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Category Archives: Ecommerce
Toys “R” Us retailing challenges – competitor impact
An article in the New York Times (April 7,2012) describes competitors to Toys”R” Us, and the resulting sales challenges. Target and Wal-Mart have slashed toy prices, with Wal-Mart allowing layaway. Amazon.com continues to be aggressive in the toys category while … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, competition, Cost, Ecommerce, private label, Retail, Service, Supply Chain
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Did Apple’s agency model for ebooks enable collusion ?
An article in the New York Times (April 12, 2012) describes a Justice department lawsuit accusing Apple and five publishers of e-books price fixing. Given declining e-book prices, five large publishers agreed to an “agency model” of pricing whereby Apple … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Ecommerce, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Consumers, disruption, Ecommerce, Legal, regulation, Supply Chain, Survival
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Wal-Mart’s ecommerce approach to combat Amazon.com
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (April 2, 2012) cites WalMart’s 8 % growth in 2011 vs Amazon.com’s 41 % growth as reason for WalMart to innovate in the ecommerce space. The result (a) Endless Aisle – which permits customers to order … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, competition, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Growth, regulation, Retail, river transport
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The impact of post office cost and rule changes
An article in the New York Times (March 26,2012) describes how different industry sectors might be impacted by decisions made by the post office. Greeting card manufacturers and drug distributors claim that increased post office rates will decrease their demand … Continue reading
US Demographics in 2020 and supply chain trends
An article in the Wall Street Journal by Mills and Ottino (Jan 30, 2012) states that in 2020 the US population will be younger than China and Europe. They present three trends – computing power and its ubiquity, smart manufacturing … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, Global, Infrastructure, manufacturing, Risk, Supply Chain, Survival, Trends
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Supply Chain Coordination issues – Book Publishers, Apple and Amazon
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (Jan 30,2012) describes the conflict between publishers and Amazon.com ebook pricing plans of $ 9.99, the publisher controlled pricing model for sales on Apple’s iPad (termed agency pricing), and the resulting threat to without sales on … Continue reading
Free ecommerce shipping, online sales, supply chain impact
An article in the New York Times (Jan 4, 2012) describes the 15 % growth in ecommerce sales this year compared to last year. 92% of the online sites offered free shipping and retruns. The resulting surge caused FedEx to … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, competition, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, Ecommerce, Growth, shipping, Supply Chain, Survival
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Real time analytics and Schwan food sales growth
An article in the Wall Street Journal (Jan 4,2012) describes Schwan Foods network of 6,000 home delivery drivers and their use of real time data analytics. Operasolutions, an analytic consulting company, mines purchase patterns to identify a … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Coordination, Ecommerce, Efficiency, Growth, river transport, Service, software, Supply Chain, Trends
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Dynamic Pricing of taxicab fares and fairness
An article in the New York Times (Jan 9,2012) describes taxi pricing at Uber, a company that charged $27 per mile at the start of New Year’s Eve and $135 per mile late night. Prices were revealed at the wnd … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Service Operations
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Margins, pricing, Retail, Risk, river transport, Service, Suppliers, Survival
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Ad Free product cost and Supply Chain Impact
An article by Michael Schulder in CNN.com (Dec 29, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/29/tech/gaming-gadgets/kindle-ads-schulder/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6) describes the choice between an ad free Kindle for $ 109 and one with ads for $ 79. Clearly Amazon is estimating the ad related revenues as $ 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Margins, Supply Chain, Trends
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Global Supply Chain Musings 