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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

I talked about this in a post way back in 2008: Not Just Asking Why – Five Investigations. For Abnormal Conditions: ACT: These are actions that the leader must take if she finds something that isn’t “as it should be” in the course of the CHECK questions above. Go and see. Go and see for yourself.

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have serious doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, with a considerable proportion of that growth achieved by way of acquisitions. Making Supply Chain Cost Reductions Stick.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

This exercise was done before the monthly planning cycle start. This exercise yield positive results, in terms of planning community getting their confidence back in APO system & overall solution, over a period of time. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. November 2009.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, achieving a considerable portion of that growth by way of acquisitions. Procurement analysis. Supplier communication.

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Supply Chain Management:Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

As was the case last year, the 2012 holiday buying season will be very much about the continued leveraging power of consumers in exercising multi-channel buying preferences and technology-enabled online tools. Of course, my understanding of how this shopping process goes down is very shallow; I am just a student. December 2008.

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Russia’s low-cost influence strategy finds success in Serbia

247 Customs Broker

Since 2008, Moscow has controlled domestic production, too, after Serbia’s national energy company was sold to Gazprom for a bargain price. But Brussels officials, watching Russian actions in Serbia with alarm, say the country’s Western course is hardly guaranteed. Serbia imports 75 percent of its natural gas, all of it from Russia.