A Word About Merchandising In This Issue
All full-page advertisers get listed for one year on our Warehouse RFP. IL direct response channels are free to advertisers and they generate hundreds of millions of dollars of opportunity each year. Take a look at an excerpt of one opportunity we received recently from a major brand that you would know:
MY LOGISTICS
CHALLENGE IS: We are seeking solutions to improve our transportation costs to Lowe's stores in the Midwest and Texas markets. The scope of this solution would include transportation and warehousing. Please contact me if you are able to help with our needs and I'll forward a detail of our company and product and our specific transportation and warehousing challenges. Your prompt response is greatly appreciated.
CHALLENGE IS: We are seeking solutions to improve our transportation costs to Lowe's stores in the Midwest and Texas markets. The scope of this solution would include transportation and warehousing. Please contact me if you are able to help with our needs and I'll forward a detail of our company and product and our specific transportation and warehousing challenges. Your prompt response is greatly appreciated.
Bill Hawkins,
Traffic Analyst,
********* ********* Inc.
Traffic Analyst,
********* ********* Inc.
Why do we do a warehouse issue each year? Because the warehouse is where the inventory is! Inbound Logistics readers strive for ways to speed and reduce inventory, and better match demand to supply. In times like these, many companies are undertaking supply chain redeployment. That creates opportunity for you!
Sometimes business managers are too busy running in place to address inefficient product flow. It sounds unbelievable, but sadly it is true. What does this institutional inertia mean for you? Opportunity! If you can replace inefficient warehouse operations with best-in-class warehouses, empower readers' existing warehouse operations, or just want to get the attention of key decision-makers at thousands of leading companies as they read this issue -- then you WILL get their business if you ask them for it in our Annual Warehouse Issue. The following summary does not do justice to the richness and depth of the features we have lined up for this great warehouse issue but here is the partial editorial line-up your ad will appear in:
The Business Case for Green Packaging
A look at three strategies for making the most of green packaging:
Invest: Spending a little more on the packaging to save a lot on the shipping: how going green can positively impact your bottom line.
Reuse: Using reusable packaging to fit more products into a shipment, reducing the number of loads needed and eliminating cardboard waste.
Minimize: How to minimize packaging while and yet reducing damages, overall costs, and environmental footprint.
The article explores each strategy, with input from industry experts, supplemented by a case study for each strategy.
PLUS: Very low cost advertising opportunity: INside INfo directory of green packaging specialists.
A look at three strategies for making the most of green packaging:
Invest: Spending a little more on the packaging to save a lot on the shipping: how going green can positively impact your bottom line.
Reuse: Using reusable packaging to fit more products into a shipment, reducing the number of loads needed and eliminating cardboard waste.
Minimize: How to minimize packaging while and yet reducing damages, overall costs, and environmental footprint.
The article explores each strategy, with input from industry experts, supplemented by a case study for each strategy.
PLUS: Very low cost advertising opportunity: INside INfo directory of green packaging specialists.
The Changing Warehouse: Smaller, Faster, Greener
It's no secret that warehouse networks and technologies are changing -- but what about the buildings themselves? Innovations include greener buildings, vertical warehouses, and smarter configurations. Find out how warehouses are adapting for greater efficiency and cost savings.
It's no secret that warehouse networks and technologies are changing -- but what about the buildings themselves? Innovations include greener buildings, vertical warehouses, and smarter configurations. Find out how warehouses are adapting for greater efficiency and cost savings.
Materials Handling
The latest innovations and best practices in materials handling, including an equipment roundup.
The latest innovations and best practices in materials handling, including an equipment roundup.
TMS Directory
When readers look to optimize transportation management, they look to Inbound Logistics' annual TMS directory. IL helps readers find the TMS solution best suited to their particular needs. Get your message on their TMS radar screen by reserving your space in this feature today!
When readers look to optimize transportation management, they look to Inbound Logistics' annual TMS directory. IL helps readers find the TMS solution best suited to their particular needs. Get your message on their TMS radar screen by reserving your space in this feature today!