GlobalTranz
AUGUST 11, 2017
There are diverse types of inventory management technology and systems, designed to properly sort, control and act upon information with a company’s inventory. As explained by Kenneth Hamlett of the Houston Chronicle , the two dominant types of inventory management technologies include manual and automated systems.
Elementum
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
The rain has stopped in Houston, Texas, but the traumatic conditions left by Tropical Storm Harvey have not yet cleared. Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston, Texas — America's fourth largest city — and has proven to be extremely traumatic to tens of thousands of people and businesses. click to zoom).
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2018
When we study 600 public companies by peer group, at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin, only 5% drive improvement. There are many forms of decision support—price optimization, revenue management, transportation planning, spend management, network design. Houston, We Have a Problem. Question the Basics.
Elementum
AUGUST 29, 2017
Harvey is not the first lethal and damaging flood to hit Houston: Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 killed 41 and caused $9 billion in damage, as well as flooding in 2016 that shut down the city for days. Houston’s expansive sprawl lacks drainage systems and has ample bodies of water that are easily exacerbated by heavy rains.
Supply Chain Matters
MAY 22, 2023
According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. West Coast ports in favor of other ports such as Houston and major U.S. East Coast ports.
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes, “Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, with 60% of that — including virtually all your imported fruits, gadgets and appliances — packed in large steel containers. These boxes were called ‘Transporters.’
Intelligent Audit
DECEMBER 29, 2021
According to the Journal of Commerce , the New York and New Jersey port backlog is increasing and leading to more instability in terms of product replenishment and inventory management in the weeks after Christmas. UPS to Houston has experienced the most delays—8.9%, followed closely by New York and Los Angeles.
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