementation will be at the company’s most complex DC.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The issue wasn’t poor planning – they had the inventory. Multiple calls only muddied the waters, but a few things became clear: inventory was in the warehouse, but my order for it was stuck. Customer service couldn’t call the DC, only email them, and her emails weren’t getting responses.

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I’m not sure I’ve ever talked to a Demand Solutions customer who wasn’t at least tracking their inventory levels, overstocks, stockouts, and so forth. And let’s say that we have seven line items in stock and can ship them complete. To fill the 8th line item complete we had to ship the product from a DC across the country.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Inventory levels: Current or expected inventory levels at various locations. Inventory turnover: Inventory turns for each SKU. Labour productivity: Efficiency and productivity of picking, packing, and shipping activities. Variable costs: Relating to transportation, labour, and inventory management.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 26, 2021

The manufacturing firm would then have to organize shipping of the defective product, testing the product, dismantling, repairing, recycling, or disposing of the product. Meanwhile, an additional 18% charge for the shipping and processing costs of returns. The Rise of Reverse Logistics in the E-Commerce Freight Shipping World.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This DC supplies that hospital and Cooper’s other facilities. The health care system’s primary distributors deliver supplies every morning to this DC. For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping.

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PINC

APRIL 29, 2020

live/drop, type of inventory, type of equipment, load status, etc.). There’s no more the need for gate personnel or shipping and receiving office teams to interact with drivers at check-in and check-out. Previously, the driver would be waiting in the lounge to talk to the DC after completing check-in.“ – L.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Today we will talk about the flow of strategy as pertains to inventory flow and driving warehouse efficiency. Staying Strategic in the Warehouse with Better Inventory Flow. Throughout the entire order fulfillment process, companies have a duty to ensure optimum warehouse efficiency by appropriately controlling inventory flow.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Integrating a ship-from-store strategy can enhance customer service and serve as an important competitive differentiator. The challenge is determining if and when a ship-from-store strategy makes sense and how to best enable this fulfillment option without impacting store productivity and service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. If ERP system input includes lead time, why is there such bloat and a problem with inventory restatements? Focus on right-sizing inventories.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For instance, two products with the same aggregated historical sales get the same forecast, even though a look at the details reveals widely different order patterns and therefore the need for different amounts of inventory to handle those different demands. The data is then pushed back to SAP for DC replenishment and to inform production.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2021

From this pool point, orders are shipped via LTL to end customers. Shipping by rail compared to OTR modes can offer double-digits savings. Aggregated together, these orders can ship via a more cost-effective LTL rate. Truckload Carrier 2 moves finished goods orders from the DC to their customer. per mile, or $375.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 11, 2025

In the area of WMS, design principles have tended to focus on a four walls internal centric view of operations and labor management within an inventory replenishment logistics strategy that placed warehouses as a primary inventory storage entity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

lu explained that fruit and vegetable is harder to plan because spoilage and write-offs lead to lower inventory accuracy in these categories. Further, Solvoyo’s planning is also dependent on the shipment packaging hierarchy – this SKU ships in a carton containing 4 items, or perhaps, the SKU cartons make up a layer on a pallet with 16 items.

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EnVista

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Managing inventory in your warehouse or distribution center is one of many challenges you face along the supply chain, and a primary challenge in distribution centers (DC) is limited space. That’s not just in the storage area; it holds true for receiving, shipping and all other process areas.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2023

He is a frequent speaker at industry events and has contributed to publications including WSJ, Freightwaves, Inbound Logistics, Logistics Management, DC Velocity, Transport Topics, and Bloomberg. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping. Bart is also a member of the WEF, SCLA, CSCMP and TIA.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 15, 2024

From fulfillment analysts and omni-channel commerce managers to customer success managers, diverse functions are tasked with ensuring that inventory is properly rebalanced following a disruption. Due to a storm, one DC that’s carrying 40 units of inventory is suddenly out of operation. The result?

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C3 Solutions

JULY 22, 2020

Let's take a look at the absolutely fundamental importance of the software systems that underpin DC operations: Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). With the concurrent innovation in computing technology, inventory tracking systems were created that could generate automated reports. Learn more about it now! 5 Min Read.

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Logility

MARCH 13, 2023

Whether it is a damaged product, a shipping delay, or a complex chain of handoffs and rerouting, any mishap can damage market share, revenue growth, and customer relationships beyond repair. As a result, it is all too easy for product orders to exceed inventory availability, leading to overpromised fulfillment and delayed delivery.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal. The answer is that they use the multi-echelon inventory model to solve the problem. The key ingredients of Dell''s supply chain are the partnership with suppliers, part modularity, vendor managed inventory program, demand management and mass customization.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This process involves handling returns, which can be due to various reasons, such as damage, defects, seasonal inventory, restock, salvage, recalls, or excess inventory. They may recall inventory from retailers or reprocess it because it has passed its sell-by date or demand is insufficient. Pay for the return not to happen.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Having an agent detect how long it takes to ship from a supplier site to a manufacturing facility, and then doing a running calculation on how the average lead time is changing, is trivial math. A better forecast leads to carrying less inventory while maintaining or even improving service levels. But that was pre-COVID.

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The Network Effect

JULY 1, 2015

With full execution control, is possible to actually reallocate both mix and volume for product that is in motion during replenishment, which is especially important given that we are now able to react to store level inventory and POS data updates within physical shipment lead times based on today’s rapid replenishment programs.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

In a Logistics Viewpoint survey , 50 percent of businesses reported sharing inventory across all channels or engaging in omni-channel practices. Additionally, the overwhelming majority, 98 percent, of businesses reported sharing inventory between online and retail locations. Think about the facts of the driver crunch. Smartphones.

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Silvon Software

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Inventory Optimization based on actual sell through to streamline inventory management processes, reduce stockouts, minimize excess inventory, and improve overall supply chain efficiency. These gains stem from improved demand visibility, higher perfect order rates, reduced inventory levels, and faster cash-to-cash cycles.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2016

Omni-channel and the DC. Most retail and consumer goods warehouses and distribution centers were originally set up to ship bulk replenishments to stores. These facilities typically ship pallets and cases of goods either directly to stores or to smaller DCs and replenishment depots.

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