Great vision inspires great effort, sometimes turning the improbable into life-changing reality. This is the story of one man's desire to bring reliable and inexpensive phone service to the people of India and the supply-chain effort that helped make it happen.

Fast-growing Dollar General Corp. undercuts Wal-Mart on prices, even as it spends heavily on new systems to enhance transportation, warehousing and supplier links.

Macna, the American seller of high-end industrial boilers from France, eyes the lucrative residential market - with the help of a logistics and warehousing partner.

Improvements in warehousing and transportation have created a profit center at the publisher's centralized distribution facility.

A Conversation with West Marine Senior Vice Presidents Larry Smith and Patrick Murphy

The hypermarket pioneer, in a supply-chain overhaul, centralizes purchasing and outsources distribution-center management.