How CDW Delivers on the Back End

The decision has paid off. Express shipping costs are down 40 percent, and carrier compliance went from 10 percent to 98 percent. The average time in transit for a product is now 2.4 days.

Eckrote advised the audience to consider the following factors when choosing a location for their distribution centers:
* proximity to suppliers and customers;
* cost of living and labor pool in that community; and
* cutoff times for delivery.