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Imagine if a warehouse wasn’t a place to store inventory but just another stop along the distribution path to a customer. This is the idea behind an inventory management strategy known as rolling inventory. Using this strategy, the delivery truck augments the warehouse space. Instead of going through the time and expense of offloading and storing an entire truck’s worth of goods, the rolling inventory strategy enables companies the flexibility and cost-savings of keeping some or all of the goods on the truck. The truck remains stationed outside of the warehouse. When delivery to the final destination is scheduled, the truck leaves with a full order. At least some of the product on the truck never entered the warehouse.
Imagine if a warehouse wasn’t a place to store inventory but just another stop along the distribution path to a customer. This is the idea behind an inventory management strategy known as rolling inventory. Using this strategy, the delivery truck augments the warehouse space. Instead of going through the time and expense of offloading and storing an entire truck’s worth of goods, the rolling inventory strategy enables companies the flexibility and cost-savings of keeping some or all of the goods on the truck. The truck remains stationed outside of the warehouse. When delivery to the final destination is scheduled, the truck leaves with a full order. At least some of the product on the truck never entered the warehouse.
