What is The difference between spot stocking and complete line assortment of the service benefits achieved through warehousing?

In simple word.

Spot Stock is for seasonal demand & assortment is for capturing customer wants ;)

The difference between spot stocking and complete line assortment:

• The difference between spot stocking and complete line assortment is the degree and duration of warehouse utilization.

• A firm following a spot stocking would typically warehouse a narrow product assortment and place stocks in a large number of small warehouses dedicated to specific markets for a limited time period.

• Distribution assortment warehouse usually has a broad product line, is limited to a few strategic locations, and is functional year-round.

• The combined assortments also allow larger shipment quantities, which in turn reduce transportation cost.

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Spot Stock

Under spot stocking, a selected amount of a firm's product line is placed or "spot stocked" in a warehouse to fill customer orders during a critical marketing period. In particular, manufacturers with limited or highly seasonal product lines are partial to this service. Rather than placing inventories in warehouse facilities on a year-round basis or shipping directly from manufacturing plants, delivery time can be substantially reduced by advanced inventory commitment to strategic markets.  Utilizing warehouse facilities for stock spotting allows inventories to be placed in a variety of markets adjacent to key customers just prior to a maximum period of seasonal sales.Suppliers of agricultural products to farmers often use spot stocking to position their products closer to a service-sensitive market during the growing season. Following the sales season, the remaining inventory is withdrawn to a central warehouse.

Assortment

An assortment warehouse stocks product combinations in anticipation of customer orders. The assortments may represent multiple products from different manufacturers or special assortments as specified by customers.In the first case, for example, an athletic wholesaler would stock products from a number of clothing suppliers so that customers can be offered assortments. In the second case, the wholesaler would create a specific team uniform including shirt, pants, and shoes. The differential between stock spotting and complete line assortment is the degree and duration of warehouse utilization. A firm following a stock spotting would typically warehouse a narrow product assortment and place stocks in a large number of small warehouses dedicated to specific markets for a limited time period.  Distribution assortment warehouse usually has a broad product line, is limited to a few strategic locations, and is functional year-round. The combined assortments also allow larger shipment quantities, which in turn reduce transportation cost.

"Under spot stocking, a selected amount of a firm's product line is placed or "spot stocked" in a warehouse to fill customer orders during a critical marketing period. In particular, manufacturers with limited or highly seasonal product lines are partial to this service. Rather than placing inventories in warehouse facilities on a year-round basis or shipping directly from manufacturing plants, delivery time can be substantially reduced by advanced inventory commitment to strategic markets."

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