Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 24, 2024
I am coming to you from the sunny confines of San Diego, CA where I am attending the 2024 Körber Elevate conference. Available to sell is the on-hand inventory minus any promised inventory. Available to promise is a reserve against incoming inventory. The most obvious intersection point is transportation.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
The shortage projection, released on the final day of the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition at the San Diego Convention Center, is expected to grow over the next decade, Costello said. The change continues to be driven by a slowdown in transportation markets and a glut of inventory that is driving up costs.
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Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 18, 2022
Last week I attended Kinaxis Kinexions ’22 in San Diego, CA. can create an agile plan for business and minimize costs (transportation, manufacturing, holding), while maximizing value (revenue and margins). This was my first in-person event in over two years, and it did not disappoint.
Unleashed
MARCH 19, 2024
Audit overhead costs such as rent, utilities, insurance, and transport. Avoid having too much capital tied up in inventory; use stock optimisation software to set optimal min and max levels based on historical data and sales trends. This will help you slash your inventory and storage costs in one fell swoop.
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
In transportation news, the American Trucking Associations reported that its advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 0.9% Looking ahead, Costello is concerned “about the high level of inventories throughout the supply chain [that] could have a negative impact on truck freight volumes over the next few months.”.
Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
A couple of weeks ago, I visited MIT to give a presentation on transportation management systems (TMS) to a masters class. Current inventory for the Le Fancy t-shirts at the warehouses are 31,000 in Tampa, 10,000 in Chicago, and 15,000 in Atlanta. Floyd Transportation charges a flat rate fee of $1.50 Are you smarter than a TMS?
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push. Eleni Kounalakis, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Supervisor Nora Vargas at the signing ceremony in Mexico City.
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