Under the operation Target is testing at the New Jersey facility, called a “flow center,” the company sends shipments to stores more frequently and in smaller lots tailored more precisely to demand rather than shipping big cases of products, Preston Mosier, Target’s senior vice president of global supply chain and logistics field operations, said Thursday at an industry conference in New York.
That could mean shipping “five bottles of shampoo, a case of ketchup, two polo shirts on hangers and a pallet of water, all prepared to move out directly to the sales floor,” Mr. Mosier said. “Or it could mean sending similar items prepared to move directly to a pack station to later go out to a guest in the neighborhood.”
That could mean shipping “five bottles of shampoo, a case of ketchup, two polo shirts on hangers and a pallet of water, all prepared to move out directly to the sales floor,” Mr. Mosier said. “Or it could mean sending similar items prepared to move directly to a pack station to later go out to a guest in the neighborhood.”