Logistics is described as the management of the flow of products between the point of origin and the point of consumption with the aim of meeting essential requirements, for instance, of clients or corporations (Song & Dong, 2012). On the other hand, inventory management is the act of monitoring the organization’s stocked products and keeping their weight, amounts, measurement, and location as this is significant in reducing the price of holding inventory through assisting managers to know the right time to replenish goods. Shipping is the act of transporting various items usually through the use of mail and getting items from one place to the other; hence, it is correct to conclude that direct shipping is logistics and inventory management approach worth pursuing whenever possible. Immediate shipping is significant in maintaining a continuous flow of stock and other essential goods and services aimed at satisfying consumer demands, and if poorly handled, it will lead to loss of financial resources.

Direct shipping is a strategy of delivering products from the supplier or the product owner to the client directly and in a significant circumstance; the consumers orders the products from the producer or manufacturer. Some of the advantages associated with direct shipping are that it lowers transportation costs that in turn reduces the total expenditure (Song & Dong, 2012). Limitations related to immediate shipping include less expertise and needs proper warehouse administration that will be able to accommodate the completed inventories. This means owning or renting a house, hiring labor to control storage, logistics and shipments, and possibly disposing inventories that expire of goes bad. Direct shipping is only convenient are circumstances including urgent delivery of consumer products and other services that must keep the business running. It also useful when transporting goods that are likely to expire within a given time; hence, they would need a fast transportation channel.