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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

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Because switching from JIT to JIC is at best only a tool to address short-term problems and risk. She considered where she could get more, factoring in that it was Saturday night at 10:00 pm, she lived alone in Kansas City, and she’d be driving by herself. JIT isn’t the main problem, and JIC isn’t a solution. on-time delivery).

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from purchased energy. Over the past year the food giant’s focus has been on establishing tools and resources to support suppliers in their value chain to drive emissions reduction.