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...good news, though, is that the new-fangled "supply chain management" tools helped dampen inventory buildup as advertised, especially in old-economy industries. The ratio of sales to inventory, a measure of how much stuff is sitting in the warehouse, topped out at 1.43 in September compared with 1.75 and 1.98 the past two recessions. The downside is that the replenishing period that the economy is enjoying may start with a bang but flatten because companies carry less inventory overall. "We can respond within a day or two," says Rodger Mullen, president of Schneider Logistics, which manages an auto-parts...
Laced throughout the exhibit, though, amid the anguished cries for a better world, there is a strand of hope. Seventeen-year-old Neera, for instance, drew a chain of women joining hands and “organizing to solve the different kinds of social problems...
...secret of Gold's success has been an exceptional knack for supply-chain management. Every shipment passes under the watchful eye of a full-time statistician, a "master planner" who constantly surveys retailers and wholesalers, anticipating their demands so the factory can be ready with the necessary personnel and raw materials. In 2001 mad-cow disease had most manufacturers scrambling to fill orders for leather furniture, but not Gold: when the epidemic first made headlines, he bought up $5 million worth of South American hides, enough to keep the club chairs rolling for the next eight months. Result...
...happened again. A train ferrying a group of Hindu pilgrims from the temple town of Ayodhya in central India pulled into the western town of Godhra shortly after dawn, where a group of local Muslims was waiting. As the engine gathered speed leaving Godhra, someone pulled the emergency brake chain and attackers stormed the passenger cars. They hurled bottles filled with gasoline, setting coaches aflame. Able-bodied men managed to escape the conflagration; 40 of the 58 deaths were of women and children charred on board...
...Immediately, the bank kicked up controversy. It refused to bail out Sogo, a hopelessly debt-ridden but beloved chain of department stores, forcing it into bankruptcy. And the bank initiated bankruptcy proceedings against First Credit Corp., Japan's biggest mortgage-loan specialist. Aside from overhauling its investment-banking business, Shinsei also launched a retail business featuring fee-free, 24-hour services at its network of 56,000 atms?a concept considered revolutionary here. Shinsei offers savers returns higher than those of traditional banks, at which, Yashiro notes, the annual interest income on a 1 million yen deposit?about...