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Together, an electrical distributor and a tech company harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to address the persistent challenge of lead time variability.

This column will introduce a lead-time metric that has seen 20 years of successful application in industry and fits-to-a-T what is needed for Next Generation Lean. This inclusion of suppliers and ...

A seamless supply chain system incorporates shorter lead-time technologies to improve overall efficiency and customer satisfaction. Lead time in the supply chain is the time that elapses between when ...