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Modernizing the Ecommerce Supply Chain with Jason Murray

The Logistics of Logistics

He is a University of Washington grad and an engineer at heart who loves solving complex scaling problems. The company’s platform integrates shipping details with data and algorithms to provide customers with information on expected delivery times, fulfillment speed, on-time performance, and outbound ship times.

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Are You Prepared for a Climate-Change Charged Hurricane Season?

Enterra Insights

”[4] According to the Editorial Board at the Washington Post , there are good reasons to buckle up. ” The Washington Post Editorial Board goes on to note, “Predicting climate change’s effects on hurricanes has long been controversial. 9] Armed with that information, mitigation strategies can be developed.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Net/net, the current architectures are hard-wired into back-office Information Technology deployments with layers of security and integration, and batch processing. As such, they serve the business leaders as a system of record for planning information, but they do not serve the core user very well. The solution was too black box.

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URM™ Stores Inc. Selects Herlitz Inventory Management to Improve Efficiencies and Increase Profits in its Purchasing Process

Herlitz Inventory Management

Herlitz Inventory Management deployed its HIMPACT inventory and buying solution to manage over 45,000 SKUs. of Spokane, Washington, the leading food distributor in the Inland Northwest, has selected its “ HIMPACT ” inventory management solution to optimize its forecasting, replenishment and inventory.

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Reports Indicate Walmart Cutting Salary Staff

Supply Chain Matters

Inventory levels reportedly increased more than 33 percent during the quarter, a reflection of what was described as an aggressive buying strategy amid supply chain disruptions. In late May, reporting on Q1-2022 quarterly financial performance, t he retailer stunned Wall Street with a reported 25 percent decrease in net income.

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Retailers are Overstored: What to do With Excess Inventory

RFgen

Clearance sales are one way to get rid of excess inventory. may need to find ways to reduce inventories without throwing away money. The Washington Post reported the retail industry didn’t see the success expected from the 2015 holiday shopping season and failed to grow as projected. What Does Too Much Inventory Mean?

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Retailers are Overstored: What to do With Excess Inventory

RFgen

Clearance sales are one way to get rid of excess inventory. may need to find ways to reduce inventories without throwing away money. The Washington Post reported the retail industry didn’t see the success expected from the 2015 holiday shopping season and failed to grow as projected. What Does Too Much Inventory Mean?