Executive summary: This medical/surgical supplies distributor focused on improving its logistics productivity in an extremely
competitive and fast-changing marketplace. Its strategy to unbundle services and provide supply chain management tools to
customers and suppliers has some important lessons for all distribution companies.
'Distribution is a pennies business, and improving productivity is bread and butter to everything we do,' says the letter to shareholders in the Owens & Minor 2000 annual report. 'We measure most everything, especially in the warehouse.' That sums up how this medical and surgical supplies distributor has carved a strong competitive niche in an industry undergoing intense consolidation and competitive cost pressures. It's also a ...
'Distribution is a pennies business, and improving productivity is bread and butter to everything we do,' says the letter to shareholders in the Owens & Minor 2000 annual report. 'We measure most everything, especially in the warehouse.' That sums up how this medical and surgical supplies distributor has carved a strong competitive niche in an industry undergoing intense consolidation and competitive cost pressures. It's also a ...
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Executive summary: This medical/surgical supplies distributor focused on improving its logistics productivity in an extremely
competitive and fast-changing marketplace. Its strategy to unbundle services and provide supply chain management tools to
customers and suppliers has some important lessons for all distribution companies.
'Distribution is a pennies business, and improving productivity is bread and butter to everything we do,' says the letter to shareholders in the Owens & Minor 2000 annual report. 'We measure most everything, especially in the warehouse.' That sums up how this medical and surgical supplies distributor has carved a strong competitive niche in an industry undergoing intense consolidation and competitive cost pressures. It's also a ...
'Distribution is a pennies business, and improving productivity is bread and butter to everything we do,' says the letter to shareholders in the Owens & Minor 2000 annual report. 'We measure most everything, especially in the warehouse.' That sums up how this medical and surgical supplies distributor has carved a strong competitive niche in an industry undergoing intense consolidation and competitive cost pressures. It's also a ...
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