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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Global Impact on the US oil pipeline supply chain configuration
An article in the New York Times (17 Nov, 2011) describes the ripple effect of decreased Venezuelean crude supply (due to the political stress in Venezuelan-US relations) on capacity utilization at Texas refineries that process heavy crude. The alternative crude … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Design, Global, Service, Supply Chain
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Ozone regulation, local compliance and manufacturing impact
An article in the New York Times (17 Nov, 2011) describes the Federal govt’s decision to retreat from the EPA recommended standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb), a revision of the current 84 ppb rule. Resistance from manufacturers was … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Global, manufacturing, ozone, regulation, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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Thai floods, hard drive price increases and Dell Impact
An article in the New York Times (Nov 16, 2011) describes hard drive prices rising from $10 to $25 due the Thai floods, and their impact on Toshiba and Western Digital plants in Thailand. Earlier reports suggested that around 25% … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged disruption, Global, Inventory, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Crashing rare earth prices and impact
An article in the New York Times (Nov 15,2011) describes the 67% drop in prices for several rare earths including neodymium, cerium etc. The rapid price increase in recent years was caused by China, which produces 97% of the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged China, Cost, disruption, Global, manufacturing, Rare Earths, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Topitop – the “Andean Zara” in Peru ?
A Wall Street Journal article (nov 14, 2011) describes the growth in the middle class from 41% to 51% of the population in the last decade in Latin America. Defined as people earning 45 % to 70% of the per … Continue reading
In Alabama -conflict between competitive agricultural products and strict immigration laws
An article in bloombergbusinessweek (Nov 14,2011) describes the impact of stricter immigration laws in Alabama – the near disappearance of workers from Guatemala who worked in the tomato fields and fish processing plants. Given retail competition from importers who pay … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged agriculture, competition, Cost, Immigration, Low Margins
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Borders bookstore operations and its trajectory to extinction
An article in bloombergbusinessweek (nov14, 2011) describes supply chain choices by Borders bookstores in its path to extinction. The company’s origins and growth were fueled by careful title sales tracking and inventory management, but its merger with Waldenbooks created an … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged bookstore, Capacity, competition, Growth, Infrastructure, Retail, Variety
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Global steel demand and Arcelormittal’s capacity adjustment
An article in bloombergbusinessweek (nov 14, 2011) describes the impact of the doubling of steel capacity in china from 2005 to 2010, the consequent global exports at cut rate prices of supply in excess of chinese demand, and its impact. … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, China, exports, Global, manufacturing, Steel, Supply Chain
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Apple’s supply chain strategy – more insights
An article in bloombergbusinessweek (Nov 7,2011) describes Apple’s plans to invest $ 7.1 billion in its supply chain and commit $ 2.4 billion in prepayments to suppliers. It describes Apple’s decisions to buy such large volumes of high-end drills that … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, Capability, competition, Consumers, Cost, Global, Growth, manufacturing, Margins, Supply Chain
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US auto jobs growth and supply chain impact
An article in bloombergbusinessweek (Nov 7,2011) describes growing employment in the us auto industry, projected to be 88,000 by 2015. The reasons – a 10 % sales increase this year, production to rebuild inventory lost due to the earthquake in … Continue reading
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Tagged automobiles, Cost, exports, Global, manufacturing, Service, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Global Supply Chain Musings 