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William T. Walker, CFPIM (Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management), CIRM (Certified in Integrated Resource Management), is a director of supply chain management for Siemens Building Technologies. He is also author of the book Supply Chain Architecture: A Blueprint for Networking the Flow of Material, Information, and Cash, CRC Press, ?2005.
Even the best-designed distribution systems may harbor traps that rob them of their highest performance potential. Here's how to find—and avoid—those velocity traps.