Baby formula crisis in the US: myopic production planning
The United States is deep in the throes of a nationwide baby formula shortage. Myopic production planning magnified by the absence of safety stocks are only two pieces of the puzzle at...
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Ralf W. Seifert
Ralf W. Seifert is Professor of Operations Management at IMD and co-author of The Digital Supply Chain Challenge: Breaking Through. He directs IMD’s Strategic Supply Chain Leadership (SSCL) program, which addresses both traditional supply chain strategy and implementation issues as well as digitalization trends and the impact of new technologies.
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Take the circular route to curbing over-production
March 21, 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Yara Kayyali Elalem, Işık Biçer in Audio articles • 6 min read
Cutting lead times, incentivizing local production and repurposing excess stock would have a huge positive impact on the environment, explain Ralf W Seifert, Yara Kayyali Elalem and Işik Biçer...
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