Category Archives: Capacity

White house suggestions to reduce supply chain congestion

Posted on February 24, 2022 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (February 24, 2022), titled “White House Lays Out Broad Changes to Address Supply-Chain Shortfalls” , describes several initiatives short, medium and long term,to deal with global container flows. In the short run, eliminating … Continue reading →

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Managing small firm supply chain pressures

Posted on February 22, 2022 by aviyer2010

A Wall Street Journal article (February 22, 2022) titled “Worried About Inflation and Supply Constraints? Try Being a Small Business”, describes the longer supply lead times, how higher prices and higher demand, yet lower bank credit access. The article claims … Continue reading →

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Manufacturers thinking holistically about opening in the New Normal

Posted on August 19, 2020 by aviyer2010

A report published by Purdue’s DCMME (https://tinyurl.com/y5579emz) describes an approach to leverage smart technology to enable manufacturers to operate as they open after the pandemic. The report describes process adjustments to prevent infection spread and rethinking the economics of technology … Continue reading →

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Benefits of customer flexibility during the pandemic

Posted on August 19, 2020 by aviyer2010

An article in ASCM Insights (https://tinyurl.com/yyneu93x) describes reasons why retail grocery customers might be stockpiling.  The article suggests that retailers should deal with each reason separately, with appropriate steps to reassure customers.    There is also discussion of smaller retailers … Continue reading →

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Hardware Chain Growth through the pandemic

Posted on August 19, 2020 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (August 16, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/yxuaxu64) describes the impact of the pandemic on hardware chains such as Home Depot and Lowes.   From cancelling customer attracting, but low margin, promotions to ensure social distancing, to reordering … Continue reading →

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Building resilience in supply chains

Posted on August 19, 2020 by aviyer2010

A news report (https://tinyurl.com/y55ypho3) described six ways that supply chains can build in resilience to deal with the pandemic during the early days when suppliers in China were impacted. These include adjusting shipment modes, using alternate designs, building up inventory, … Continue reading →

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The benefits of recycling robots to enable recycling efficiency

Posted on November 21, 2019 by aviyer2010

An article in techcrunch.com, titled “Recycling robots raise millions from top venture firms to rescue an industry in turmoil”, describes challenges faced by US recycling companies as a result of China’s lowering of the contamination threshold for recyclable content combined … Continue reading →

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Target claims a 90% handling cost reduction for same day shipping options

Posted on November 21, 2019 by aviyer2010

An article in CNBC.com titled “Target CEO says cost of handling online orders drops 90% when shoppers use same-day options” claims that shipment from stores enables retail efficiency and decreases cost by 40% associated with from a distribution center. Those … Continue reading →

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Planning for Brexit related upheaval

Posted on February 1, 2019 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (February 1, 2019) titled “Secret Truck Routes and backup Storage”, describes plans by one UK company, Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH. The company gets 60% of its components weekly from suppliers across Europe, assembles it … Continue reading →

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Is the inability to source custom screws a reason why it is difficult to build iPhones in the USA ?

Posted on January 31, 2019 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (January 28, 2019) titled “A Tiny Screw shows why iPhones won’t be “Assembled in the USA”” describes the difficulties that Flextronics, Apple’s assembler of the high end Macbook Pro in Austin, Texas, faced … Continue reading →

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