Shipping Plan for Apparel Products Using Shipping Record and Just-in-Time Inventory at a Logistics Warehouse

As apparel products are often bound by product categories, colors, and size expansions, the inventory space in retail stores must be limited. Thus, it is important to time shipments from the logistics warehouse. However, given that demand for apparel products changes dramatically according the season and social trends, demand forecasting becomes difficult. Therefore, shipping personnel must regularly review shipping plans in consideration of the sales situation, being appropriate for all apparel products. It is difficult to verify plans and make modifications. In this study, through an analysis the shipping record and the just-in-time inventory at the logistics warehouse, we acquire knowledge to give appropriate shipping instructions for shipping personnel based on the premise that returns are also minimized, without missing sales opportunities due to products being out of stock. Consequently, when a product is reviewed and its shipping plan is specified, the shipping plan will be modified in consideration of the sales situation and fashions of products that are similar to it.