John Boyd

Nov 13, 2024 | thescxchange.com | Ben Ames |John Boyd |Dan Gilmore

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Nov 7, 2024 | thescxchange.com | Zachary Rogers |Ben Ames |John Boyd |Dan Gilmore

“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Mark Twain said this about himself in 1897, but 127 years later the same sentiment could be applied to the concept of just-in-time (JIT) inventory management. During the supply chain crunch of 2020–2021, firms struggled to build up inventories sufficient to meet demand. This led to speculation that firms should move away from JIT management and toward a just-in-case (JIC) model.

Oct 31, 2023 | abqjournal.com | John Boyd

Headline from the October 22 Journal: "PRC examiner's behavior raises concerns." The article's opening paragraphs described how, in the current PNM rate case before the PRC, a hearing examiner had initially angrily refused to allow a lawyer who was just doing her job to lodge an objection. The article then veered into PNM-protecting propaganda.