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Category Archives: Operations Management
Rebound or Backfire Effects of Energy Efficiency Mandates across the supply chain
A New York Times article (March 8, 2011) describes the impact of energy efficiency mandates across products. Front loading washers, a response to energy efficient washer mandates, are observed to result in dirtier clothes and perhaps, as a consequence multiple … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Sustainability
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Efficiency, Service, Supply Chain
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Recycling Cell Phones and Supply Chain Impact
A Wall Street Journal article (March 5, 2011) describes the growing used cell phone recycling industry. Consumers preferring old models so they do not heave to learn new features, or desiring a lower cost phone, seem to flock to these … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Consumers, Global, Rare Earths, Service, software, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Amazon’s Subscribe and Save Pricing and Supply Chain Impact
An article in the New York Times (March 5, 2011) describes Amazon’s Subscribe and Save service in which consumers get 15 % off and no shipping for committing to deliveries of select products with a certain frequency . The article … Continue reading
Electronic Component Suppliers for the iPad but OEMs too
A Wall Street journal article (March 4, 2011) describes an interesting global supply chain issue for electronic component suppliers like Toshiba, Samsung and LG Display (they supply memory chips or screens). These companies supply components used by Apple for their … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Cost, Demand Surge, Global, Margins, Outsourcing, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Eliminating the ban on Mexican trucks crossing the US border
A Wall Street Journal article (March 4, 2011) describes the announcement of the end of the 20 year ban on Mexican truckers driving across the US border (the ban was a violation of the Nafta agreement). That ban has resulted … Continue reading
Why is the iPad the cheapest of the comparable tablets ?
A Wall Street Journal article (March 2, 2011) reports on a note by an analyst, Toni Sacconaghi, at Bernstein Research, on why the Apple iPad is the cheapest of the tablet products offered. The article claims reasons for this cost … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Cost, Efficiency, manufacturing, Supply Chain
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Natural Gas extraction wastewater supply chain
A New York Times article (March 1, 2011) describes the supply chain of wastewater that is generated when hydrofracking – a process of injecting water and sand at high pressure to break rock formations and release natural gas. In Pennsylvania, … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Cost, Legal, Supply Chain, Sustainable, Water
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Overlapping programs and agencies in the US government and streamlining potential
A Wall Street Journal article (March 1, 2011) describes a new GAO (General Accounting office) report on overlapping programs and their responsibilities across US govt agencies. The report lists 80 programs to help disadvantaged people with transport, 80 programs to … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Collaboration, Cost, Culture
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Limiting number of times ebooks are issued in libraries
A New York Times article (February 28, 2011) describes a move by HarperCollins to limit the number of times an ebook at a library can be issued to customers to 26. Once this limit is reached, the ebook has to … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Supply Chain
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New retail outlets for book publishers – apparel, hardware stores
A New York Times article (February 28, 2011) describes book publishers use of apparel retailers (Marc Jacobs, Kitson, Urban Outfitters), hardware stores (Lowe’s Pro Bass Shops) as outlets for book sales. The decline of Borders, and the increased focus on … Continue reading
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Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Margins, Service, Supply Chain, Trends
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Global Supply Chain Musings 