Change a Source. Open a new market. Close a manufacturing plant. Before you know it your distribution network is out of synch. Reevaluating distribution center site locations and their impact on network optimization is a complex task. Let the bean counters drive the process and you could end up with a logistics nightmare. Take the case of a global logistics manager who complained about a plant located far from the port in a low-cost country, where the infrastructure and operations at that port forced him to use air services almost exclusively to get product out of the manufacturing plant and into the supply chain.
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