The Japanese earthquake exposed the risks of Just-in-Time inventory management practices. Using J-I-T, some companies have lowered their days in inventory from (more…)
Archive for April, 2011
Just in Time: Sometimes is Just in Never
Thursday, April 28th, 2011Cash flow has become cash stop for some
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011Are your vendors demanding quicker payments while (more…)
Is this the Correct Pricing Strategy?
Saturday, April 16th, 2011Novartis’s MS drug, Gilenya, was introduced a few months ago. And it triggered (more…)
A New Conglomerate: Take a Picture of This
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Fujifilm is buying two drug manufacturing units (facilities that make biological products used in vaccines and drugs) from Merck. Yes, you heard (more…)
Divestitures and Good Decisions
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011In the mid-2000s, ITT had approximately 60 independent business units from industries ranging from defense to water treatment. Count ‘em: 60.
The question one has to ask is (more…)
