I think what bothers me is Wal-mart has been praised for their distribution network (totally wrote a paper on that at university) an how they fulfill their deliveries to their stores 99% of the time on time by nixing the distribution hubs and going straight to pulling it straight off the train and hooking it up to a truck. They seem to be failing at keeping up a lot these days. I was just at Wal-mart tonight, today the empty shelves were body wash and shampoo. I think that is why the whole thing doesn’t sit well with me. JIT makes sense but seeing it in practice not working is the unsettling part. I think you may be right, too, HomesteadingMama. Perhaps that grace period should be reconsidered.
