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My Dad borrowed this quotation from the 17th Century English poet/critic Edward Young and wrote it on the back of an envelope that I now have in my den: "Procrastination is the thief of time."
It shouldn't come as a big surprise to anyone that he also gave me a sign before I headed off to college in 1960 with the inscription, "It wasn't raining when Noah started building the Ark." Coupled with my military training, this has, for the most part, defined how I've chosen to lead and manage my life and business practice.
Now, some may say that I have too much time on my hands these days. Maybe so, but that's also allowed me to fine-tune my observations about time and how undisciplined approaches to time management negatively affect supply chain and logistics processes-including best practices, consistency, problem resolution, results, and contingency planning.
Today, it's certainly easy to relate to those who claim they have too much to do and take short...