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Originally Posted by
kevin..in
Logistics companies employing JIT are pretty damned good these days so, next working day delivery is usually a given when ordering stock in,
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Next day ????
I worked in the Automotive sector for a few years (about 5, 20 years ago), helped develop on-line integration systems between suppliers and manufacturers. To us JIT was exactly that, components arriving at the point in time when the production line needed to install them. The same Japanese car plant in Sunderland uses the same processes today, only a little more 'integrated' Over night isn't JIT, it's next day - and you can get that from Amazon !!
I agree though, we're not going to see vast shelves of stock any more - to many bad business decisions, and the wrong 'lessons learnt'.
Fran has a point with Apple, but then they are fighting back by trying to bad anyone else from the market !! Rather than fighting on merit, they are fighting in the court room with over paid patent lawyers.