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Question: If you can only have one distribution center, where do you put it to minimize total lead times to customers (based on U.S population spread)?

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Henderson, KY, according to the latest analysis from Chicago Consulting, which does this analysis each year. That is a change in 2009 from the long-time best single site of Bloomington, IN. Chicago Consulting says the switch from Bloomington to Henderson was driven by higher than average growth rates in Southeast-Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina.