A recent webinar hosted by Illinois-based RJW Logistics Group addressed what so many panicked shoppers discovered at retail stores across the country this spring and summer: empty shelves and inventory shortages. If a brand was out of stock, the consumer had no choice but to buy another brand — and perhaps stockpile it.
In response to these supply chain disruptions and low in-stocks, Walmart released a memo Sept. 1 telling its suppliers that shipments must achieve 98% on-time and in-full (OTIF)...