What is the best inventory strategy to manage the risk of a supply interruption? Will the COVID-19 pandemic change our minds about the wisdom of continually driving down inventory targets to reduce working capital costs, especially during the last quarter of the fiscal year? During the hurricane season of 2005 that included Katrina, chemical …
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Our normal mode of operation here at Profit Point is to work virtually from our homes. We travel to client sites as needed and get the Profit Point team together face to face several times a year. Our last face to face meeting was in December 2019. This seems like forever and a day ago, …
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Giving Back to the Communities We Live and Work In This has always been part of our mission statement here at Profit Point. We are living in an uncertain time right now, and we are all shifting our behavior. One thing that has been inspiring to me is how much we are becoming a global …
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Disruptions in Multiple Supply Chains Are Happening Now “Reports on how the Covid-19 outbreak is affecting supply chains and disrupting manufacturing operations around the world are increasing daily. But the worst is yet to come.” by Pierre Haren and David Simchi-Levi.” Harvard Business Review, February 28, 2020 “Analysis has shown that for most companies, the …
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