Maintaining appropriate inventory levels has always given manufacturers fits. They wage war against carrying too much costly product with tools such as lean manufacturing, which aspires to keep ...

While it's best to have everything in stock that a customer may need, it can be expensive buying and keeping items around that may be needed only rarely or which can grow obsolete before sale. One ...

Storing consigned inventory in Switzerland is expensive for Horix Aerospace, but the company still sees market advantages to the practice. Credit: Horix Aerospace Managing surplus material on a ...

Crutches have their proper place in the healthcare supply chain – primarily in the supply closet for the physical therapy unit. While there are instances in a hospital environment where consignment ...

TEMECULA, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 17, 2013) - On Monday, December 9, 2013, FFF Enterprises launched its VERIFIED™ Inventory Program-Consignment (VIPc) at the Midyear Meeting of the American Society of ...

Learn how RFID4U’s TagMatiks – FI (Field Inventory) platform and Zebra Technologies’ RFD8500 and RFD2000 readers can be used by companies in manufacturing, health care, fashion, energy and other ...

Some retail stores do not purchase goods from distributors and resell the goods; they accept them on consignment. Accepting goods on consignment is an alternative method to supplying merchandise in a ...