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  • Mind your costs
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    Mind your costs

    ByJoseph Paris September 22, 2021February 18, 2026

    I recently came off a project with a metal fabrication company that was in severe distress. I was originally introduced to the company in October of 2020 by a mentor of the owner who thought they could use my help.  At the time, the owner believed he had the situation under control; he did not. …

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  • Supercharged Supply Chain; Resiliency
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    Supercharged Supply Chain; Resiliency

    ByXONITEK January 25, 2021September 29, 2025

    In this episode of Supercharged Supply Chain, Ron and Joseph will discuss the notion of “resiliency”.  How to build a robust enough supply chain so that any shocks can be recognized before they become a critical threat and, if the threats become a reality, how can a company best prepare to cope and avoid possible…

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  • Supercharged Supply Chain; Supply Chains in a VUCA World
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    Supercharged Supply Chain; Supply Chains in a VUCA World

    ByXONITEK December 1, 2020September 29, 2025

    Our supply chains operate in a world that is full of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity; a VUCA world where; V = Volatility: there is a lack of stability with what being known today changes often without warning. U = Uncertainty: there is a lack of knowing all of the variables and being able to accurately predict operating conditions….

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  • Post COVID-19; Not a Brave New World
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    Post COVID-19; Not a Brave New World

    ByJoseph Paris September 29, 2020February 18, 2026

    By any definition, by any stretch of the imagination, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a transformational event that has affected, either directly or indirectly (probably both) each and every person on the planet.  That the “story” of COVID-19 is being knocked off the front page by the media (like “climate change” before it) and replaced…

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  • COVID-19; Blame is for God and Small Children
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    COVID-19; Blame is for God and Small Children

    ByJoseph Paris May 26, 2020February 18, 2026

    Unless you are a person that firmly believes there will be a second wave – or even that there might be a second wave –  the reactions and measures taken to the COVID-19 pandemic are starting to calm down and the world is beginning to unwind the measures that have been put in place; albeit…

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  • The Risks that go with Globalization
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    The Risks that go with Globalization

    ByJoseph Paris April 20, 2020February 18, 2026

    It is undoubtedly and incontrovertibly true that global extreme poverty has declined as capitalism has driven globalization – the trade between and among nations – to increase over time.  Certainly, there are arguments to be made that the growth in wealth has also been increasingly concentrated in the hands of fewer people, but the world…

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