Reduced inventory and optimized logistics are just a few of the benefits to be realized in implementing Integrated Tactical Planning, says David Goddard, principal at Oliver Wight.
Numerous factors are responsible for congestion in the retail supply chain. Mike Curtin, senior vice president of apparel and soft goods with Logility, explains what companies are doing to overcome those hurdles.
A rising Consumer Price Index directly correlates to the cost of financing equipment, but it can also have a significant ripple effect on other cost centers, such as maintenance and repair.
Businesses are moving away from archaic long-term freight contracts, chasing cheaper and contemporary alternatives. The new, digital and uncontracted freight era has begun.
Seth Marks, chief merchandising officer with Channel Control Merchants, details the major issues that logistics providers are facing as they deal with increasing volumes of returned products.
Kyle Jepson, senior vice president of product at Emerge, discusses inefficiencies and empty miles in domestic transportation, and the technologies necessary to overcome those problems.