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Bill’s Building Blocks Supply Chain Resiliency - February 2023
Have you noticed things go seriously wrong when two or more interruptions cascade. On a cold day you misplace your keys in a different jacket, then lock yourself out of the house without the jacket. The ATM has a hiccup; your bank deposit goes into the wrong account, and your bank account is overdra...
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Bill's Building Blocks - January 2023 - Loose Change
Bill’s Building Blocks - January 2023Loose Change
Apparently retail does not want to deal with paper money or loose change anymore! I had these experiences in just the past week. After delivering my order a pizza parlor in the new Amtrak food court at Penn Station New York told me to ei...
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Unambiguous Delivery - December 2022
Bill’s Building Blocks - December 2022Unambiguous Delivery
The villas were arranged in neat rows of attached residences five in each row. To create a better sense of community a sidewalk connected the front doors of one row with the front doors of the next row. And a street connected the gara...
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Capacity Obstacles to Meeting Changing Customer Demand - November 2022
My daughter owns a small franchise out west that introduces sports and fitness basics to preschoolers. Her instructors, besides being great with children, need to be organized, responsible, and reliable in order to visit multiple day care and school locations during the week. Like many businesses to...
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Demand and Supply Velocity and Variability - October 2022
Bill’s Building Blocks - October 2022Demand and Supply Velocity and Variability
You can relate to this. Your monthly paycheck is deposited into your checking account from which you issue a regular monthly payment for your electric bill. This cycle of receiving pay and making a payment is repe...
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