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Author Archives: aviyer2010
Expiring Lipitor patent, supply chain impact
An article in the Wall Streeat Journal (Nov 22,2011) describes a plan by Pfizer to sell Lipitor (a cholesterol reducing drug) direct to consumers once its patent expires on Nov 30. Health care plans that have contracted to sell Lipitor … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, manufacturing, regulation, Retail, Service, Supply Chain
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Cargill – matching global supply and demand of agricultural commodities
An article in Fortune (Nov 7, 2011) describes Cargill’s role inmatching global supplies of soyabean, cotton, palm oil, beef and salt from Indonesia, Australia, Argentina and North America to customers. Charter ships are routed to minimize empty miles – as … Continue reading
Slower, larger, less polluting but on time ships
In an interview with Nils Anderson, CEO of Moller-Maersk, in Fortune (Nov 7,2011), he claims that ships have a 50% on time arrival rate. His company is now adding larger but slower ships, which will emit 50% less CO2, but … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Capacity, Cost, Global, ships, Slower, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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A closed loop CO2 Supply chain?
An article in Fortune (Oct 17,2011) describes the mismatch between demand for CO2, its indequate supply in pure form, but its prevalence in the air. Demand for CO2 is from soda manufacturers to make bubbles, greenhouse gases to speed plant … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Capacity, CO2, Cost, demand, regulation, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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The impending demise of vertical integration amongst oil companies ?
An article in bloombergbusinessweek(14 nov, 2011) describes the conundrum faced by Marathon Oil, whose oilfields in Angola and Norway were not close to its refineries and transportation assets. The result, most of the oil the company refined was purchased from … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Outsourcing, Supply Chain
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Making brick and mortar stores like ecommerce sites
An article in bloombergbusinessweek (Nov 14, 2011) decribes worries by retailers regrading an increase in informed focused consumers, a decrease in impulse shopping, and steps to compensate. Pacific Sunwear offers iPads to salespeople to assist consumers with possible clothing combinations, … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Ecommerce, Retail, Supply Chain
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Rare earth price surge and global supply chain response
An article in Fortune (Nov 7, 2011) describes the impact of the 1500 % price increase for rare earth metals from 2009 to 2010, the result of a 50 % cut in Chinese exports of rare earth metals. With China … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, China, competition, Cost, Design, manufacturing, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Immigrant networks, trust and supply chain speed
An article in the Economist (Nov 19,2011) describes a hypothetical example of a Chinese trader in Indonesia who, seeing a market opportunity for umbrellas, uses his cousin in Shenzhen to quickly source and ship product for sale in Indonesia. Contract … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Coordination, Cost, Efficiency, Global, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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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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Global Supply Chain Musings 