Distribution Network Optimization

How to create and implement a decision support platform for a lean and efficient supply chain.

How a multi-node network, paired with powerful technology, can help tackle the biggest transportation, e-commerce, and omni-channel challenges that shippers are facing in the current market.

Managing omni-channel order fulfillment, while establishing a more efficient distribution and transportation network strategy.

Within two years, approximately 78 percent of omnichannel companies will use multiple DCs, Saddle Creek’s recent survey of omnichannel companies shows.

With the right DC network configuration, companies can improve service levels, better manage inventory and reduce transportation costs.

Distribution network optimization is essentially a balancing act between operating expenses and working capital, as opposed to service level requirements, and if a cost-benefit analysis sounds expensive and time-consuming, simplify the question.