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Japanese Tsunami and Supply Chain Disruptions

Posted on March 17, 2011 by aviyer2010

A New York Times article (March 17, 2011) describes the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and its consequent impact on electricity supply, ports, manufacturing plants and the global supply chain. It describes Texas Instruments as claiming that one of its Japanese … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Capacity, Cost, Demand Surge, Global, Growth, manufacturing, Suppliers, Survival, Sustainable | Leave a comment

The Projected Impact of New Kidney Allocation Rules

Posted on March 9, 2011 by aviyer2010

An Op-Ed piece in the New York Times (Friedman Ross and Hippen, March 5, 2011) contests the impact of new kidney allocation rules that would provide preference to allocate the organs of young donors to young recipients. The authors suggests … Continue reading →

Posted in Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Consumers, kidney transplant, Supply Chain, Survival | 1 Comment

New Rare earth supply chain

Posted on March 9, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the International Herald Tribune (March 8, 2011) describes a new rare earth supply chain. The ore is mined in Australia and concentrated (2/3 of the dirt removed) before it is put in sealed bags inside steel containers … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Cost, manufacturing, Outsourcing, Rare Earths, Suppliers, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Rebound or Backfire Effects of Energy Efficiency Mandates across the supply chain

Posted on March 8, 2011 by aviyer2010

A New York Times article (March 8, 2011) describes the impact of energy efficiency mandates across products. Front loading washers, a response to energy efficient washer mandates, are observed to result in dirtier clothes and perhaps, as a consequence multiple … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Sustainability | Tagged Consumers, Cost, Efficiency, Service, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Recycling Cell Phones and Supply Chain Impact

Posted on March 6, 2011 by aviyer2010

A Wall Street Journal article (March 5, 2011) describes the growing used cell phone recycling industry. Consumers preferring old models so they do not heave to learn new features, or desiring a lower cost phone, seem to flock to these … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged Consumers, Global, Rare Earths, Service, software, Suppliers, Supply Chain | 1 Comment

Amazon’s Subscribe and Save Pricing and Supply Chain Impact

Posted on March 6, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (March 5, 2011) describes Amazon’s Subscribe and Save service in which consumers get 15 % off and no shipping for committing to deliveries of select products with a certain frequency . The article … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged Consumers, Loyal Customers, Supply Chain, transport | Leave a comment

Electronic Component Suppliers for the iPad but OEMs too

Posted on March 4, 2011 by aviyer2010

A Wall Street journal article (March 4, 2011) describes an interesting global supply chain issue for electronic component suppliers like Toshiba, Samsung and LG Display (they supply memory chips or screens). These companies supply components used by Apple for their … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Cost, Demand Surge, Global, Margins, Outsourcing, Suppliers, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Eliminating the ban on Mexican trucks crossing the US border

Posted on March 4, 2011 by aviyer2010

A Wall Street Journal article (March 4, 2011) describes the announcement of the end of the 20 year ban on Mexican truckers driving across the US border (the ban was a violation of the Nafta agreement). That ban has resulted … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Consumers, Cost, Global, manufacturing, river transport, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Shrinking Retail Store Sizes

Posted on March 3, 2011 by aviyer2010

A Wall Street Journal article (March 3, 2011) describes a move by Best Buy, Staples and WalMart to move to smaller stores with a smaller range of SKUs. The article suggests that the very large selection of SKUs at Amazon.com … Continue reading →

Posted in Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Cost, Retail, Service, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Green Score for Jeans based on Supply Chain Evaluation

Posted on March 2, 2011 by aviyer2010

A New York Times article (March 2, 2011) describes an effort to catalog the environmental impact of every step in the global supply chain of apparel, from cotton growth, to fabric, to dyes, textile manufacturing, packaging, shipping, retail through to … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged Consumers, Global, Supply Chain, Sustainable, waste, Water | Leave a comment