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How Supply Chain Resilience Beats Efficiency
For decades, global business operated on a single axiom: efficiency is king. Just-in-time manufacturing and lean inventory saved billions but left multinational corporations fragile when the world stopped moving. Today, with the trade-weighted US dollar index hovering around one hundred eighteen point one, that model is breaking. We explore why companies are trading margin for resilience, shifting from just-in-time to just-in-case strategies. This episode examines the hidden costs of speed versus the insurance value of slack in the supply chain, using real-world logistics shifts observed as…
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