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Managing Risk and Improving Efficiency of the Supply Chain

Up and Running

All of these aforementioned costs increase when you encounter low order volumes, or, put differently, low sales. In fact, you’re more likely to have issues with damage, inventory becoming obsolete, and pilferage during periods of low sales. After all, without inventory you can’t make sales.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

Carl was also worldwide head of stores at Home Depot when Hurricane Katrina hit, running sales out of the backs of trucks and accepting IOUs for payment. We can't make a 5-year plan or a 10-year forecast right now, but we know there are investments we can make today that will set ourselves up for success in the future.