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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor
GDXJ 97.44-1.2%Nov 14 4:00 PM EST
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To: goldsnow who wrote (40360)9/17/1999 10:22:00 AM
From: long-gone  Read Replies (1) of 116762
 
Goldsnow, Bobby, (heck all)

It's not just the obvious problems with Fed-Ex, it something beneath the surface you may not have noted. There is a (just beginning) move of American Industry away from JIT, excessive expediting, and overnight shipping charges & back to planning and managing an inventory correctly. This shows a major shift in business plan for our system of business. Fed -Ex is having problems on both the supply and demand sides of their business due to this change in direction. Companies may not be able to always "buy it cheaper tomorrow" - no matter what "it" is. Some companies were locking in fuel costs & capitol eqpt. prices hard a year ago.

In times of inflation, it makes good money sense to carry an inventory and or put contracts in place to lock in a future cost. We have seen a massive fuel cost increase, Aluminium cost(and with it airplane & even truck trailer cost), tire costs(& other costs) are also moving up.

Many other business are also trending toward an "overall planned inventory position" and away from JIT!!!!. I've gotten three job "wiggles" in only the last 14 hours! Materials logistics & planning are happening again, but just starting.

This may be BIG. Very BIG!!!

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