Get a handle on the truth about planning and be sure to include some plans for making the most of today instead of worrying aimlessly about the future.

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Industrial producers and land planners should draw some lessons from the natural disasters of 2011 about where to site factories and supply chain partners as well as making plans to detect and rapidly recover from the risks of future shortages of critical products for our modern digital world.

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