[geeks] this is where the mac should be

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> hundred million (US dollars) of inventory. He accomplished this by 
> "requiring" suppliers to locate near Apple distribution points.
>

Dell does the same thing.  They call it the "revolver" (apparently 
aimed straight at vendor's heads).  They issue multiple purchase orders 
per day for popular items like hard drives, so that they only have say 
2 hours of inventory on hand.

--Patrick