Re: digital to analog SD converters at Walmart

On Apr 21, 1:57=A0pm, phil-news-nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Alan <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> | =A0Given the obvious observation that trucks deliver to large stores
> | pretty continuously, what made you think there would be a specific
time?=

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> The manager at the Wal-Mart store near here was able to tell me without
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> looking at a schedule, on what days trucks "usually" arrive for certain
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> of products. =A0Trucks come and go every day. =A0But specific item types
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> only on specific delivery schedules. =A0But he did note that often, an
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> stock item might not come in at all (we were discussing one that had not
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> in the store for 6 weeks) and that sometimes it is because the item is
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> stock at the warehouse, and sometimes it is low priority and does not
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> onto the truck. =A0He mentioned they almost never send partial
truckloads.=

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> What I wonder is, once the truck is emptied at the store, if there is a
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> nearby not too far off the return route, would it be feasible to divert
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> empty truck over there and pick up a load to go to the warehouse?
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That is known as "backhaul" and it does happen.  With a company like
Wal-Mart though, you never know.  Their supply chain is massive and
global.  The chances of the supplier of any particular item being
local to you and being between your local store and the Wal-Mart
distribution center is low.  You probably won't see this though as I'm
using Google groups.

-beaumon