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Take for example a sporting goods company that made an investment to reduce its order lead time. This resulted in the distribution center providing better service to the retail stores.

We assume that the two retailers both apply a fixed order lead time for orders.

Unfortunately, uncertainties in material availability and order lead time frequently result in late material delivery, thereby extending production makespan and increasing the risk for late delivery (Im et al.

Shippers were often discouraged from increasing order lead time or holding freight in an attempt to consolidate shipments because internal metrics measured how fast the warehouse cleared freight from the floor.

Santos said, the goal is to reduce the company's order lead time from seven-to-10 business days to five, and increase commercial sales of such products as bank teller stations and hotel reception desks.

As mentioned before, another part of the replenishment time is order lead time, i.e.

It will increase facility throughput capacity and productivity, and shorten order lead time required.

Performance measurements designed and put in place to measure customer service, line-item-fill rates, order complete performance, order lead time to fill, invoice deductions, as well as other relevant performance with the customer.

Ti[O.sub.2] supply and demand worldwide remain tight, and as a result, 30-day order lead time for all Tiona products remains in effect for all regions.

Its true modular architecture slashes system manufacturing time by one-third, reducing order lead time and shortening startup time in customer fabs.