Now if geographical challenges were not enough, we have to also consider that the Christian population of the world is about two billion people. That?s a whole lot of zeros even if Santa were to eliminate 10% as naughty. So just how does one man and one sleigh and eight tiny reindeer deliver? all of those presents in one night across multiple time zones when the primary fuel used is hay? That?s a good question.

We checked with Federal Express, and their hub in Memphis Tennessee handles approximately 1.5 million packages per day. That means they handle a little over half a billion packages annually. This of course does not even equal one third of what jolly old Saint Nick handles in one night.

Personally this author believes it is a little faith and a little magic. The same type of faith used to convince Virginia O?Hanlon that there is indeed a Santa Claus in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun when her friends had told her that he did not exist.

In a time of economic upheaval and with many of our countries young men and women protecting our liberties around the world, we all need a little faith and maybe some magic. So from the famous poem Twas the Night before Christmas written in 1822 by Clement Clarke Moore. “Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! , on Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away!? Dash away all!”

Sometimes questioning what is just does not make sense. Here?s hoping all of your holiday wishes are magical.

We look forward to and appreciate your comments.

Now if geographical challenges were not enough, we have to also consider that the Christian population of the world is about two billion people. That’s a whole lot of zeros even if Santa were to eliminate 10% as naughty. So just how does one man and one sleigh and eight tiny reindeer deliver  all of those presents in one night across multiple time zones when the primary fuel used is hay? That’s a good question.

We checked with Federal Express, and their hub in Memphis Tennessee handles approximately 1.5 million packages per day. That means they handle a little over half a billion packages annually. This of course does not even equal one third of what jolly old Saint Nick handles in one night.

Personally this author believes it is a little faith and a little magic. The same type of faith used to convince Virginia O’Hanlon that there is indeed a Santa Claus in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun when her friends had told her that he did not exist.

In a time of economic upheaval and with many of our countries young men and women protecting our liberties around the world, we all need a little faith and maybe some magic. So from the famous poem Twas the Night before Christmas written in 1822 by Clement Clarke Moore. “Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! , on Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away!  Dash away all!”

Sometimes questioning what is just does not make sense. Here’s hoping all of your holiday wishes are magical.

We look forward to and appreciate your comments.

One hundred and two pilgrims and crew arrived in Massachusetts after a 3,000 mile trip from England on the Mayflower. It is safe to say that as a result of that distance there was no existing supply chain to leverage, so one had to be developed and quickly. This began with basic hunting and gathering and later included trading with the areas indigenous peoples known as the Wampanoag?s for corn, seed and foraging and planting techniques.

The Thanksgiving holiday we celebrate today really stems from the feast held in the autumn of 1621. Since the pilgrims had only arrived on November 21st of 1620 they had really not been there long enough to develop a fully reliable and renewable supply source. They had however established collaborative relationships with the local Wampanoag people who became regular trading partners and who helped them celebrate the colony’s first successful harvest.

The most detailed description of the “First Thanksgiving” comes from Edward Winslow from A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in 1621:”Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors.

The fowl referred to above certainly could have included a wide range of fowl that was plentiful in the area such as wild turkey, pheasant, goose, duck, and partridge and unfortunately by today?s standards even eagles.

The pilgrims probably didn’t have pies or much of anything sweet at the harvest feast because they did not yet have ovens. They had brought some sugar with them on the Mayflower but by the time of the first Thanksgiving, the supply had probably run out.

Their meals also included many different types of meats. Vegetable dishes, one of the staples of today?s Thanksgiving, didn’t really play a large part in the feast. Other items that may have been on the menu certainly included sea food such as clams and lobster, Indian corn, wild fruits and nuts, meats such as venison and seal and certain dry herbs and spices.

The Thanksgiving meal that has today become a national holiday is a symbol of supply chain cooperation and interaction between English colonists and Native Americans.

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Happy Thanksgiving.

As such, it is not the easiest thing to find suppliers that provide all line items in a generic event that a retailer may want to take to auction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration offers a one hundred and eighty (180) day exclusivity period to generic drug manufacturers in specific cases. During this period only one or sometimes a few generic manufacturers can produce the generic version of a particular drug.

It may be obvious to readers, but requires restating that the principal reason retailers even care about generic drugs is that it can save there customers and insurance companies substantial amounts of money. This does not necessarily help retailers in an era of earning comparisons when a high priced prescription drugs patent expires as sales of the generic equivalent is a negative drain on top line sales.

One benefit to retailers is that it may be relatively easy to drive lower prices of generic medicines over the long term as competition increases among producers once these drugs no longer are protected by patents or exclusivity periods.

Locating suppliers or agents for offshore suppliers is an ongoing task and fairly time consuming when hosting a generic drug event. As such, it is important to have an adequate source of suppliers that you can rely upon. It also helps if you have a list of their products in your database and associated NDA numbers to save time in the discovery process. Ask your solution provider how many generic suppliers they have in their database and what RFI information they have on file for your review.

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