The Lean Post – Just two weeks ago the news media was filled with pictures of a gigantic container ship that ran aground and blocked the entire width of the Suez Canal for almost a week, delaying nearly $10 billion in cargo a day. This vulnerability in the world’s supply chain prompted the New York Times to proclaim that we have an “excessive reliance on just-in-time manufacturing.” Ken Eakin says, “It’s Time to See JIT as a Hero Rather than a Villian”…
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