On March 24th I ran a screen looking for "lean" inventory planning, after seeing companies like A.O. Smith beat earnings estimates handily due to overly conservative inventory levels contributing to ...

Years ago, Tim Cook streamlined Apple’s supply chain for maximum efficiency, which allows the company to minimize inventory risk in many ways. But it's not a system without downsides. In this segment ...

Lean management programs are no longer restricted to a narrow segment of manufacturing companies. A wide range of medium-sized and large companies from different industries have deployed, to varying ...

Used-vehicle prices are falling, inventory is still difficult to acquire, and economic conditions continue to weaken. These are challenging times for independent dealers. In times like these, ...

Empty grocery store shelves in April 2020 and bare car dealerships in 2021 led to a lot of finger pointing. And much of the blame fell on lean inventory or just-in-time supply chain management.

Today we want to look at the negative impact that inventory can have upon our profits and performance. Consider a few examples of our inventory “gone wild.” Inventory management is admittedly one of ...

Kanban is an inventory scheduling system that allows companies to stock only needed components and arts in the production or distribution process. Lean manufacturing systems use the Kanban as a ...

Inventory levels of key items in the technology industry's supply chain---components like semiconductors, hard drives and interconnects---are very lean, according to a report by Goldman Sachs. These ...

In the 1990s, Tim Cook shifted Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to an incredibly efficient, contract-based manufacturing model. In this segment from the Industry Focus: Tech podcast, Dylan Lewis and Evan Niu talk ...