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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Global Twinning with a Belgian plant to improve a US steel mill
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 21, 2012) describe an approach called twinning, pairing a weaker and stronger plant to share productivity improvement methods, and thus increase productivity. ArcelorMittal paired their Burns Harbor plant in Indiana with a … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged automation, Collaboration, competition, Cost, Efficiency, Global, manufacturing, Trends, twinning
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Will parents pay more for US made baby cribs ?
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 22, 2012) describes a decision by Stanley Furniture to move production of its baby cribs to Robbinsville, NC from China. Four reasons cited are (a) the worries about poor quality products (think … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, China, Cost, Global, Loyal Customers, manufacturing, Margins, Outsourcing, Supply Chain
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The logic for making $ 39 hand mixers in the US
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 22, 2012) describes a decision by Whirlpool to move production of its hand mixers, that retail for $ 39, back to its plant in Greenville, Ohio. This decision was despite US wages … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged China, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Margins, Supply Chain, Trends
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Nature’s closed loop supply chain at the Palmyra Atoll
An article in the New York Times (May 19, 2012) describes a closed loop supply chain fosterd by nature. Birs, in this case red-footed boobies, nest high on the trees and feed on fish and squid. Their waste, guano, is … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Coordination, regulation, Supply Chain, Sustainable, Water
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The direct to consumer farmers market sales
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (May 21, 2012) describes the move by farmers to sell direct to the consumer in farmers markets – now accounting for 2 % of US farm sales. Since retail prices are often four times the price … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged branding, competition, Consumers, Cost, Farmers, Margins, Quality, Retail, Supply Chain
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Including the pesticide in the paint to fight malaria
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (May 21, 2012) describes a microcapsule technology to embed pesticides in paint developed by Inesfly Africa – a Spanish company. The technology embeds a mix of pesticides in microcapsules and releases them slowly – thus decreasing … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Coordination, Cost, Global, health, manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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A New Pentagon lab and better gas mileage for cars
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (May 21, 2012) describes a new Pentagon lab in Warren, Michigan to test alternate fuels, improve energy efficiency of parts amd thus improve tank designs. But the same technologies may assist automakers trying to increase their … Continue reading
The ripple effect of auto sales on the supply chain
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (May 21, 2012) describes the growth in auto sales to 2008 levels (14 million) – back to 2008 levels – and its ripple effect across the supply chain. Tooling and ficture manufacturer Apex Tool claims growth, … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Cost, Efficiency, Growth, Inventory, Margins, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Trends
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Lost opportunity for Pakistan’s textile mills ?
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (April 30,2012) describes Pakistan’s textile industry as one of the world’s largest,employing 20% of the country’s labor and $14 billion in exports. But in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad, that produces 50% of the output, power … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, Capacity, China, competition, Cost, disruption, Global, Infrastructure, manufacturing, Risk, Supply Chain, Survival
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Dealing with rising prices of “down”
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 8,2012) describes the impact of rising prices of goose down ($12 per pound in 2009 to $28 now) and duck down ($9 to $19). The driver of these price increases range from … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged China, competition, Consumers, Cost, Design, Global, Margins, Supply Chain
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Global Supply Chain Musings 