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Author Archives: aviyer2010
Cotton Prices surge 91 % and Rayon Use increases
An article in the Wall Street Journal (6 Jan 2011) describes the quandary faced by apparel manufacturers who face cotton price increases of 91 % over the course of the year. An alternative is another fabric also obtained naturally, from … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Sustainability
Tagged Cost, Demand Surge, Dual Sourcing, Low Margins, Service, Sustainable
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Toshiba Chip Plant Power Surge and Impact
A Wall Street Journal article (Dec 10, 2010) described a 0.07 second power interruption at Toshiba’s Yokkaichi plant. The level of this power interruption was beyond anything planned for, thus causing a shut down of equipment and a potential 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Global, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
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Zazzle.com and Mass Customization
A recent Financial Times article (page 14, Dec 8,2010) describes Zazzle.com – an ecommerce company that offers mass customization of products produced on demand. The company creates digital versions of products that customers use to order the physical products. The … Continue reading
Reducing Material usage to compensate for rising commodity prices
An article in the Financial Times (Page 11, Dec8,2010) discusses the impact of commodity price increases – prices of cotton, copper, agricultural inputs. It summarizes several options – forward buying of commodities, reducing costs by changing formulations, changing processes, substituting … Continue reading
Outsourcing Accounting to Sri Lanka
A recent New York Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/business/global/30lanka.html) describes the growing outsourcing of accounting services to companies in Sri Lanka. The country has a large number (over 10,000) certified accountants with over 30,000 now enrolled. Given the high literacy rate, and … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Service Operations
Tagged Global, Outsourcing, Service, Sri Lanka, Supply Chain
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Using phone credits to pay
Nicholas Kristof in an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/opinion/05kristof.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fopinion%2Findex.jsonp) writes about a program by Mercy Corps in Haiti. This NGO will transfer money to people’s phone accounts – the money, in the form of phone talk time, … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Service Operations
Tagged Ecommerce, Global, Low Margins, Phone credits, Poor, Survival
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India Supply Chain Costs of 12 % of GDP
A recent report (http://www.moneylife.in/article/4/8786.html) summarizes the CII report on “Global Competitiveness of Retail Strategies”. It lists India’s supply chain inefficiencies as costing the country over $ 65 billion each year and supply chain costs of 12-13 % as compared to … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged India, Inefficiency, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
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Caterpillar and Supply Chain Collaboration
Bloomberg News (Oct 20,2010) reports on a collaboration between Caterpillar and a supplier, Tenneco, to improve the overall manufacturing process, and decrease overall costs by 20 %. The article reports plans by Cat’s CEO to leverage suppliers by decreasing the … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, Costs, Culture, Suppliers
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Expensive iPad case, free iPad
The Oct 11 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting story of auctions on Yahoo by companies in Taiwan. Apple currently does not sell the iPaDs in Taiwan. But savvy companies are selling iPad cases for over $ 1000 and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, Auctions, Case, iPad, Taiwan
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Quidsi, Diapers.com and $ 500 million of diapers
Bloomberg Businessweek (Oct 11, 2010) has a story about Quidsi, the holding company that owns Diapers.com and Soap.com. The story reports on how a focus on diapers, with low 5-7 % margins, has enabled the company to build a loyal … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Algorithms, Ecommerce, Low Margins, Sustainable
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Global Supply Chain Musings 