Tag Archives: Capacity

Will Amazon’s delivery trucks permit competitive same day delivery?

Posted on April 24, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (April 24,2014) titled “Amazon, in a Threat to UPS, tries its own deliveries”, describes a plan by Amazon in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York, to operate its own Amazon logo delivery … Continue reading →

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Indian firm Tata building the Land Rover in a joint venture in China

Posted on April 21, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Financial Times (April 20, 2014) titled “JLR China chief says Changshu factory will rival UK for quality”, describes a new plant in China, owned by China automaker Chery and the Indian Tata group that owns Jaguar … Continue reading →

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Tracking Emergency Room patients across hospitals to decrease costs and improve care

Posted on April 19, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (April 7,2014) titled “Hospitals share data to prevent ER abusers”, describes an effort in Washington state to pool data regarding ER patient treatments to prevent wasteful spending. With 20% of patients accounting for over 4 ER … Continue reading →

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Understanding the logic for Tesla’s proposed $5 billion battery plant

Posted on April 2, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (April 2, 2014) titled “Does Tesla Need a $5 Billion Battery Factory” describes Tesla’s planned mass market electric cars (the GEN III) priced at $35,000 and the current $25,500 cost of the 85 … Continue reading →

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Why are lime prices rising in the US ?

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (March 30, 2014) titled “Is the Lime an Endangered Species” describes many reasons for the rise in lime prices in the US from $25 per 40 pound carton in February to over $100 … Continue reading →

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Penalties for Canadian railways that do not ship enough grain

Posted on March 30, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (March 7,2014) titled “Canada sets Minimum Grain Shipment Targets for Railways”, describes penalties of up to $90,000 if shipments by railways fall below 5,500 railcars a week. This target is significantly greater than … Continue reading →

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Apple’s efforts on conflict free tantalum procurement

Posted on February 14, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article published by the Financial Times titled “Apple to name and shame suppliers of conflict minerals” (February 13, 2014) describes Apple’s “supplier responsibility” report. Given the Dodd-Frank bill’s requirement to track use of conflict materials, Apple plans to use … Continue reading →

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Will delaying online cab service pickups by 15 minutes increase competition in France

Posted on February 12, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Uber, Taxis engage in French Street Fight” (30 December 2013) describes a proposal to impose a 15 minute delay between the online order and pickup by online by limo service companies like … Continue reading →

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The many reasons for Christmas delivery delays by UPS

Posted on January 18, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in Supply Chain Digest (Jan 6, 2014) available at (http://www.scdigest.com/ontarget/14-01-06-2.php?cid=7717) discusses reasons for the delivery delays of Christmas orders handled by UPS. While UPS anticipated an 8% increase in shipment volume, and added 55,000 employees and 23 aircraft, … Continue reading →

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Why are Chinese and Indian yarn manufacturers opening US plants ?

Posted on January 18, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the. Wall Street Journal (December 21,2013) titled “A Good Yarn for US workers” describes decisions by the Chinese yarn manufacturer Kerr to open a plant in North Carolina and the Indian Shrivallabh Pitte group to open a … Continue reading →

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