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Retail Untangled
Episode 40: Retail’s ant-to-elephant problem - When growth breaks the supply chain model
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Is your retail business growing so fast that it’s secretly breaking? In this episode of Retail Untangled, host Amie Larter sits down with Peter Jones, MD of Prological Consulting, to uncover the "ant-to-elephant" problem—why the agile operating models that drive early growth turn into heavy, chaotic bottlenecks as you scale.
Learn how creeping inventory costs, warehouse chaos, and delayed orders are actually symptoms of an elephant operating on ant legs, and discover actionable strategies to reengineer your supply chain, leverage automation, and navigate trade-offs. Stream now to fix hidden operational constraints, unlock explosive growth, and make your supply chain dance!