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Retail Inventory of “Doc McStuffins” toys and impact
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek titled “This Christmas, Disney’s Doctor is In” (December 9, 2013) describes the quadrupling of retail shelf space for the Disney Toy Doc McStuffins – a toy girl that fixed broken toys, has a medical doctor mother … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Inventory, Retail, Risk, stockouts, Supply Chain, toy
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The impact of Airbus’s “asset value guarantees” for the Airbus 340
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek titled “Airbus May Need a Plaid Jacket” (December 9,2013) describes asset value guarantees that Airbus provided for buyers of the A 340 – which promised to compensate buyers of resale values were below a specified level. … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Airbus, airplane, Capacity, Cost, fuel costs, Inventory, Risk, Service, Supply Chain, upgrade
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Apparel factory fire in Prato, Italy
An article in the New York Times titled “Deadly Factory Fire Bares Racial Tensions in Italy” (December 8, 2013), describes a fire at an apparel factory in Prato that killed seven Chinese employees. The factory had windows that were blocked … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Uncategorized
Tagged Apparel, Cost, Global, Italy, manufacturing, Outsourcing, regulation, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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The potential impact of copper concentrate stockpiles in China on copper prices
An article in the Wall Street Journal titled “China’s Stock and Ore for Copper Prices” (November 22,2013) describes the over two months of copper concentrate (crushed copper ore) in inventory at China’s new smelters as against the usual two to … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, China, Copper, Cost, Global, Growth, Inventory, manufacturing, Supply Chain
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Making apparel in the USA and retail prices
An article in the New York Times titled “That ‘Made in the USA’ Premium (December 1,2013) describes the growth in US manufacturing of higher end apparel but the continued difficulty in domestic production of lower cost items. It cites production … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Cost, domestic sourcing, Global, manufacturing, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Amazon’s drone delivery plans within 30 minutes
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (December 9,2013) titled “Why Amazon’s Going Up in the Air”, describes the announcement of plans to use drones to deliver individual items to customers within 30 minutes of placing their order. The range of these drones, … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations
Tagged Amazon, Consumers, Cost, delivery, drone, Ecommerce, Supply Chain
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Should independent bookstores sell Amazon’s Kindles ?
An article in the New York Times titled “An Offer from Amazon to its Most Bitter Rivals” (November 7,2013) describes an offer by Amazon to independent bookstores to sell Kindles in return for one of two options – a 6% … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged bookstores, Collaboration, competition, Consumers, Cost, disruption, ebooks, Ecommerce, Kindle, Supply Chain
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Traditional vs transparent Pharmacy Benefit Management companies
An article in Fortune magazine titled “Painful Prescription” (October 28,2013) describes a traditional pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), Express Scripts and a transparent PBM, Envision Pharmaceutical Services. Transparent PBMs charge a fixed fee for processing prescriptions while traditional PBMs make money … Continue reading
Posted in Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Margins, PBM, pharmaceuticals, regulation, Service, Suppliers, Supply Chain, transparent
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Burning wood with coal to comply with EPA emissions rules
An article in the New York Times titled “Power plants try burning wood with coal to cut carbon emissions” (November 4, 2013), describes the use of sawdust and wood chunks along with coal to reduce carbon emissions in US power … Continue reading
Posted in Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Capacity, coal, Consumers, Cost, Design, regulation, Sustainable, wood
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France’s inconsistent rules regarding retail store operating hours
An article in the Financial Times titled “France retailers battle restrictive opening hours (November 4,2013) describes rules that permit garden centers, furniture and food stores to be open until 1 pm on Sundays but does not permit do-it-yourself and department … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Service Operations
Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, France, regulation, Retail, Retailers, Trends
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Global Supply Chain Musings 