An effective operation may have bad days, but they are a rarity. When you walk through operations, is the angst palpable? Clearly that swamp monster …
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Is Expediting Your SCM Strategy?
While the worst of the supply chain fiasco of 2020-2022 is behind us, elements certainly continue to challenge us daily. What we should have done …
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Instead of Innovation
As fast as the world turns these days, it is not easy to stay abreast of the latest concepts and management trends. While it is …
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Two Levels of Operational Effectiveness
You’ve all heard that great strategy with poor execution is no better than poor strategy with great execution. Operational effectiveness requires excellence at both levels. …
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Becoming Resilient
There are business buzzwords, and then there are important business concepts you cannot afford to ignore. Resilience is one of the latter. Resilience emanates from …
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Please Stop Building Inventory!
It was not that long ago that most manufacturers and distributors carried entirely too much inventory. The drag on cash flow was never offset by …
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Building Your Strategic Mindset
Strategy is one of those important business concepts that many cannot recognize, develop or implement, yet businesses that endure have mastered. “Growth” is not a …
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Digital Transformation: Blockchain
It is always smart to start with a business case before deciding to move forward with a specific technology in your digital transformation. The same …
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Wouldn’t It Be Nice to Know?
We’d love to know of any problems with incoming supplies in time to either fix them, or make them irrelevant to our needs today. But …
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Supply Chain Strengths
We’ve been living with a global pandemic for two years now. Those looking for some “new normal” may not realize this is it, at least …
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