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Sir, you made some very good point's in your comment. I used to work for a Cellular Phone manufacter. We used just in time proceedure's. Our incoming part's delievery bill's were so high that we had to go before corporate auditor's to explain some of the cost's. We did several studies and found railroads to be the cheapest alternative to bring in the parts (cutting incoming shipping cost's by 65%). But because the railroads could not guarantee "just in time delivery" (72 hour window was the best we could get) corporate shot it down. There statement being that high shipping cost's were still cheaper then storage. Just in time is over rated. <br /> TIM A
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