Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2024

Michael Jacobs “Well, the last time we spoke, we had just begun our journey with our market distribution center (MDC) strategy. In addition, instead of putting more inventory into large regional buildings, we pushed more out to the local markets providing our customers better access to inventory.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

The answer is to increase modeling, evaluate sourcing strategies, and build the right push/pull decoupling points. Here I share three strategies to consider to eradicate some of the barriers. A low-level employee with one-to-two years of experience will never be successful at the helm of driving a large corporation’s planning strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. I find senior executives love to throw around superlatives like customer-centric, agile, efficient and responsive but lack the understanding of how the words translate to supply chain strategy in the real world. Background. Time horizon.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I spent time at the conference listening to members’ research needs and, best of all, their willingness to share data so that we can size the total, global, and regional returns market, figure out the average returns volume by type of business (retailer, manufacturer, etc.), by industry and lots more. collecting more than 2.5

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

Pollen Returns - Pollen provides data-driven insights that can help retailers to identify trends and optimize their return strategy. According to the company, it provides a faster, greener, and more cost-effective way to leverage existing inventory. Previously he was with Geodis, Kanga, and Lovesac.

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