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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

Choose software that facilitates the valuation and control of permanent inventories based on inputs or outputs, with automated stock alerts, that is versatile and independent of the type of business. Define normal parameters and fine-tune the physical inventory system. Once the method is working, standardize it. Robin Schwartz, PHR.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Körber , an international technology group, has signed an agreement to purchase enVista’s platform of Enspire Commerce omnichannel solutions, including its order management system (OMS), and its freight audit and payment (FAP) service. Volumes continued to shift eastward. Imports to the top East/Gulf Coast ports rose 9.7

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A Complete Guide to Zone Skipping Logistics Strategy

ShipBob

Examples of zone skipping Let’s say a retailer has to ship thousands of packages from their fulfillment center in Georgia (Zone 2) to customers in California (Zone 8). Juliana Brasil, Director of Operations at Food Huggers Another similar approach to zone skipping is distributing inventory across distribution centers.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

as the advance of e-commerce continues, companies with an omnichannel approach are increasingly implementing specific order management systems. South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands. Such a system enables those companies to fulfil orders flexibly by dispatching the goods from various inventory points (e.g. Faroe Islands.