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Tag Archives: Collaboration
The US Navy’s concern about sole suppliers for defense
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (Sept 5, 2011) describes the worry in the Navy that their sole sourced contract for the Aegis Combat System with Lockheed Martin may not have delivered the best deal. Past contracts to Lockheed have been under … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, competition, Cost, Design, Dual Sourcing, manufacturing, Navy, Outsourcing, Service, Suppliers
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Should the Indian govt squeeze foreign acquisitions of its drug companies ?
A Wall Street Journal article (Sept 27, 2011) describes worries by the Indian govt regarding the future impact of foreign acquisitions of its local drug firms – Abbot buying Piramal Healthcare and Daiichi Sankyo buying Ranbaxy Labs Ltd. The worry … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, Consumers, Cost, drugs, Global, manufacturing, Supply Chain
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Internet productivity and future employment across supply chains
An article in the International Herald Tribune (Sept 24, 2011) describes a presentation by Yuri Milner, a Russian investor in Facebook and Zynga. He describes internet based companies generating revenues of $ 100 million per employee compared to 10 to … Continue reading
Using customer financing of prototype designs to cover manufacturing costs
A New York Times article (Sept 23, 2011) describes Kickstarter – a crowdsourcing website model to fund designs. Designs are proposed along with a fundraising goal with an “all or nothing” model – if the minimum is not met, no … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaboration, Consumers, Ecommerce, Service, Supply Chain
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Financing sustainability driven retrofits and thus manufacturing growth
An article in the New York Times (Sept 19, 2011) describes a new consortium, including Lockheed Martin and Barclays bank, that will finance retrofits of buildings to decrease energy costs, cutting energy use and utility bills by 33 %. Building … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Collaboration, Consumers, Cost, Growth, manufacturing, Service, Sustainable, Trends
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Innovative use of wool as an oil spill solution
An article in the Economist (Sept 3, 2011) describes a businessman in a wool fabric producing region of Italy who have experimented with the use of wool to soak up oil from oil spills. Their tests show that coarse wool … Continue reading
Plans to fix the US Postal System to avoid closure
A New York Times article (Sept 5, 2011) describes the financial crisis at the US Postal Service, which saw volumes decline by 22 % in the alst five years and is estimated to loose another 30 % of volume in the … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Collaboration, Cost, Design, disruption, Outsourcing, Retail, US Post Office
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Struggling with recovery from the Tsunami – Honda vs the rest
A Wall Street Journal article (August 17, 2011) describes differences in the recovery from the tsunami across Nisaan, Toyota and Honda. While Nissan has 54 days of inventory in stock, Toyota has 34 days and Honda 18 days of supply. … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Collaboration, Cost, Design, disruption, Global, Modular, Supply Chain
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Adjusting Apparel features to balance margins with appeal
An article in BloombergBusinessweek (May 30, 2011 page 18) describes efforts by designers to balance the needs of designers, who want clothes to be appealing, with manufacturers who want to produce them and maintain margins. This tug-of-war has become even … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, Consumers, Design, Fast Fashion, Global, Retail, Supply Chain
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Uncoordinated Decisions by the US Energy department and supply chain impact
A New York Times article (May 28, 2011) describes one department selling the helium-3 gas as fast as the other department worked to build up stocks, thus creating a shortfall. The gas is helium-3 that is cited as a “byproduct … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, Coordination, detection, forecasting, helium-3
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Global Supply Chain Musings 