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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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Sophisticated planning is required to account for never ending variables that help to keep supply chain costs down and quality and profits up. Logistics incorporates the complexity of integrating information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling and packaging. This accounts for 8.5 trillion in 2011, a 6.6

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How Just-in-Time Land Deals Help Manage Cash Flow

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But when it comes to land inventory strategies, most builders seem reluctant to rely on a “just-in-time” model to acquire land as needed for immediate construction. Certainly, publicly traded home builders have pivoted to land-light business models that allow them to forgo owning years’ worth of land inventory. In the Real World.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Alexis Udine , 37, Account Supervisor, Group Two Advertising, Philadelphia. Accomplishments • Created Drees Homes’ Jacksonville, Fla., Account Supervisor. Accomplishments • Worked her way up from account manager to senior account manager and then account supervisor for customer relationships.