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A “Swiss Army Knife” of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student

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He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. He became a director at that point, working with sales planning, inventory planning, and financial planning, and pulling together the Sales and Operations Planning team, as well as introducing new products and eliminating obsolescence.

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SCRC Meeting – Tom Linton’s “Supply Chain Eight” and Golden Winged Warblers : Questions Every New CSCO Should Ask Their CEO

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When it is not in motion, it is classified as inventory. But this took time – we had to “defrag” our supply chain, and eventually I learned we had 59 days of inventory. A simple chart was used to depict inventory, with the size of the indicative of the amount of cash tied up in that inventory. Likely, yes.

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We Need Supply Chain Immunity, not Resiliency: A Position Paper

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For example, companies like Amazon are constructing massive distribution centers outside of major hubs like Atlanta, Raleigh, and Chicago, and are building them with direct access to on-ramps that go onto interstate highways built in the 1950s. What we need is a plan for ongoing and persistent immunity.