You are the logistics manager for a national retailer with 100’sof retail locations around the country in which your supplierscurrently deliver directly to the retail stores. Based on what wediscussed in class, explain how you might use warehousing tominimize these less than truckload (LTL) shipments. What is therelationship of the number of warehouses you have and the effect oninventory levels? What are the basic tradeoffs in thisrelationship?
