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The last dance of Just-in-Time?

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Giovanni

A Tsunami struck Japan in March 2011 generating a collapse of Toyota supply chain. Starting in 2011, Toyota decided to completely revise its famous Toyota Production System and forced suppliers to hold a few months’ worth of inventory, threatening the entire philosophy of Just-in-Time. In 2015, Toyota was satisfied of its revised production system and ready to deal with future hits. Toyota didn’t know that the second biggest earthquake in the modern history of Japan would soon arrive.

Printing [War]Toys: Military’s Use of 3-D Printing to Improve Supply Chain

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Alvaro Rodriguez

3-D Printing has the potential to significantly impact the military's supply chain: it can significantly reduce their costs, lead times, and inventory levels. Some even say that as the technology improves, it will disrupt the Military-Industrial complex.

A New Approach to Infrastructure Construction

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Sam Mason

Autodesk is leading the digitalization efforts in the construction industry by developing software products that help companies manage two distinct aspects of the supply chain: labor and materials.

ZARA: Sprinting past traditional retail

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Anna Marie Wagner

ZARA has developed a large-scale, super-fast supply chain to allow it to capitalize on trends as soon as they happen.

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just-in-time

The last dance of Just-in-Time?

Printing [War]Toys: Military’s Use of 3-D Printing to Improve Supply Chain

A New Approach to Infrastructure Construction

ZARA: Sprinting past traditional retail