Jeannie McCarron

May 4, 2023 | evolllution.com | Jeannie McCarron |Barry Darnell |Alissa Levine |Nicholas Vaught

Very quickly, just-in-time logistics went from a treasured tenet of lean manufacturing to the scrutinized subject of its own value analysis. It was March 2020. A stormy sequence of pandemic-induced shutdowns and lockdowns had begun. The once seamless process of procuring many modern-life staples would soon be challenged. Delays and other difficulties set in. Shortages affected raw materials and the finished products that depended on them, from timber to toilet paper.