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Inflation in 2022: Is the Bullwhip Effect to Blame for Retail Inventory Glut

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I saw a news headline from the Washington Post stating Michael Burry’s ‘Bullwhip’ Tweet Deserves Serious Attention. I did a little digging to find out the specifics about excess inventory, the stated causes, and the potential implications. Retailers’ Inventories – Just Keep your Returns?

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Pet Food Experts Selects HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management

Herlitz Inventory Management

Pet Food Experts Selects HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management to Manage Daily Forecasting and Purchasing Solutions for its 4,500 Retail Partners in 34 States. Pet Food Experts signed with Herlitz Inventory Management to deliver more efficient and more profitable solutions for its forecasting and purchasing process.

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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. Improved delivery times: Shipium’s platform helps customers to improve their delivery times by providing them with real-time information on inventory levels and carrier transit 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. Do you have options lined up if things start to break down because of a storm?

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Warehouse Labor Woes Are Worse than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

The Washington Post article quoted Sabrina Wnorowski, vice president of human resources at Radial, as saying “Every year we say, ‘Wow, this is really difficult’ — and every year, it gets more challenging.” The Washington Post reports that companies with warehouse openings are offering more money and other financial inducements.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment ; Clint Reiser. Instead, they are likely to carry higher levels of inventory as a lower cost alternative to minimizing disruptions. Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices ; Polly-Mitchell Guthrie ( Kinaxis ). Or can we get there in the next few years?

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Insights From the Store Operations Council

BlueYonder

Julie Hunt (VP of Sales) and I had the recent privilege of attending this year’s version in Washington, D.C., It can help personalize customer interactions, optimize inventory management, and predict trends. AI can enhance customer personalization, inventory management, and operational efficiency. in October.