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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. On September 5, 163 metric tons of relief supplies arrived via air shipments, including 86 tons of high-energy biscuits, 30,000 blankets, 25,000 sleeping mats, and 1,000 solar lanterns.

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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. The number of jobs, defects, cash conversion cycle, and output targets from operations were flipped to other metrics to hit for investment into ThroughPut. Entrepreneurship was and is no different. Don’t get me wrong.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. The number of jobs, defects, cash conversion cycle, and output targets from operations were flipped to other metrics to hit for investment into ThroughPut. The fight for money. Entrepreneurship was and is no different.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. The number of jobs, defects, cash conversion cycle, and output targets from operations were flipped to other metrics to hit for investment into ThroughPut. Entrepreneurship was and is no different. Don’t get me wrong.