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It seems that more and more these days we hear about recalls from parts on cars to the ground turkey you just stocked in your fridge.  This brings us to the question of how does the manufacturer know which products are bad, and which ones need to be recalled? After...

Warehouse efficiency is a key factor in a high-performing business. Today, it isn’t enough to just have the order right and to ensure that whatever the customer ordered they get. No, consumers these days are much, much pickier and expect that not only is their order...

Missing inventory can be a real problem. Anyone who has ever managed inventory knows just how stressful it can be when you notice that your inventory numbers just aren’t adding up.  You and your team carefully planned out how much stock you would need in order to...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are absolutely chaotic for retail and e-commerce stores around the world.  Unfortunately, there isn’t much you can do to curb the physical mob-like mentality of shoppers on this day — particularly for owners of physical store locations...

In its most basic terms, inventory management is the supervision of the flow of goods from a manufacturer to a warehouse, and then finally to the final point of sale. However, that simple definition doesn’t really cover the whole story — particularly when it applies...