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In fact, most stores operate on a system known as, “just in time shipping.” In other words, products arrive just in time to be put on the shelves to replace whatever has been purchased. That’s why, when a store has a particularly good sale on an item, once it’s sold out, it might be out of stock for days or weeks. There are no extras hidden in the back room. Retailers keep their inventories to a bare minimum in order to save money and to not end up with a stockpile of a product that isn’t selling.
One impressive feature of this system is that it is run by computers and can actually forecast which products will be needed where and when. For example, when the weather in a certain area takes a turn toward higher temperatures, the system will automatically begin shipping items such as sun block and beach toys. An oncoming hurricane will trigger the shipment of bottled water, baby formula and ice. You can read more about this impressive system here.
Now, what does this information have to do with your family's survival and preparedness? Imagine there’s a major crisis in our country that slows the shipping business down to a crawl. It could be a natural disaster affecting the busy ports along the west coast. Excessively high diesel prices could drive some trucking companies out of business and reduce the amount of goods being shipped via our highways. Whatever the event, the just in time shipping strategy may leave the average American family high and dry in the middle of a major crisis.
The American Trucking Association presents a sobering view of possible consequences to a partial or complete interruption to our nation’s trucking business. You should take a few minutes and read the entire paper, but here is a brief summary of a possible timeline in the event of a truck stoppage.
Within 24 hours:
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If you live in this country and have not prepared for whatever you wish to call coming down the pike ( at breakneck speed I might add)
ReplyDeletethen shame on you ! If you have prepared for you and your family then articles like this ( and there will be many more of them ) will not really bother you. I can tell you; being a small businessman for over 25 yrs, what the article says of the pipeline of goods is true - most scary ------ food and foodstuffsl grain etc, really really low.
I have a system that prints food whenever I need at a press of a button.
ReplyDeleteLet's see, we will still have FedE and UPS shipping, commercial jets, trains, and automobiles (not to mention the military). In my area, Walmart and Sam's club occupy the same space, one is built in front of the other, plus there is a 20-bay Walmart warehouse nearby. There are two state chain grocery stores, Food Lion, within two blocks of each other. The article assumes trucking is the ONLY transportation. It isn't.
ReplyDeleteYeah 5:05. Shipping goods thru Fedex will save everyone money. LOL. Dont you think they will raise their rates to make up for the gas shortage? Maybe you can use a wheelbarrow and deliver the food to these companies yourself. BTW, the military will always get by because they have your money.
ReplyDelete5:27. If nothing else is being shipped, and if food is the only item to be shipped, all other transportation modes will line up to ship food. During the offshoring of US jobs 2000-2008, during the Bush administration, the thought was there is enough Walmart "Stuff" filling landfills and residences to keep everyone clothed, accessorized, and entertained for a decade.
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