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Sustaining Debt Market Resilience Under Growing Pressure Global debt markets are navigating a difficult terrain. Geopolitical tensions, trade disputes, and an uncertain macroeconomic environment are adding pressure to already stretched markets. But debt markets have been resilient so far. This stability, however, masks deeper structural developments. The cost of long-term borrowing has risen, and the…
This is a big and touchy topic, I know. I intend only to begin a dialog, not present an exhaustive treatise. First, let me define what I mean by “safety stock,” or SS: Not the restrictive, MRP-specific adder to gross requirements, but the general concept of buffer inventory. SS, determined correctly and optimally, protects against random variations…
Throughput is not the goal. Aligned throughput is. In product development, speed is often mistaken for progress. Teams push for faster cycles, more prototypes, and quicker releases. Calendars fill. Backlogs move. Hours increase. Yet despite visible effort, schedules slip and quality erodes. This is not primarily an execution failure. It is a capacity design failure….
Bloomberg reports that sometime next year, the Federal Reserve will likely face an unusual confluence of economic circumstances. One of its mandates, full employment, will call for monetary policy to tighten relatively quickly. On the other hand, inflation, will suggest it should stay loose. How should the Fed weigh these competing goals? It may want…
How to move from simply measuring customer satisfaction to taking action that drives growth. Many companies measure and report the purported satisfaction or loyalty of their customers. However, the ‘metric’ is just the introduction to the many stories your customers have to tell. The real power is inside these stories and what you do with them…
ByEd Giles
In the October 2007 installment of “Synchronization”, I wrote an article which gave an overview of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and the benefits of using the technology. Savings in time and paperwork along with the ability to quickly send and receive information are some of the best reasons to embark on an EDI solution. However, the one thing that needs…
