Ship from store: turn your shop into a small distribution centre
05 Aug 2021The ship-from-store logistics strategy turns a company’s physical store into a distribution centre equipped to prepare and dispatch customers’ online orders.
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The ship-from-store logistics strategy turns a company’s physical store into a distribution centre equipped to prepare and dispatch customers’ online orders.
A periodic inventory system consists of counting products in stock several times during the year and at specific intervals (monthly, semiannually, or annually).
Pallet lift: its main function is to connect the areas in the warehouse located at different heights, among other tasks. It can be operated manually or can comprise an automated vertical conveyor.
Inventory software is the most widely used system for verifying stock levels and locations quickly and without error.
Logistics hubs are logistics areas in prized locations, preferably close to big cities or in major communication hubs, such as ports or airports.
First-mile delivery begins when an order enters the system and ends when it is loaded onto the transport truck. Its optimization is key to ensuring that the rest of the supply chain operations, ...
Stock control consists of organizing the goods that enter and leave a warehouse in order to calculate the products a company has.
Elastic logistics is a trend increasingly seen in all economic sectors, especially the retail industry, where fluctuations in demand are very common.