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"These new “must arrive by dates and times” are getting a totally out of control, don’t you think?
“I just hope we don’t get a routing change!”
Doug Sampson CPIM CSCP
Sr. Vice President
Acme Distribution Centers, Inc
"Now we're finally 100% compliant with Must-Arrive-By-Date. We just need to figure out how to stop the damage on re-entry."
Greg Wells, CPIM
GENERAL CABLE INDUSTRIES
“Thank goodness I just negotiated an inter-galatic freight rate.”
Earl W. Engleman, C.P.M.
Bunzl Distribution
“You are aware that we have a fleet of trucks, right?”
Dawn-Marie Landini
I.D. Systems, Inc.
“The only problem is that it will get there before the ASN.”
Dan Hoffses
L.L.Bean Inc.
"It begs the question, “Are we truly a Universal company, or just an Earthly company that happens to do business on other planets?”
Jeff Joyce
BakeMark USA
(Most creative winner)
“Did we notify their Receiving Department about this delivery?”
Jerry Saltzman
Pfizer
“Should we send an Advance Ship Notice to let them know it's coming,
or should we just surprise them?”
Dwight Boehm, P.Log
CF Managing Movement
“Aren’t we pushing the whole “global sourcing” thing a little far?”
Deanna K. Peters CPIM, CSCP
Printpack, Inc..
“We now use this mode for our long haul deliveries...”
Charmion Brathwaite
Tropique Wines
“How much, exactly, are we saving on inventory?”
Kevin Cline,
OneNetwork Enterprises
“Phil, are you sure that MN means the Moon, and not Minnesota?”
Dave Mack
OfficeMax, Inc.
“I didn’t take you literally when you said that the Sourcing guys were a bunch of “Rocket Engineers”.”
Pete Nedza
Wolters Kluwer
“So, we’re thinking we might be able to avoid import restrictions this way.”
Howard West
Digital River
"They did take out their own insurance on it, right?"
Laurie Bohn
American Lamprecht Transport Inc.
“Oh Great!! The next level of JIT.”
Bill Davis
Lowes Distribution
"It absolutely, positively had to be there overnight.”
Joe Farinacci
Integrated Horticultural Alliance
“The fuel surcharge on this shipment is going to be murder.”
Jeff Harrop
Demand Clarity Inc.
"Looks like we may be sacrificing accuracy for speed."
Scott Jackson
Boxcar Central
“When I said we’ll give our customers the moon if they ask for it, I did not mean this!”
Sajeev Anand
“Our finest innovation in premium customer service: Laser-guided same hour delivery.”
Olivier Lang
HP – Supply Chain
“We’re having a problem with people not signing for delivery”
Brian Leleux
LLFitness Inc, dba aSmarterBuy.com
"I'm not so sure that a couple of straps qualify as adequate blocking."
Dennis Morgan
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Northwest, L.L.C.
“If the planners could actually lock the production schedule we could start using normal transportation methods.”
Matt Morse
ConAgra Foods
“The good news is that lead times are reduced. The bad news is that damage is near 100%.”
Jay Kamin
General Mills
“Confirmed for Next Orbit A.M. Service!”
Kathy Woody
Flextronics
Well, at least with this new initiative, Wal*Mart promises to give us the pallet back.
Mark Fralick
ROI Solutions
“Again, you are 100% sure the customer is paying for the freight?
Raúl Reyes Román
Cooper Power Systems GDL
“Overnight rates are too expensive. We’ll do it ourselves now.”
Matt Hof, PMP
HP Enterprise Services
“We are hoping that by accelerating the parts beyond the speed of light we can make them arrive before they were needed two weeks ago at the customer’s plant.”
Scott Brown CPIM, CSCP, CIRM
Plexus Corporation
“They want Quick Response, we’ll show them Quick Response.”
Sandeep Bansi Jumani
Infosys
“And you ask me why our logistics costs are skyrocketing?”
Silpa Pande
One Network Enterprises
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