Distribution Resource Planning: The Gateway to True Quick Response and Continuous Replenishment

In May 1901, just three years after Joshua Slocum's legendary solo voyage around the world, another professional seaman idled by the passing of the Age of Sail set off on an extraordinary ocean journey. Saying goodbye to his wife and children, he put to sea from Victoria, British Columbia, with one other man in a converted Native American war canoe. Voss's objective was to circle the world in a boat smaller than Slocum's Spray, and his canoe, which he named Tilikum, certainly qualified. Although 38 feet long, it was a mere 5 and a half feet wide and drew just 24 inches when fully loaded. When he first saw the canoe, he said, it struck me at once that I we could make our proposed voyage we would not alone make a world's record for the smallest vessel but also the only canoe that had ever circumnavigated the globe. To prepare the dugout red-cedar canoe for an ocean voyage, Voss had built up the sides seven inches, decked it over, and added a tiny 5 x 8 foot cabin, a cockpit for steering, a small keel and three small masts carrying four sails. He and a man named Luxton, left Victoria carrying 100 gallons of fresh water, three months' provisions, firearms and navigation instrumen

Andre J. Martin is the Chairman and CEO of LogiCNet, a company dedicated to helping retailers, wholesalers/distributors, and manufacturers integrate their distribution systems from retail point-of-sale terminals to the suppliers’ manufacturing facilities. A pioneer in the field of distribution and logistics, Martin developed Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) in the 1970s. He continues to work with clients around the world in the areas of DRP and Infopartnering/Efficient Consumer Response. Martin is also the author of Distribution Resource Planning: The Gateway to True Quick Response and Continuous Replenishment.