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Target Hires New Inventory Management Leader to Revamp Supply Chain

RFgen

Cook’s first day was on July 24, 2016 in Minneapolis at the company’s headquarters. Specifically, Cook will serve as the senior vice president of global logistics, inventory allocation and replenishment. Why Inventory Management Matters. Details on Cook. The online shopping trend shows no signs of stopping.

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Target Hires New Inventory Management Leader to Revamp Supply Chain

RFgen

Cook’s first day was on July 24, 2016 in Minneapolis at the company’s headquarters. Specifically, Cook will serve as the senior vice president of global logistics, inventory allocation and replenishment. Why Inventory Management Matters. Details on Cook. The online shopping trend shows no signs of stopping.

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Webinar: How to Optimize Inventory Management for a Better Delivery Promise

FLEXE

</p> <p>Watch this 30-minute webinar, “Give Customers What They Want this Holiday Season: How to Optimize Inventory Management for Faster Delivery” to hear from the experts: FLEXE VP of Operations, Megan Evert, and Shippo Director of Business Development, Richard Garcia.</p>

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

They will meet the Philadelphia Eagles, who crushed the Minnesota Vikings 38-7 in the NFC title game, a week from Sunday in Minneapolis, MN. In yet another impressive comeback, the New England Patriots topped the Jacksonville Jaguars 24-20 in the AFC title game to move on to their 10th Super Bowl, and 8th in the Belichick – Brady era.

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Walmart First to Deliver Driverless Middle Mile

Multichannel Merchant

It’s a model being replicated across retail as companies look to make their supply chain and inventory management as lean and efficient as possible. Best Buy, for example, has converted some stores in its hometown of Minneapolis into hybrid facilities by shrinking sales floor space and increasing on-site fulfillment operations.

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The Great Store Redo

Cathy Roberson

In four of its Minneapolis test stores, Best Buy reduced the shoppable square footage to 15,000 square feet to provide more space for fulfillment. Supply Chain Implications Smaller stores typically mean less inventory. Hence, investing and utilizing a good inventory management system will be critical.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8-12, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Target to test next-day delivery service in Minneapolis (Reuters). Could it develop the necessary technology to manage inventory and shipments across many disparate partners and get the warehouses to use it? Amazon cuts free shipping minimum to $25 (Reuters). New York to allow self-driving vehicle testing (Reuters).