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Down in the planning department, tens of thousands of euros too much is invested every day in inventory or too little in delivery readiness and therefore turnover because employees are left alone with poorly configured ERP systems and are unable to make their machines more efficient on their own. Do you think it&#8217;s time to change heads? This is what many of these companies are doing: the dispatchers have to go. Do you think this is correct? We are interested in your opinion. Slice me at <a href=\"mailto:akemmner@ak-online.de\">akemmner@ak-online.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While old engines burn tons of oil down in the engine room and half of the energy is blown across the moving sea as soot, the captain sits on the bridge and carefully ensures that no oil is spilled when refilling the oil lamps. A bit weird, isn&#8217;t it? But practice in many companies! 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