Logistics Management - July 1, 2002

When the economy slammed on the brakes last year, the nation's logistics system reacted quickly, thus averting a huge inventory pileup. Not only did managers of the nation's business logistics systems prevent a stock pileup, but they actually reduced inventory significantly. In fact, they managed to hold down inventory investment in all four quarters of 2001, ultimately reducing the nationwide...

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