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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Because switching from JIT to JIC is at best only a tool to address short-term problems and risk. If demand is stable and supply alone is impacted, increasing inventory now (JIC) risks the sting of the bullwhip effect later.

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How to implement a supply chain management system

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What is a supply chain management system? Supply chain management systems are tools that integrate every element of a company’s supply chain to help it become more efficient, effective, and profitable. This is done either with on-premise software, through the cloud, or using a hybrid of both. . Cloud-based software.