The surge in American demand for consumer goods coupled with logistics bottlenecks around the world have led to uncomfortably low retail inventories as stores scramble to get goods on their shelves.

Not a subscriber? Apply online today. At its core, inventory management sounds straightforward enough: order products, store them somewhere, sell them to your customers and restock them as needed.

GXO Logistics concludes a successful AI robot pilot for inventory management, expanding its deployment in the U.S. and Europe. GXO Logistics, the world's largest pure-play contract logistics provider, ...

It is fair to say that the topic of inventory management has always had a permanent seat at the table, so to speak, when it comes to mapping out logistics and supply chain planning and operations ...

The three benchmarks assessed from the index are designed to provide shippers predictive insight into what could be expected in future market cycles, according to BlueGrace Logistics' Jason Lockard.

The Producer Price Index for Warehousing and Storage continued its multi-quarter upward trend, driven by fuel prices, labor costs, and insurance burdens. · GlobeNewswire Inc. “Q1 was a real-world test ...

For the second consecutive month, the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) fell to a new low in its nearly seven-year history. April’s 50.9 reading is a 0.2-point decline from March’s reading of 51.1.

Inventory accuracy is the variance between perpetual inventory and physical inventory. It is an important part of supply chain management because organizations that allow their inventory accuracy to ...

One of the less often thought about components of the digital and retail revolution is how exactly customers and businesses will receive products. Amazon has set the new standard and many consumers ...

A year-long pullback in U.S. business inventories will likely continue through the rest of 2016 as retailers and manufacturers remain cautious amid uncertain demand and the prospects for higher ...

[This article was first published in Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, which was then called Army Logistician, volume 2, number 4 (July–August 1970), pages 12–15, 30. The text is reproduced as ...