ScottPletcher (8/25/2015)
Check the statistics on the replicated server, make sure they are current (or at least as current as the other servers).
I updated the statistics and the execution time dropped from over 5 minutes down to 3 minutes. Thank you.:-)
Now I need to look into the recommendations made by the other posts.
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