<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/lean_does_not_survive_contact.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><title>Lean Does Not Survive Contact</title><description>For those of us who study inventory and supply chain resilience, Admiral Samuel Paparo's April 2026 INDOPACOM posture statement is a useful artifact.</description><pubDate>05/20/2026</pubDate><image><img src="https://walton.uark.edu/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/images/matt_scmrc_13_913x485_72dpi.jpg" alt="A world map at night shows glowing, interconnected lines with bright nodes across continents, symbolizing global communication or internet networks."/></image><author>Matt Waller</author><tags><tag>scmrpost</tag></tags></item>