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3 Signs You're Running an Unsustainable Supply Chain, and How to Fix ItIdentifying these problems can retain customers and keep your business running smoothly.

ByTom Popomaronis

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It doesn't matter what you sell — if your business produces physical goods of any kind — few things are more important than your supply chain. The supply chain encompasses so much more than just shipping a finished product to a customer. It includes obtaining raw materials needed to manufacture your products, maintaining adequate supplies in a warehouse and more.

Needless to say, it requires a complex web of several interconnected activities — one that can involve several different entities. With so many moving parts, however, it can become all too easy for inefficiencies to slip in.

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