Tag Archives: Capacity

Cargill – matching global supply and demand of agricultural commodities

Posted on November 20, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in Fortune (Nov 7, 2011) describes Cargill’s role inmatching global supplies of soyabean, cotton, palm oil, beef and salt from Indonesia, Australia, Argentina and North America to customers. Charter ships are routed to minimize empty miles – as … Continue reading →

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Slower, larger, less polluting but on time ships

Posted on November 20, 2011 by aviyer2010

In an interview with Nils Anderson, CEO of Moller-Maersk, in Fortune (Nov 7,2011), he claims that ships have a 50% on time arrival rate.  His company is now adding larger but slower ships, which will emit 50% less CO2, but … Continue reading →

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A closed loop CO2 Supply chain?

Posted on November 20, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in Fortune (Oct 17,2011) describes the mismatch between demand for CO2, its indequate supply in pure form, but its prevalence in the air.  Demand for CO2 is from soda manufacturers to make bubbles, greenhouse gases to speed plant … Continue reading →

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The impending demise of vertical integration amongst oil companies ?

Posted on November 20, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in bloombergbusinessweek(14 nov, 2011) describes the conundrum faced by Marathon Oil, whose oilfields in Angola and Norway were not close to its refineries and transportation assets. The result, most of the oil the company refined was purchased from … Continue reading →

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Rare earth price surge and global supply chain response

Posted on November 20, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in Fortune (Nov 7, 2011) describes the impact of the 1500 % price increase for rare earth metals from 2009 to 2010, the result of a 50 % cut in Chinese exports of rare earth metals.  With China … Continue reading →

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Global Impact on the US oil pipeline supply chain configuration

Posted on November 18, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (17 Nov, 2011) describes the ripple effect of decreased Venezuelean crude supply (due to the political stress in Venezuelan-US relations) on capacity utilization at Texas refineries that process heavy crude. The alternative crude … Continue reading →

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Borders bookstore operations and its trajectory to extinction

Posted on November 16, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in bloombergbusinessweek (nov14, 2011) describes supply chain choices by Borders bookstores in its path to extinction. The company’s origins and growth were fueled by careful title sales tracking and inventory management, but its merger with Waldenbooks created an … Continue reading →

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Global steel demand and Arcelormittal’s capacity adjustment

Posted on November 16, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in bloombergbusinessweek (nov 14, 2011) describes the impact of the doubling of steel capacity in china from 2005 to 2010, the consequent global exports at cut rate prices of supply in excess of chinese demand, and its impact. … Continue reading →

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Thai floods, supply chain and insurance impact

Posted on November 4, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (Nov 3, 2011) describes the floods in Thailand impacting 25% of the world’s supply of hard drives. The Honda plant’s water damage impacted global supply of components, and a plant in Brazil had … Continue reading →

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Federal response to vital Medicine shortages in US hospitals

Posted on October 31, 2011 by aviyer2010

A New York Times article (Oct 31, 2011) describes Federal attempts to ease shoratges of sterile injectables that constutue 74 % of drug shortages.  The government blames market concentration – 90 % of the medicines are bought by five hospital … Continue reading →

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