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Should You Hire & Fire Fast? Short Answer: NOPE!
Have any of you ever lived and breathed in a company where the motto was: hire and fire fast? I’m sure you have, and I’m positive you’ve experienced the downsides of the approach. We’ve all heard the common reasons for having to move fast in the hiring process.
Can Right Sized Inventory Optimize Kanban Systems?
Kanban directly translates to signboard. It was popularized by Toyota and more directly translates as a signal. At RSI we interpret that as a signal to order! This means there is a trigger to replenish in a certain amount at a given lead time.
Are You Overburdening Workers and Introducing Risk?
Five months into the COVID-19 pandemic I’d had countless conversations with supply chain executives across the globe discussing how they were pivoting operations to deal with the impact. It was clear that due to unavoidable resource reductions, most or all supply chain professionals were being overloaded with additional responsibilities.
Will Right Sized Inventory Keep my Data Secure?
Our first commitment to data security is found in our choice of a cloud services provider. Our service runs with Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Amazon has a strong commitment to cloud security. Its’ cloud is trusted by many Fortune 500 companies and many if not all of the most security sensitive industries including banking and healthcare.
RSI Announces Newest Team Member Ryker Frandsen, Operations Manager
Ryker Frandsen is our new Operations Manager. He has worked in the biotech, automotive, and building product industries. He has significant experience in buying, planning, master scheduling, and inventory management. Notably, he planned the chemistry for COVID-19 PCR testing on automated workstations when the COVID-19 Pandemic started while at Beckman Coulter. He won the 2020 Sales Choice Award from the sales team based on his communication and delivery performance of this crucial product. He also spent significant time as the inventory management team lead as well as planning hardware and service product lines for the Centrifugation and Particle Characterization products.
10 Reasons We Hesitate About Supply-Chain Predictive Analytics
10 Hesitations About Putting Buffer-Inventory Predictive Analytics to Work using supply-chain predictive analytics software.
5 Reasons Businesses Should Use Simulations Instead of Formulas or Algorithms to Determine Optimal Inventory Levels
A startup learning to effectively manage day-to-day demand. A mature Fortune 100 business simply pushing for improvement. Regardless, when a company requires inventory, simulations – not calculations – can accurately determine stock levels. This saves money and resources, allowing the business to spend more time focusing on strategic initiatives.
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