Category Archives: Operations Management

Did Large Grocers use their size to get better delivery volumes during the Pandemic ?

Posted on March 26, 2024 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (March 21, 2024) titled ‘FTC Finds Large Grocers Used Size to Stock Shelves During the Pandemic” describes claims that large grocery retailers demanded stricter delivery requirements and levied fines on suppliers who did … Continue reading →

Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, Cost, logistics, Operations Management, retailers, supplier | Tagged Capacity, Covid, FTC, grocery, logistics | Leave a comment

Dynamic Pricing in restaurants and Impact

Posted on March 11, 2024 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal on March 10, 2024, titled ” Surge Pricing is coming to More Menus near you”, describes dynamic pricing at restaurants to reflect demand increases, estimated to increase revenues between 4 and 6%. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, consumer, Cost, Operations Management, Prices, Service Operations, Uncategorized | Tagged dynamic, prices, restaurants | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, delivery, disruption, manufacturer, Operations Management, Prices, Supply Chain Issues, technology | Tagged delays, lead time, price, Supply Chain, wages, working capital | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Capacity, manufacturer, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged infections, mgmt5612020, pandemic, technology | 48 Comments

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 →

Posted in Capacity, congestion, Cost, disruption, logistics, manufacturer, mgmt5612019, Operations Management | Tagged Brexit, Germany, mgmt5612019, stockpiling, UK | 59 Comments

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 →

Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, Cost, delivery, emb2021, Global Contexts, logistics, Operations Management, ordering | Tagged Apple, assemble in the USA, competitiveness, emb2021, global supply chain | 20 Comments

Walmart’s new technology intensive warehouse that is 40% more efficient

Posted on October 21, 2018 by aviyer2010

An article in finance.yahoo.com titled “Walmart’s grocery warehouse worker of the future will have a STEM background” discussed the new warehouse in Shafter, California that will use automation to get eggs, diary and frozen goods to warehouse employees pick rather … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer, Cost, disruption, logistics, Operations Management, retailers, technology | Tagged automation, grocery, Margins, mgmt5612019, prices, productivity, STEM, WalMart | 55 Comments

Going Digital in the construction industry to reap $1.6 trillion in potential savings

Posted on October 11, 2018 by aviyer2010

An article in Fortune (October 2018) titled “Building with Bits and Bytes” reports that the construction industry is replacing paper with digital drawings, enabling collaboration with architects and reducing the 33 percent reported waste, totaling $1.6 trillion. The construction industry’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, Cost, delivery, logistics, Operations Management, technology, waste | Tagged competition, construction, digital, emb2020, waste | 17 Comments

Reducing complexity and returning to profitability at PSA’s Opel division

Posted on October 11, 2018 by aviyer2010

An article in BloombergBusinessweek (August 29, 2018) titled “The Stunning One-Year turnaround of GM’s German castoff” describes a focus on reducing part variety. The article describes reduction of the 57 possible infotainment systems for the Corsa hatchback to 10. It … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer, Cost, Operations Management, productivity, Variety | Tagged complexity, Opel, profitability, Variety | Leave a comment

Tesla’s request to suppliers for assistance and associated impact

Posted on August 21, 2018 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (Tuesday, August 21, 2018) titled “Some Suppliers Worry About Tesla” quotes suppliers claiming that Tesla is delaying payments and demanding cash back. They cite that Tesla is now paying production related suppliers 95% … Continue reading →

Posted in Capacity, cash, Collaboration, delivery, Operations Management, product, technology, Tesla | Tagged new product, ontime, supplier, Tesla | 1 Comment