How much did recent layoffs really cost the economy? Billions. Lots of billions.

This is part two of “A Tesla Back of the Envelope.” The point of BOTE is to boil down complex issues by applying simple math along with...

EkaLore uses “Back Of The Envelope” as a short-cut analytical technique to test conclusions, use guesses that are “good enough”, and...

China just raised your prices 3 Few things have been more exciting over the last few years than managing inventory. Shifts in behavior...

EkaLore's posted recently on inflation and how it's affecting enterprise operations. Our goal in these articles is to go a layer deeper...

EkaLore has run a series of articles on the impacts of inflation across the enterprise. Our previous post in this series dealt with...

If you sell to people who eat, your prices are going up! The rush to ban or reduce Russian Natural Gas is going to push food prices up....

This is the fourth post about the implications of Europe’s proposed partial ban on Russian Natural Gas. EkaLore’s BOTE articles convert...

Back Of The Envelope (BOTE) posts pull together basic industry facts and use simplified models to help outline challenges and...

The current geopolitical conflict is pushing the EU to consider banning Russian Natural Gas. What does this mean for Europe? The world?...

Back of the Envelopes are designed to be oversimplified calculations that reveal bigger truths. Today's topic is customer acquisition...

The ‘supply chain crisis’ is used by media, politicians, and enterprises to describe why desirable goods and materials are not getting to...

In our last post, EkaLore discussed the sheer magnitude of Amazon’s retail business revenue and its investments in that business. This...

Bookseller takes on retail and tech heavyweights Amazon’s startling financial performance is allowing it to become an Alien Invader in...

Our last BOTE provided an estimate of what Tesla might be able to gain as an Alien in the California electricity marketplace. Tesla is...

Our last Back Of The Envelope Post introduced the idea that Tesla is a classic Alien Invader to the Electric Utility market. Tesla is an...

BOTE’s are a way of cutting through complex industry jargon by oversimplifying to extract a bigger truth. When you hear the word Utility,...

Our last Back Of The Envelope focused on Amazon’s money. Today we look at Amazon from an operational perspective. Amazon is striving to...

Relentlessly oversimplifying in search of a bigger truth Are 1,000,000 Containers for Amazon clogging logistics? Is Amazon responsible...