When Polaroid shuttered its factories, Mr. Phelps rushed to his nearest supplier, buying as much of the 8-by-10 film as his bank account could afford.
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Order from the nearest supplier.
Furthermore, Arist's engineering team is located in Hong Kong, near suppliers and original equipment manufacturers.
It takes seven to ten days to ship liquefied natural gas from Western Australia to customers in Asia, which is about half the time it takes from the nearest alternative suppliers, in the Middle East.
Broadly speaking, Akamai needs servers near the consumers of content, whereas Exodus puts its farms near the suppliers of content.
Many companies would be freer to choose their location, as better communications meant they would no longer need to be near their suppliers or customers.
GM has evident problems of its own notably the rocketing cost of pensions, health care, lay-off pay and the need to rescue near-bankrupt suppliers.
In 1961 Isamu Noguchi, the celebrated Asian-American sculptor, moved there to be near stone suppliers and metal fabricators, into a building that would later became his museum.
So even though he wouldn't go near auto suppliers, he picked up bonds from KAR Holdings, which owns a used car auctioneer.
