White Paper: How to Reduce Costs with DC Bypass and Flexibility React to Demand with a 'Floating Warehouse'

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Content Being Accessed: White Paper: How to Reduce Costs with DC Bypass and Flexibility React to Demand with a 'Floating Warehouse'

This white paper dicusses how the Distribution Center (DC) Bypass has always been an excellent solution for airfreight. However as we near the retail holiday rush, how can the same process be applied to the slower, yet more economical, world of ocean freight? The answer is to treat the ocean container as a 'Floating Warehouse' and postpone allocation decisions until the 'last minute'. Driven by Descartes' Purchase Order Direct technology, you can enjoy the same flexible allocations of air freight, but with the lower cost of ocean freight.