1. What factors help to explain why J&J historically had as many as 12 DC’s in Europe?
2. What steps in the logistics/supply chain network design process discussed in this chapter would have been most relevant to the task faced by J&J in Europe?
3. Are there other factors the network optimization study should have considered?
4. This case study focuses on the shipments from DCs to customer locations. What factors on the supply side, or inbound-to-DC side, would be relevant to the analysis that was conducted?