Field notes · 2026-01-18
Transfer lags between Cheung Sha Wan and your second depot
Why same-day transfer promises fail on perishable lines, and which movement signals to watch when two Hong Kong sites share stock.
Distributors with a Cheung Sha Wan facing site and a second depot often promise same-day transfers that perishable lines cannot keep. The lag is rarely malice; it is pallet release timing, vehicle space, and who owns the short-dated exception.
Inventory movement analysis between depots should show three clocks: request time, release from the sending pick face, and confirmation at receiving. When only the request and arrival are logged, the stall in between stays invisible.
Leafy greens and soft fruit suffer first. Frozen pastry can wait a transfer night; basil cannot. Your replenishment map should therefore weight lines by spoilage risk, not only by sales volume.
Panel Bloombase’s depot mapping engagements walk both sites when access allows. One site’s spreadsheet alone rarely explains why the other site’s pick face goes empty on Thursday mornings.