Supply chains large and small are under siege by constant disruption. Companies find themselves struggling to serve customers, source materials, manage costs, handle supply constraints and shortages and, above all, gain visibility into what’s next.
For supply chain professionals, the last few years have brought uncertainty and opportunity. The steady transition of consumer buying behaviors toward eCommerce suddenly accelerated with the pandemic, putting global supply chains to the test.
Challenge: A rapidly growing D2C footwear brand required an agile fulfillment operation that could scale just as quickly as their business was growing — without being bound by geography.
Distribution centers traditionally have taken a react-and-respond approach to equipment life-cycle management. That approach is far from perfect, even under “normal” operating conditions,
Winit, a cross-border e-commerce warehousing operator that serves the United States, Australia, and several European countries, needed to store over 100,000 SKUs in the 108,000 square foot facility in the U.K. while improving workflow efficiencies and order fulfillment accuracy and speed.
The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the apparel industry — which consists of companies that manufacture clothing, accessories and footwear. Learn how apparel companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.
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