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Logistics Group
expertise in apparel, as a large percentage of our customers are apparel wholesalers and retailers. Apparel is a particularly difficult vertical due to its complex inventory needs. For instance, some of our customers stock and sell as many as 20,000 active SKUs( stock keeping units). In addition to apparel, we support a wide range of consumer products, including health and beauty items, fitness equipment, toys, pet supplies, accessories, electronics, and more. We also manage a large volume of co-packing projects, where we assemble, build and fill display units commonly found at retailers like Costco, Sam’ s Club, and BJ’ s Wholesale club,” Bill says.
Each aspect of GPA Logistics’ operations is effectively managed and optimized, thanks to the company’ s continuous investments in cutting-edge technology and automation.“ Technology has become a particularly strong point of ours. We have a highly competent IT team with expertise in coding, programming, cybersecurity, networking, and various other domains. Additionally, we utilize a very powerful and modern warehouse management system, which serves as the nerve center of our business. We also employ various AI programs, such as Retailer Hub, which ingests all retailer routing guides, making retailer compliance simple. It allows any of our employees to ask questions through a simple chat box and receive immediate responses and directions. For instance, they can inquire about the exact correct label placement for Macy’ s or the dimensions for building a pallet for Kohl’ s. Another AI program we have adopted is Returns Desk, designed for managing all our returns and reverse logistics processing. This tool is highly customized for each customer and guides our employees through the process one step at a time. Additionally, we utilize a program called Lully, which is particularly interesting as it analyzes each batch or wave we need to pick, assessing both the SKUs in the wave and the warehouse
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