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Shortages aplenty: Is Lean the problem or the answer?

The recent supply chain crisis has led some to question whether companies have taken “Lean Thinking” and just-in-time inventory too far. In reality, it may be that we are not fully understanding and applying Lean concepts properly.
December 15, 2021
Thomas Goldsby and Robert Martichenko
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The recent supply chain crisis has led some to question whether companies have taken “Lean Thinking” and just-in-time inventory too far. In reality, it may be that we are not fully understanding and applying Lean concepts properly.


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Podcasts

Top 10 Supply Chain Threats: David Shillingford of Everstream Analytics on supply and component shortages

It’s the rare industry that hasn’t been touched by supply and component shortages these past six months. Everything from semiconductors to paper to can bodies has been in tight supply. Here’s how companies are responding.
December 14, 2021
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It’s the rare industry that hasn’t been touched by supply and component shortages these past six months. Everything from semiconductors to paper to can bodies has been in tight supply. Here’s how companies are responding.


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The changing landscape of omnichannel fulfillment

The pandemic-driven surge in e-commerce has left virtually no aspect of the retail supply chain untouched, forcing retail leaders to rethink everything. A new survey by the MIT CTL examines some of the changes they've made and the challenges that remain.
December 13, 2021
Dr. Eva Ponce
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The pandemic-driven surge in e-commerce has left virtually no aspect of the retail supply chain untouched, forcing retail leaders to rethink everything. A new survey by the MIT CTL examines some of the changes they've made and the challenges that remain.


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Top 10 Supply Chain Threats: Sean Maharaj from Aarete on the threat of holiday peak season stress

The 2021 holiday peak shipping season looks to be even more stressful than ever before as tight capacity, congestion, and factory shutdowns due to Covid outbreaks threaten to slow down the gift-giving supply chain. What can shippers do to prepare?
November 30, 2021
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The 2021 holiday peak shipping season looks to be even more stressful than ever before as tight capacity, congestion, and factory shutdowns due to Covid outbreaks threaten to slow down the gift-giving supply chain. What can shippers do to prepare?  


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