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Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Thursday - September 17, 2026: Chips Piled Up in the Warehouse and Still Stuck, Because the Bottleneck Has Moved. Paid

Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Thursday - September 17, 2026: Chips Piled Up in the Warehouse and Still Stuck, Because the Bottleneck Has Moved.

AI infrastructure has chips in stock yet still stalls. Every system is limited by one constraint at a time, and fixing it only moves the bottleneck elsewhere.

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Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Tuesday - September 15, 2026: Why No One Can Move a Factory Overnight. Paid

Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Tuesday - September 15, 2026: Why No One Can Move a Factory Overnight.

Apple is ramping iPhone assembly in India, yet a new plant cannot match a mature one in China overnight. Cost, speed and yield come from accumulated learning, not copied equipment.

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The Operational Excellence Tools Series | #69: EV Plants Go Idle: The Price of Building Capacity Faster Than Demand. Founding

The Operational Excellence Tools Series | #69: EV Plants Go Idle: The Price of Building Capacity Faster Than Demand.

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Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Thursday - September 10, 2026: Amazon Raises 2026 Holiday Surcharges: When Price Becomes A Peak Load Tool. Paid

Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Thursday - September 10, 2026: Amazon Raises 2026 Holiday Surcharges: When Price Becomes A Peak Load Tool.

Amazon quietly published higher holiday surcharges. Seen as operations rather than a money grab, price becomes a tool to spread peak load.

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Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Tuesday - September 08, 2026: Made in Time, Delivered Too Late. Paid

Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Tuesday - September 08, 2026: Made in Time, Delivered Too Late.

Standing at the loading dock behind an AI data center, the piece looks at what happens after chips are made: why output produced on time can still be delivered too late.

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The Operational Excellence Tools Series | #68: A $186 Million Late Fee: Samsung's Record Claim Puts Demurrage On Trial. Founding

The Operational Excellence Tools Series | #68: A $186 Million Late Fee: Samsung's Record Claim Puts Demurrage On Trial.

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Case Study 1
Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Thursday - September 03, 2026: Every Big Change Gets Worse Before It Gets Better. Paid

Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Thursday - September 03, 2026: Every Big Change Gets Worse Before It Gets Better.

The US has about $1.97 trillion in manufacturing investment commitments, yet early September 2026 shows a paradox. Why big operational changes get worse before they get better.

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Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Tuesday - September 01, 2026: Announcing Is Easy, Building Is Hard. Paid

Operational Excellence (OPEX) Insight – Tuesday - September 01, 2026: Announcing Is Easy, Building Is Hard.

Private US manufacturing investment commitments are tracked at about $1.97 trillion. Announcements make headlines; turning them into working capacity is the hard part.

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The Operational Excellence Tools Series | #67: Rethink Where You Make It. Founding

The Operational Excellence Tools Series | #67: Rethink Where You Make It.

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