Author Archives: aviyer2010

Unknown's avatar

About aviyer2010

Dean and H. William Lichtenberger Chair in Management at the School of Management, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

Tracking Emergency Room patients across hospitals to decrease costs and improve care

Posted on April 19, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (April 7,2014) titled “Hospitals share data to prevent ER abusers”, describes an effort in Washington state to pool data regarding ER patient treatments to prevent wasteful spending. With 20% of patients accounting for over 4 ER … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Service Operations | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Trucking Salmon to the ocean to ensure future fishing

Posted on April 19, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (april 7,2014) titled “In California,salmon hitch a ride to the sea”, describes the low water levels in California rivers this year prevent the young Chinook salmon from finding their way along the rivers to the ocean. … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Sustainability | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hazardous crude oil cargo on trains – no information sharing with towns on routes

Posted on April 16, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (April 15,2014) titled “Despite Rise in Spills, Hazardous Cargo Rides Rails in Secret”, describes laws that permit railroads to keep their hazardous cargo secret from towns where spills occur. With increasing amounts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Understanding the logic for Tesla’s proposed $5 billion battery plant

Posted on April 2, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (April 2, 2014) titled “Does Tesla Need a $5 Billion Battery Factory” describes Tesla’s planned mass market electric cars (the GEN III) priced at $35,000 and the current $25,500 cost of the 85 … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Are the simple European Union conflict materials laws too weak ?

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in The Guardian (March 26, 2014) titled “Conflict minerals: new EU rules simpler alternative to US regulation” describes draft legislation that is voluntary, requires the manufacturer to determine areas that are conflict afflicted and just requires use of … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Will buyers paying a penny a pound more for tomatoes help farm workers ?

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in ozy.com (January 16,2014) titled “A Penny a Pound and so much more”, describes the push by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to get buyers like Taco Bell, Subway, McDonalds, WalMart and Whole Foods to pay a penny … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Why are lime prices rising in the US ?

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (March 30, 2014) titled “Is the Lime an Endangered Species” describes many reasons for the rise in lime prices in the US from $25 per 40 pound carton in February to over $100 … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

State laws regarding beer distribution and impact on small breweries

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (March 30, 2014) titled “Free Craft Beer!” describes the franchise rule in many US states that requires beer manufacturers to choose one distributor in a state to distribute their product. The absence of … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Ullmart’s three tier ecommerce distribution in Russia

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (March 10,2014) titled “In Russia, call it You-Commerce”, describes the company Ullmart, that sells 55,000 fast moving items through a three tier distribution system. The company buys from manufacturers to three warehouses that supply 30 urban … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, mgmt5612018, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 41 Comments

Penalties for Canadian railways that do not ship enough grain

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (March 7,2014) titled “Canada sets Minimum Grain Shipment Targets for Railways”, describes penalties of up to $90,000 if shipments by railways fall below 5,500 railcars a week. This target is significantly greater than … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment