Both oxygen and inventory are critical for the survival of humans and businesses, respectively. We take a breath in, and we exhale. We issue purchase orders, receive raw materials, and ship products to customers.
The process of materials flowing through organizations has become autonomic, just like our breathing.
There are significant benefits to autonomic processes. Breathing keeps us alive without thinking. An autonomic materials process flow keeps our operations humming along smoothly while keeping customers satisfied without giving it any thought.
However, with anything good, there are often adverse side effects. Oxygen toxicity is the harmful effect of breathing molecular oxygen (O2) at increased partial ...
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