Southwest turns its planes around twice as fast as competitors, getting more flights out of expensive aircraft and pilots. Wal-Mart invented loading-dock processes to quash expensive inventory. Dell runs their entire company with three days of inventory, you pay up front, and they stiff their suppliers, ... Operations is where these industries are won and lost.
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