In the early 1990s, manufacturers began to see the value of single enterprise-wide resource planning solutions that integrated manufacturing, logistics, distribution, inventory, shipping and accounting.

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Slipstream the backroom with the same steady-freddy technologies that manage the global logistics of moving packages, inventory and other boxed and enveloped stuff at UPS, Walmart, Target and elsewhere.

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Reverse logistics means controlling the flow of material, inventory and finished goods from point of consumption to point of origin, for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.

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The Defense Supply Center at Columbus, one of three inventory control points operated by the Defense Logistics Agency, employs 7, 000 civilians and contract personnel.

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These devices range from the inventory trackers that drivers use to touch base with logistics centers, or mobile credit card scanners that are increasingly popping up at shops to allow customers to buy on-the-spot rather than lugging shopping carts into check-out lines.

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For instance, we assist Toyota's logistics department in managing their world-famous, just-in-time inventory system around snow and ice storms.

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As the firm grew and needed to receive inventory shipments of 1, 500 units, it partnered with Shipwire, a logistics firm that serves warehousing needs of businesses large and small.

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