>> Except they don't, they have the absolute minimum storage to keep the 
>> shops in-stock.  Any additional storage is wasted money, not just because 
>> of the building costs, but because the product could be cash instead, 
>> earning money in the bank.  Ever heard of Just In Time business?
>>
>> Where I used to work, even if a truck turned up an hour early to deliver 
>> stuff (which they knew they couldn't, they usually waited in the street) 
>> it sometimes wouldn't even be possible to unload because there would be 
>> no empty slots in the warehouse.
>
> What a remarkably inefficient way to do business...

You have a more profitable idea?  Specifying exact delivery times, to within 
+/- 15 minutes is quite common for large factories.  Do you have any idea 
how much raw material a large manufacturing site can get through?  Where I 
worked there were *always* about 3 or 4 trucks delivering material, and 
10-20 being filled simulatenously with finished goods.  It is simply too 
expensive to store enough material and arrange the logistics if you allow 
deliveries to turn up at any time during the day.

Even at my small local supermarket they seem to know exactly when the 
deliveries will be made (they put out cones around the area the truck has to 
reverse).

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