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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. A crisis of this magnitude creates a mind-boggling supply chain and logistics challenge. Of those 60 million people, 19.5 million were refugees.

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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

We are privileged to be tackling problems from the biggest canals to supply chains that extend to Mars. The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. The only real metric that ticks for an Entrepreneur is burn rate. Don’t get me wrong.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

We are privileged to be tackling problems from the biggest canals to supply chains that extend to Mars. The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. Trips to places like Iraq made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

We are privileged to be tackling problems from the biggest canals to supply chains that extend to Mars. The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. The only real metric that ticks for an Entrepreneur is burn rate. Don’t get me wrong.