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Jack Kuchta cited in recent publications (Update)

November 6, 2009 No comments yet

Jack Kuchta was recently quoted in: Maida Napolitano, “Locating Your Distribution Center, Part I, Re-engineering the Distribution Center Network”, Logistics Management, February 1, 2008 Corinne Kator, “Which Picking Method s Work”, Modern Materials Handling, February 28, 2007 James A. Cooke, “Who’s in charge here?”, DC Velocity, November 2006 Maria Napolitano, “The Cross Dock Evolution”, Logistics [...]

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The Economy Part II.

August 11, 2009 No comments yet

Today, August 11, the Census Bureau released the July Wholesales Trade Report for June.  It shows that for the first time since June 2008, sales have increased over the prior month.  While not up to the levels of 2008, it is a positive sign.  At the same time, inventories have continued to decline at an [...]

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Health care reform and the supply chain

July 27, 2009 7 comments

While no one knows what, if any, health care reform will come out of congress, it is certain that it will have an impact on the supply chain.  From the employee cost side, there will be a change in health care cost that the system will have to absorb.  If the government will be providing [...]

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