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A framework for network optimization

By MARY COLLINS HOLCOMB and JAMES H. FOGGIN

Need to better align distribution with changing business conditions? Use a modeling tool to assess your current network as well as alternatives for meeting your goal.

From the Quarter 02 2007 issue

In the spring of 2006, a recreational products manufacturer approached the University of Tennessee's supply chain management program with an intriguing proposition on behalf of one of its operating divisions. The company explained that two decades of acquisitions, organic growth, and surging import/export volumes had left the division's North American distribution network in need of an overhaul. Would the school be interested in conducting a network optimization study for the division?...

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