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Supply Chain: How Wal-Mart Beat Feds to New Orleans
CIO Magazine ^ | November 1, 2005 | BEN WORTHEN

Posted on 11/13/2005 8:05:37 AM PST by John Jorsett

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To: SamAdams76

Sam I have to ask, do you spread out your electric bill over 12 months or do you take out a second mortgage to pay your bill?


41 posted on 11/13/2005 9:09:11 AM PST by Kirkwood
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To: elli1
Not really much *news* that succesful chain store operations have established, efficient transportation/ communication/ supply infrastructure that exceeds the capability of gov't organizations.

Trust me....it shocks the left to see things like this as it does does to find out that more guns equals less crime and, as the Time Magazine cover revealed..."Men and Women are different".

42 posted on 11/13/2005 9:09:36 AM PST by eddie willers
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To: Wonder Warthog

If FEMA did what I suggested, they wouldn't to buy and inventory material and emergency supplies.

The could just order what was needed from these companies and pay them to deliver the material. There would probably be a good discount if the Salvation Army, Catholic relief charities and local churches handled the distribution to those who are in need.


43 posted on 11/13/2005 9:10:54 AM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM/RATs need to set a timetable for withdrawal in their illegitimate war on Bush. It's a quagmire.)
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To: SamAdams76
It also enables us to spread out the Christmas season and it gets us through the darkest days of the year in good cheer. No light deprivation depression in this household!

When I was growing up, we always had more lights up inside than outside. When it gets dark out at 5pm, it sure is nice to come home to a house full of lights!

44 posted on 11/13/2005 9:14:58 AM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: GOPJ

Private enterprise is ALWAYS the way to go. Once the government gets involved, you can bank on inefficiency and corruption.


45 posted on 11/13/2005 9:17:46 AM PST by SamAdams76 (What Would Howard Roarke Do?)
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To: VOA

You can give credit to WalMart if you can attack the administration in the same sentence. For example, "THey were so slow providing aid and relief that *WALMART* beat them there!!!"


46 posted on 11/13/2005 9:19:07 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (By defiintion, we cannot have Consensus until you agree with me.)
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To: Kirkwood
I pay about $100 a month from February to October. From November to January, I pay $300 a month.

To me, it's worth it!

47 posted on 11/13/2005 9:19:16 AM PST by SamAdams76 (What Would Howard Roarke Do?)
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To: SamAdams76

I will buy some Duck Tape at my local Walmart tomorrow.

Thanks for the tip. We just spent a bundle repainting the exterior of our home and many rooms inside. We have boxes of electric lights and other decorations, and my trophy wife was looking at more the other day.

We, also, use duct tape on the back of picture frames and paintings to keep them from moving around during and after earthquakes, we don't even feel.

Everytime we call the painter back to touch up or to redo damage, he and my wife find something else to paint. His last touchup visit cost me $600 and they have more planned for after the holidays.


48 posted on 11/13/2005 9:19:25 AM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM/RATs need to set a timetable for withdrawal in their illegitimate war on Bush. It's a quagmire.)
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To: Willie Green

"Why should FEMA "hire" organizations that are already doing this work anyway?
Federal funding always has strings attached...
Seems to me we'd be better off if FEMA DOESN'T "hire" them!"

That is all ways a concern re government. I don't know how to get around this aspect. The less the federal and even the state governments are involved (sometimes cities like New Orleans), the better off we are as taxpayers and the end receivers.


49 posted on 11/13/2005 9:22:37 AM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM/RATs need to set a timetable for withdrawal in their illegitimate war on Bush. It's a quagmire.)
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To: caver

"Another key point not said is that WalMart is a business, in business to make money. The US government is in business to spend taxpayers money, nothing else."

Amen! Thanks for this excellent Sunday Sermon.


50 posted on 11/13/2005 9:24:20 AM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM/RATs need to set a timetable for withdrawal in their illegitimate war on Bush. It's a quagmire.)
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To: Kirkwood
The biggest difference to Walmart is that FEMA doesn't have any control of the distribution process. They must rely on outside sources which greatly vary in dependability. They can request resources, but they have no way to control the response.

I was under the impression that FEMA had in-place contracts that they could activate at a moment's notice to get supplies and aid on the way.

