Watch the following PBS Frontline documentary "America's Medical Supply Crisis" and respond to the prompt below: pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/americas-medical-supply-crisis How do the assertions made about Just-in-Time and Lean Operations in our reading for this week (Chapter 14 of the textbook) square with the bitter experience of running out of essential medical equipment (PPE, masks, ventilators etc.) and the large number of deaths that resulted? Are JIT & Lean Operations principles to blame? Can we continue to think of inventory as depicted in Figure 14.3 (page 621) of our textbook: as concealing underlying problems such as bottlenecks, waste, poor timing etc. and that once these problems are addressed, inventory levels can be pared down to a minimum? What insights have you gleaned about supply chains from this week's reading and documentary? What were some significant supplychain-related experiences at your workplace that you could share with the rest of the class?

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