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What Supply Chain Risks are Threatening Your Company?

Enterra Insights

”[1] The report focused on four key metrics: supplier criticality, supplier financial risk, global sourcing risk, and foreign exchange risk. If you are an upstream supplier or a downstream retailer, different metrics must also be considered. Having a risk management plan in place and exercising it are essential.

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

ThroughPut

At best theoretical, the exercises helped me understand how better throughput was a prerequisite for additional output. 3 years ago, ThroughPut was an LLC out of a basement in Pennsylvania. Time: I would look at business flow metrics more closely, and clearly assess if the numbers I am seeing are in line with industry standards.

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

ThroughPut

At best theoretical, the exercises helped me understand how better throughput was a prerequisite for additional output. 3 years ago, ThroughPut was an LLC out of a basement in Pennsylvania. Time: I would look at business flow metrics more closely, and clearly assess if the numbers I am seeing are in line with industry standards.