51 posted on 11/13/2005 9:31:07 AM PST by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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To: SamAdams76

Does it hold up well under the elements, or do you use it strictly for indoor decorating?


52 posted on 11/13/2005 9:38:05 AM PST by Eepsy
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To: Grampa Dave

Where do I find a husband like you?

We're currently residing our house and guess who gets to paint all the doors and windows to contrast with the siding? I'm currently taking a break and the 7yo is contributing her share by working on the front door. I'll do the side door and windows in the morning when the sun is beating on that side of the house.

With the amount of paint I have bought of late, the kitchen alone is 3 different colors, it's a wonder no one has wondered if I've got a thing going with one of the guys in the WalMart paint department :)


53 posted on 11/13/2005 9:42:05 AM PST by Gabz
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To: Eepsy

Indoors only. For outside, I still resort to the staple gun (on the house).


54 posted on 11/13/2005 9:45:51 AM PST by SamAdams76 (What Would Howard Roarke Do?)
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To: Gabz

I used to do a good job on the external paint. I would buy the latest spray gun, a case of making tape and save old fishwraps for weeks. I would pay for my youngest son who loves to paint to fly down and do the really tall parts.

None of us are good at interior paints anymore. My wife used to be until she broke her wrist years ago, and the minor painting strokes needed in interior work just kill her.

Now at 67, my wife and family don't want me up on ladders. So we found this great Mexican American Painter via several happy friends who used him. He did our exterior and some key rooms inside.

My wife went on Social Security at age 65 this year and still works 3 days aweek. Her SS check goes to financing the redoing of things in the house, I could care less about and don't to pull money out of our IRAs to pay for. It works very well.


55 posted on 11/13/2005 9:57:32 AM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM/RATs need to set a timetable for withdrawal in their illegitimate war on Bush. It's a quagmire.)
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To: Grampa Dave
"If FEMA did what I suggested, they wouldn't to buy and inventory material and emergency supplies."

"The could just order what was needed from these companies and pay them to deliver the material."

Oh, I agree with you (or at least mostly). There are likely to be certain things that places like Wal-Mart, Lowe's, and the like wouldn't have as normal inventory stock. For instance, I could see FEMA having stocks of field tents and such.

56 posted on 11/13/2005 10:03:00 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: Grampa Dave

LOL!!! I was just funning with you. I don't blame you a bit.

I actually enjoy painting. My husband doesn't mind it, but hates the detail work, like around windows, cutting in corners, and such - and that's the part I love most :)

Because of breaking my ankle this summer I am very leery of getting on a ladder outside, there is no brick or concrete around the house under any of the windows. So he is going to have to help a bit on the windows, because I can't reach the tops of them.


57 posted on 11/13/2005 10:03:56 AM PST by Gabz
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To: Gabz

W have just been through Wilma. My opinion is that it is a hugh waste for the government to be trying to set up distribution for free ice and water. Hurricanes don't make everyone indigent. Stores are more convenient and need the business, after they have trashed millions in perishable items.The government does not need to pay for my ice. They need to focus their efforts on those who were wiped out.


58 posted on 11/13/2005 10:39:02 AM PST by ClaireSolt (.)
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To: Grampa Dave
If FEMA did what I suggested, they wouldn't to buy and inventory material and emergency supplies.

The could just order what was needed from these companies and pay them to deliver the material. There would probably be a good discount if the Salvation Army, Catholic relief charities and local churches handled the distribution to those who are in need.

Good thinking. Reduce FEMA's role to that of letting companies like Home Depot and Wal-Mart know what government and donated supplies are coming, and route them to another company if one can't handle any more.

They'd still need the military or Guard to distribute some supplies, though, as they have the equipment to get to places with blocked, damaged or no roads. And the Guard to maintain order, of course; you can't outsource law enforcement.

59 posted on 11/13/2005 10:43:13 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: Wonder Warthog

The National Guard might be a good organization to have store the tents and other large non standard stuff.

Then the governor of the impacted state could order these items to be set up.


60 posted on 11/13/2005 10:44:17 AM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM/RATs need to set a timetable for withdrawal in their illegitimate war on Bush. It's a quagmire.)
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