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Opportunity: The Low Cost/Best Service Challenge
5/2006
(Material Handling Management)
The five major reasons why companies embark on a distribution network
design are: mergers and acquisitions, new product introduction, sourcing
changes, a matter of policy, and because it's time. Is it time to redesign
your distribution network?
"It's challenging to run your current network and develop a new one
at the same time," explains Patrick Sedlak in this article. He
advises clients to give themselves enough time to evaluate all the options
for both network modeling process and implementation phase. Rapidly
growing companies often have the biggest challenge because any changes to
their distribution network need to support their growth plans, however
indeterminate those plans may be.
For help determining if now is the time for your company to embark on a
distribution network analysis, contact Patrick.
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