Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $

[Tom Yasnowski]

JIT isnt about hurrying thsngs up, its about keeping you inventory low so 
that you dont have too much money tied up in inventory---hence a better 
bottom line.
Tom

>From: "Mark Greer" <greerfam at raex.com>
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>Subject: Re: Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $
>Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:20:17 -0400
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>If the whole damn country wasn't in such a rush all the time we wouldn't be
>stuck with the idea that we need JIT delivery. Maybe if we all slowed up
>just a bit and lived a slightly less frantic pace.........
>Mark
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:27 PM
>Subject: Re: Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $
>
>
> > The problem with the railroads is that manufactured products, parts and
> > produce are all delivered "just in time" these days.  That cuts down on
> > inventory costs and allows the market to react to demand changes must
>faster
> > that was ever possible before.   Trains can't do just in time delivery.
>It
> > takes trucks.  Stuff that can effectively move on the  rails, raw
>materials,
> > etc. still do.
> >
> > Charlie
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Cecil Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
> > > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> > > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:31 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $
> > >
> > >
> > >> One thing is such a shame that it has bothered me for years.
> > >> At one time we had the finest railroad system in the world and we 
>have
> > >> allowed it to be almost totally dismantled except for mainline 
>freight
> > >> and high speed rail commuter networks. Instead of one or two
>locomotives
> > >> pulling 150 cars of freight, we now have 150 trucks, each with it's 
>own
> > >> diesel engine, pulling one truck apiece.
> > >
> > > My thoughts exactly Cecil. I wondered when somebody would mention the
> > > railways. When I was a kid it was a rarity to see a big semi hauling
> > > anything. Trains were the way everything was moved. With a well
>developed
> > > rail system serving all the small towns and cities we moved people and
> > > commodities efficiently and didn't clog up the highways with big 
>trucks.
> > > Surely it must take less diesel fuel to move a train of multiple grain
> > > cars on the railway than to have hundreds (thousands?) of tractor
>trailer
> > > units each hauling a thousand bushels or so.
> > > Our local rail line has not seen a train pass by in several years and 
>is
> > > scheduled for closure and eventual removal. The wooden grain elevators
>are
> > > all gone. No need for the trains to stop by anymore.
> > >
> > > Ralph in Sask.
> > > http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
> > >
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