CFO Magazine - July 1, 2007
Data-entry errors, subcontractor snafus, three-day lags in "real-time" Web tracking systems, and the occasional head scratcher as to where in the world a given place actually is - such were the perils and pitfalls of the annual "Great Package Race." Part logistics competition, part rite-of-spring for the students at Georgia Tech's Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, the contest pits major freight carriers against one another to see which can deliver packages to the remote corners of the world faster and cheaper.
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