{"id":116392,"date":"2020-03-23T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spscommerce.com\/resources\/inventory-distribution-management-playbook\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:26:12","slug":"inventory-distribution-management-playbook","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.spscommerce.com\/au\/resources\/inventory-distribution-management-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inventory &#038; Distribution Management Playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; module_class=&#8221;monarch-hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#00aae5&#8243; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; 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