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Cycle Inventory in Supply Chain Management

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

As we were studying logistics and supply chain, something occurred to me: why couldn’t we simply order a lot so that we have enough inventory for a long period of time? It follows the following formula: A lot size (or batch size): Q : is the quantity that a stage of supply chain either produces or purchases at a specific time.

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Sustainability and due diligence laws force action

Logistics Business Magazine

Studies show: One of the biggest challenges companies in industrialised countries currently face is a shortage of workers. Managers must have a handle on “batch size 1” production and delivery, master the returns business, and have a last-mile solution in place. Human resources management becomes more important.

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Mobilisation in the Information Technology Era

Logistics in War

This is the exciting world of three-D printing where production batch sizes can be small or on-demand without impacting production efficiency. That is why the study of issues of preparation and conduct of informational actions is the most important task of [contemporary] military science.”(Google Google Translate).