* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
* Tag five other people to do the same: i tag whomever needs a distraction at the moment.

No time or motion is wasted - and no money either - on moving products in and out of intermediate warehouses. The philosophy: Product that isn't moving isn't being distributed.

Again, Wal-Mart offers an admirable example. It has developed a system of cross-docking in which two sets of trucks - one coming from supplier factories and the other set heading for stores - arrive simultaneously at a company loading dock. Workers move the product from the first set of trucks to the second, avoiding lengthy warehouse storage altogether. The product then heads to its final destination with no costly rest stops along the way. This concept is known as flow-though or one-stop logistics.

The Discipline of Market Leaders, Michael Treacy & Fred Wiersema

please notice i'm at work. and this is not pleasure reading. haha.