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The strive for efficiency brought to us by lean management made us terribly vulnerable to supply chain breaches. I think it is overdue to recognize a degree of
by jhoechtl 6y ago
The strive for efficiency brought to us by lean management made us terribly vulnerable to supply chain breaches.
I think it is overdue to recognize a degree of slack as a necessity rather than a nuisance.
- inglor_cz 6y agoOne of the problems is that people normally do not want to pay for that slack. Getting them on board with spending more probably needs some convincing. It can be done, see fairtrade coffee/cocoa. (I know that it has some problems, too, but it shows in principle that people can be persuaded to pay more for stuff, if the reason is good enough.)