【正文】
s logistics costs. ?The report tracked 700 items at 650 stores operated by six chains. The monthlong audit fo cused on eight categories in the frozen food, dairy, and grocery departments. ?Faced with outofstocks, shoppers do not buy alternative items on that trip 34 percent of the time. ?Most retailers realize that the majority of outs result from gaps in their own business sys tems, with direct store delivery vendors contributing to the problem, according to the study. supply chain cost ToalCost RMS IPOQ ManuFacture Distributors Reatilers + ?SuppIy Chain Response Time ?SCRT is puted as the amount of time required for a firm to recognize a fun