Internet SystemTraditional System
Centre
Distribution Centre
Retail Outlet
Customers
• Retailers require wide
• Aisle height as high as fork
• Aid of lasers to eliminate small imbalances
• Aisles are narrow
• Shorter than fork
• Packing is for individual items
CostMinimizer
Professional Shopper
Transportation Sharing
DedicatedSystems
Integrated
Segregated
Bulk Single-Item
Internet Shipping
Traditional/Internet Inventory
Walmart & Macy’s
JC Penny & 7-Eleven
Grolier & Fingerhut
Amazon & Flipkart
Inventory & Shipping Strategies for Combined Internet/Traditional Retailers
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