Interesting article. Innovation and new strategies will help logistics companies manage their products and retailers can ensure they stay competitive by improving their shipping and delivery systems to meet the changing and ever growing consumer demand . I work for McGladrey and there's a very informative whitepaper on our website that readers of this article will be interested in. http://mcgladrey.com/content/mcgladrey/en_US/what-we-do/industries/consumer-products/count--manage-and-move-warehouse-inventory-control-strategies.html