Historically, many people determined their geographic location based on job proximity. Personally, in the past 10 years my wife and I moved from San Francisco to New Jersey to Boston and to Minneapolis in pursuit of new job opportunities. While many jobs will remain locale-based, many will not. In his new book Masters of Scale, … [Read more…]
One approach to problem-solving is to use a program to find the optimized solution. This applies broadly. For example, your problem might be finding the lowest cost location to build a distribution center (DC), finding the right people to add to your team/company, or determining how to get to the local Target. When systems create … [Read more…]
It’s hard to beat the value-add of a good forecast in supply chain. Supply chains are long – thousands of miles with dozens of participants. Without a decent forecast you’ll end up with an abundance of waste in some way, shape, or form. We forecast for manufacturing products, securing transportation capacity, obtaining & using warehouse … [Read more…]