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Managerial Practice Will Need to Catch up with the Emergence of Real-time Supply Chains

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Working capital is generally in the form of inventory, which is an asset that doesn’t produce any revenue or cash. A metaphor is that of reducing friction, which increases flow, where friction includes all of the typical delays and problems that slow material flows and increase inventory. These principles are not new.