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There's more to conveyor performance than feet per minute. Smart users look for systems that can be installed quickly, are simple to maintain and stay up no matter what.
With all the visionaries out there foretelling a future when businesses (and nations) collaborate in a seamless, well-oiled supply chain, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation and Logistics have injected a badly needed dose of reality into the fantasy.
After a long drought, truckers report that their trailers are packed and they're having to turn away business. Sure, they're breathing sighs of relief, but where does that leave shippers?
With virtually every analyst expecting freight flows to swell over the next several years, both national and international logistics networks are being strained to the breaking point.
Designing a distribution network is both art and science?it requires pleasing finicky retailers while keeping costs in line. Though slick software helps, most of the work is in getting the numbers?and getting them right.
There's nothing simple about distribution in a time when consumers must choose from hundreds of types of breakfast cereal, let alone printer cartridges.
The more lift truck makers offer, the more their customers demand. Today's truck buyers want low-maintenance equipment with long run times, high productivity, low cost of ownership, good ergonomics, high fuel efficiency and ? well, you get the picture.
Managers across the supply chain, whether they're responsible for transportation or distribution or some other logistics function, need to learn to speak the language of the executive suite.
Protecting trucks out on the open road may seem like the impossible dream. But high-tech tools designed to safeguard hazardous materials from terrorists could cut down on more commonplace thefts as well.