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Architecting the Liquid Supply Chain
(9/13/2005) Ascet Volume 7
By Wally Klatch, CPIM, Supply Chain for Liquids
William T. Walker, CFPIM, CIRM, Siemens Building Technologies
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Rethinking liquid logistics can offer significant investment returns. The key is in viewing liquids as a fluid product instead of a nonliquid product in standard discrete packaging.


Acommon supply chain misconception equates “liquids” with “process industries.” A huge opportunity for discrete and service industries lies in recognizing the quantity of liquids that flow through these industries and exploiting the operational, financial and strategic benefits that liquid-oriented logistics offers. Since supply chain networks for liquid products are fundamentally different from those for discrete products, and the act of architecting the liquid product supply chain network is a critical success factor in gaining full advantage from the differences.


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