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Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Enterra Insights

Osterholm wrote in Foreign Affairs magazine that, ‘the arrival of a pandemic influenza would trigger a reaction that would change the world overnight.’ Cognitive systems can use data all sorts of data (geographic, health, sales, political, etc.) ’ As dooming (and now prescient) as those words were, Dr. .

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What Entrepreneur Media Wouldn’t Publish about ThroughPut: Why Industrial Operations Bottleneck Elimination is the World’s Greatest Mission

ThroughPut

So when Entrepreneur Magazine approached us to contribute a piece focusing on bottlenecks, I thought this was finally the stage to reveal the real purpose of ThroughPut. This is what ended up getting published in Entrepreneur Magazine. Inventory as a liability and not an asset was a big epiphany for impacting cash flows.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

Arkieva

Arrange your inventory based on how often you need to use it. View the full post or view the snippet below: Over the last 5 years, I have seen many companies launching inventory reduction programs. Our definition of Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SiOP) at Solventure contains the following steps: Read More ».

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The Current State of Bottleneck Management and What Companies Need to Do to Improve

ThroughPut

This article was originally published in Entrepreneur Magazine. Dating back to 2009, bottleneck elimination came in the form of chemical engineering homework sets examining flow rates, pumps, and other levers. Inventory as a liability and not an asset was a big epiphany for impacting cash flows. Not Silicon Valley disruption.

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Reverse Logistics: Who Does it Well?

Logistics Bureau

They may recall inventory from retailers or reprocess it because it has passed its sell-by date or demand is insufficient. As market and buying trend data becomes more abundant and IT systems more connected, retailers can better estimate demand and adapt their ordering. They may have ordered more than they need. Forecast demand better.