Inventory Forecasting for Importers: How to Avoid Stockouts and Excess Inventory

Inventory forecasting dashboard in a warehouse

For a company sourcing products overseas, inventory planning is more complicated than checking what is currently sitting in the warehouse. Products may be in production at a supplier, loaded onto a container, crossing the ocean, sitting at a port or already committed to a customer before they ever arrive. At the same time, purchasing teams […]

Container Tracking Software: More Than Knowing Where Your Shipment Is

Logistics professional using container tracking software at a shipping port

Container Tracking Software: More Than Knowing Where Your Shipment Is For companies that import goods, a changing container ETA is rarely just a logistics problem. A shipment arriving three days late can affect inventory availability, warehouse schedules, customer orders, purchasing decisions and ultimately the profitability of the shipment. The logistics team needs to know where […]