Target highlights in-stock gains as turnaround plan advances

The retailer prepositioned inventory and established dedicated trailer capacity to prep for the back-to-school shopping rush, COO Lisa Roath said.

The retailer prepositioned inventory and established dedicated trailer capacity to prep for the back-to-school shopping rush, COO Lisa Roath said.

In context

• Topic: Supply Chain y Logística — Cadena de suministro, distribución, inventarios y visibilidad.
• Source: Supply Chain Dive
• Published: 24/08/2026

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Why it matters

Panama lives off this, so I read these stories differently: every movement in routes, ports or international trade is felt here before it is felt elsewhere. What is a business-section note in another country is a payroll conversation here.

I separate the information problem from the decision problem. Often the data was available and nobody had authority to act without escalating three levels. Putting a system on top of that only makes the delay better documented.

What usually goes wrong

The frequent mistake is optimising each link separately. Procurement negotiates a better price, production adjusts batch sizes, logistics consolidates shipments, and each hits their target while the whole becomes more fragile. The sum of local efficiencies usually produces a chain that cannot take a hit.

What to watch

• Which decisions can be made with the information available and who has authority to make them.
• How it hits transport costs and lead times, which move fast in this region.
• Where the concentration sits: one supplier, one route or one port with no replacement.

How I read this entry

What I would do is translate this into days of operation. Not into percentages or dollars first, but into how many days the business can keep shipping if this piece fails. Everyone at the table understands that number, and it orders priorities without argument.

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