Lean and Flexible Logistics for the Global Outsourced Economy by Bill McBeath Published on Aug 1, 2007 At the end of our very successful 2007 Retail Supply Chain Summit (co-organized by ChainLink Research and Chain Store Age Magazine), we went on a tour of Menlo Worldwide's "Lean Logistics Center" in Fremont, California. The techniques we saw provide valuable lessons on creating the flexibility needed in today's rapidly changing, difficult to predict, global outsourced economy. They also mirror the larger strategy of Menlo to flex overall capacity up and down in response to changes in market conditions.

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