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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

VTech drove significant improvement in operating margin through the recession of 2007-2009 and then drove improvement in both inventory margin and operating margin for the period of 2010-2012 with some regression in the period of 2013-2015. The first presented in June 2001 outlined where we were in supply chain and what we needed to do.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

Further, if one does a Google search on data science groups in private industry, numerous large industry groups formed just since 2007 appear. This problem starts with sales forecasting, which in e-commerce is even more difficult than at the store-level. The answer is not more pay, more time off, buying foosball tables, or free coffee.