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Working What We Have vs. Changing What We Work With

We who are supply chain managers have their hands full doing their jobs.  The problem is we work with what we only have.   Executives of enterprises determine our scopes; executives also decide what resources & assets we will have at our disposal or have authority over.  Supply chains extend beyond the borders of enterprises, andContinue reading “Working What We Have vs. Changing What We Work With”

Pursuing Perfection Beyond the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)

An ad promotes an Internet Service Provider’s (ISP) subscription plans.  On the bottom in small fine print is written “30% minimum speed at 80& reliability.” The Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in a memorandum in 2011 mandated that ISPs should provide at least 80% service reliability to customers:  An ISP therefore should be able toContinue reading “Pursuing Perfection Beyond the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)”