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Just in Time Delivery
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Love them or hate them, Walmart has revolutionized
retailing.


When take your purchase to a Walmart checkout, as soon as it
is rung up the information is relayed to a central computer
that tracks inventory and provides the company with real
time data for re-ordering.  The same information is made
available to their major suppliers so that they, too, can
log in to see how its products are selling and when it might
need to increase production.


This Just in Time Delivery System reduces carrying costs for
both the retailer and its suppliers, greatly reducing the
amount of excess inventory that needs to be maintained.


It's all about the bottom line.  Utilizing this system has
allowed Walmart to reduce its costs by 5-10%.


And what Walmart does, others must follow if they expect to
stay in business.


Why should this concern us?


In the good old pre-Walmart days, retail stores maintained a
fairly healthy inventory of products, generally kept in a
warehouse close by, or out back, where they could be used to
replenish those sold off their shelves.  On a regular basis
-- sometimes monthly, sometimes quarterly -- they would
order new inventory to replace it all.  But they had to have
lots of stock available at all times because that was the
only way to satisfy their customer's demands.  If they
didn't have the stock, they could lose the customer to a
competitor.


The same store today has minimal inventory, relying instead
on regular deliveries of its product.


This leaves us all very vulnerable if there's ever an
interruption to the delivery system.


Consider your local grocery store, for example.  Without
regular deliveries, there is only two or three days worth of
perishables on hand.  And maybe a weeks worth of canned and
dry goods.  During a pandemic, the first rush would exhaust
everything within hours.  Try to imagine a city the size of
New Orleans without food or any means to obtain it.  Imagine
this scene repeated all over the nation.


The whole scenario becomes much more horrifying when we
consider how many of our essentials (drugs, for example) are
produced overseas.  It's a virtual certainty that borders
will close, supply chains will dry up, and distribution will
be impossible if there's a pandemic.  Panic will ensue, and
life as we know it will become a nightmare.


This is why we have been urging our readers to start their
preparations now.  Start stockpiling food, water, medicines,
masks and other essentials.  Build up your inventory so that
you have enough to last at least three months.  You do NOT
want to be part of a panic stricken mob, willing to do
anything to keep your family alive.

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This is from a pandemic newsletter that I receive weekly