Category Archives: Coordination

Boeing division, to independent supplier, back to Boeing, the story of Spirit Aerosystems

Posted on August 13, 2024 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (July 2, 2024) titled “Boeing Calls Time on the Great American Outsourcing” describes the reintegration of supplier Sport Aerosystems back into Boeing as a failed attempt at outsourcing. When Spirit split from Boeing, … Continue reading →

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Treating patient’s at home: good idea or potential liability?

Posted on August 13, 2024 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (August 13, 2024) titled “Hospital’s New Push: Treat Patients in Their Homes”, describes the over 23,000 Medicare treated at home through April this year. The rules require the patients to be less than … Continue reading →

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Will customers pay more for ethical sourcing of chocolate bars ?

Posted on June 6, 2024 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal on June 3, 2024 titled “A U.K. Grocery Store Committed to Paying Farmers More for Cocoa” (https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-u-k-grocery-committed-to-paying-farmers-more-for-cocoa-chocolate-bar-sales-skyrocketed-9977794b) describes a price increase for chocolate bars at Waitrose from 2 pounds to 2.20 pounds, with … Continue reading →

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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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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 logistics of organ transplants – supply but inefficient distribution

Posted on December 6, 2019 by aviyer2010

An essay in the Wall Street Journal by David Weill titled ‘Supply Isn’t the problem with Organ Transplants” (December 6, 2019), describes the increased supply of organs in the US but an inefficient distribution of the organs to patients who … Continue reading →

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