With labor, plastics, chips, cans and many other global shortages, demand is far greater than supply for many manufacturers. The question is: How best do …
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Allocation of Insufficient Supply
Category Archives: Current-Events
JIT is NOT the Problem!
The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times are fact-based high-quality newspapers. Each has acquired ‘political leanings’ in some of their writing, but for …
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Your Age of Discontinuity
I wish we would all quit acting like everything was “normal,” implying steady and predictable, before Covid. It’s like we’ve all decided to recall “the …
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How to Learn From Experience
Well, you’ve certainly had a chance to see just how strong your supply chain is, as well as how well your organization can plan and …
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Covid Uncertainty in 2021
In a recent webinar, attendees responded to a poll by answering that uncertainty around Covid is one of the biggest concerns about 2021. It shouldn’t …
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How Contract Manufacturers Can Thrive
Manufacturers typically fall into three categories: those with proprietary products sold under their brand names, those who contract manufacture for others, and those who do both. …
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How are Global Supply Chain, Covid Vaccine Distribution, and China Changing Now?
An exception to our 6 minute limit, this 30 minute podcast addresses “what are current supply chain conditions internationally?” “What is the challenge with vaccine …
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Vaccine Distribution Is Not That Difficult
Now that approved vaccines for Covid-19 exist, why is it so difficult to get them from the manufacturers into the hands of those who inject, …
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Thank You
The words “thank you,” said with honest energy mean a lot to the person receiving them. This has been one heck of a year for …
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Are Your Leading Indicators Leading You?
Your business has metrics that you invest in recording and considering. In normal times you know generally how to interpret them. You can quickly perceive …
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