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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

The period of 2007-2008 was the downturn of the recession while the period of 2009-2013 marked the recovery. The source of this data is a syndicated data provider of public reporting termed “Y-Charts.”). Days of Inventory Peer Group Across Time Periods.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. source: thebalance.com. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation? It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! War on Terror.

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COVID-19’s Immediate Impact on the Automotive Supplier Industry

QAD

What’s more, during the great recession of 2007-09, only major automakers like GM and Chrysler got bailouts – this time, many expect suppliers will once again be denied bailouts and be forced into declaring bankruptcy. Quarantine Measures Halt Supplier Production. Bailouts for Automotive Suppliers are Unlikely.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Recession?

Enterra Insights

Arntzen, the former executive director of the supply chain management program at MIT, recently republished an article he penned 2009, during the Great Recession. There have been eight official recessions (including the one that began in December 2007) in the last 50 years. True, we don’t know when they will happen. ”[5].

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Reviewing the Hottest Cryptocurrencies!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The concept of cryptocurrencies was introduced in 2002 at the very first glance, and in 2007, Nick Szabo conceptualized cryptographic cash named bit gold. In the year 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto released the foremost software of bitcoin. Visit the [link] for more information on bitcoin trading.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

In our recent analysis of supply chains that are “working well” , we find higher performance when companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the supply chain organization. The analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession. Resiliency.

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Labor Strike Targeting the Three U.S. Automakers- Update Two

Supply Chain Matters

Some progress has been disclosed, specifically that Ford has agreed to reinstate cost-of-living wage adjustments that were eliminated in 2009, along with what is described as an enhanced profit sharing element to wage structure. According to reporting from Bloomberg , direct labor costs for Tesla’s U.S. Thus, some U.S.