When Larry Breen worked as a supply-chain manager for a supermarket, dealing with perishable goods came with an easy solution: you stick a yellow label on the item and sell it off for cheaper, in a win-win outcome for broke student customers.
Now, Breen is chief commercial officer for Irish software company NearForm, and as part of a new project, he is working on an app to improve the management of inventory and resource allocation for COVID-19 vaccines around the world. This time, to fix glitches in the supply chain, yellow stickers and a discount won’t exactly cut it.