Alleviating Warehousing & Fulfillment Stress by David Bowers

David Bowers is the Vice President of Warehouse Operations for TA Services. With a background in engineering, Bowers brings methodical and systemic approaches to solving problems and improving processes and has played a key role in his 25+ year career in Operations. Global Trade Magazine published Bowers’ article on “Alleviating Warehousing & Fulfillment Stress” and how partnering with an Expert can help with Logistical Headaches. Visit GlobalTradeMag.com for the full article.

It’s nearly Spring Break season in North America, and while many families and couples look forward to traveling, eating smores, sleeping in tents and hotel rooms, jumping in pools, and building sandcastles on beaches, there is so much behind-the-scenes planning that goes into making these trips happen! Everything from coordinating meals, equipment, transportation, expenses, scheduling, timing, and budgets must be planned out. This kind of planning is an excellent example of logistics services, which is defined as “the organization of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies.”

While planning family vacations is only a micro example, it is a great metaphor for a bigger logistical picture. If you think Mom and Dad were stressed out planning that trip to the happiest place on earth, imagine how stressed they would be trying to facilitate hundreds of thousands of goods across a country – or sometimes multiple countries – in a given day….

For the full article, visit GlobalTradeMag.com.