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Plenty of companies have launched inventory projects that saved them some money. But how many have saved an amount equivalent to the GDP of a small country?
No one has done more to revive interest in a national transportation policy than John Ficker. But even he admits that pushing a policy through will be one heck of a battle.
Managers of spatially challenged DCs may not realize it. But a technology often marketed as a means of boosting picking productivity can also solve their space woes.
The recent outcry over the Dubai Ports World proposal made clear that most have yet to grasp what DC VELOCITY's readers and other logisticians already know: We don't have control of our own supply chain and haven't for some time.
It's impossible to prepare for every possible contingency. It will require the coordinated efforts of well-trained and well-prepared people. It will require the flexibility and imagination to respond to whatever comes at them.
No supply chain is immune from disruption. And no supply chain—regardless of type of commodity, material or product—is exempt from the need for recovery planning.