FLEXE

In this podcast, Logistics Management and Peerless Media Supply Chain Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Ben Dean, Director of Logistics Strategy and Warehouse Solutions, for Seattle-based Flexe.

As the pressure mounts on retailers and logistics companies to meet ever-faster delivery times, the idea of on-demand space within warehouses is gaining traction.

There is a strong case that not only does dynamic warehousing offer a cost efficient way for small ecommerce retailers to offer high service levels in a flexible fashion, but in fact it is likely to become a standard way of contracting for warehousing.

It's now imperative that companies within the supply chain evolve to meet the current demands of the modern economy.

Retailers are looking to compete with Amazon through third-party logistics providers who can tackle the e-fulfillment challenges with service and market specialization as well as making strategic investments in flexible automation.

Most of Amazon’s competitors are feverishly playing catch-up, and if your company is among them, reassessing your supply chain design, particularly pricing and quick delivery, is a good place to start.

From B2C to B2B, augmented reality has the potential to change the world in many ways, in this article we describe the top five ways this new revolutionary technology could potentially change retail, logistics, and the supply chain.

Warehouse marketplace Flexe Inc. says it is now offering online retailers access to nationwide next-day delivery, adding to a push by companies to build fulfillment services that compete with Amazon.com Inc.

Dynamic on-demand warehousing involves buying warehousing services on a pay-per-use basis, and just as with Uber and AirBnB, exemplars of today’s “on-demand” economy, users and providers meet and transact with each other via an online marketplace.

This paper explores the data and economics behind warehouse capacity and inventory issues, and illustrates how on-demand warehousing can provide a specific, right-sized option when extra space is needed and how to monetize space when it is unused.