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  Tuesday, August 16, 2005


I arrived in Chicago, IL this morning with plenty of time to spare before my appointment time.  It turns out that I was the 2nd truck dispatched to this location.  The 1st truck was still being unloaded when I got there.  Consequently, I waited just over an hour before my truck began being unloaded.  While waiting, I learned that my next trip in the afternoon would be back up to Marquette, MI.

I had a real "fun" time unloading all the pallets at the delivery location after the other truck had left.  There was barely room enough to place them on the dock (and that was moving and reshuffling the existing pallets already on the dock).  In the end, I was able to get the truck unloaded (by putting the last two pallets on the dock plate itself).

Back at the warehouse in Milwaukee, WI, I hooked onto the trailer bound for Marquette and took off.  It was another great traveling day--sunny and mildly warm.  I arrived in Marquette in time to avoid "fuzzy" logging (hooray!) and enjoyed another delicious meal from the Asian restaurant I found this past Sunday.

I also got a chance to read more-in-depth the articles in the publication I mentioned yesterday.  Some very interesting articles by Seth Godin, Paul Zane Pilzer, Don Peppers and Martha Rogers (authors of Managing Customer Relationships: A Strategic Framework" as well as James H. Gilmore and B. Joseph Pine II (authors of Markets of One: Creating Customer Value through Mass Customization).  If you want to see how the future unfolds in terms of successful companies (whether Fortune500 or Home-based businesses) using 21st century marketing and customer trends, get a copy and read!

Tomorrow I deliver 4-stops and will be home for supper with the family (if all goes well!).

miles driven = 486


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