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Tag Archives: competition
Will buyers paying a penny a pound more for tomatoes help farm workers ?
An article in ozy.com (January 16,2014) titled “A Penny a Pound and so much more”, describes the push by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to get buyers like Taco Bell, Subway, McDonalds, WalMart and Whole Foods to pay a penny … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, labor cost, Margins, Retail, Supply Chain, tomato
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State laws regarding beer distribution and impact on small breweries
An article in the New York Times (March 30, 2014) titled “Free Craft Beer!” describes the franchise rule in many US states that requires beer manufacturers to choose one distributor in a state to distribute their product. The absence of … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged availability, beer, competition, Consumers, Cost, distributor, regulation, Retail, Supply Chain, US
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Penalties for Canadian railways that do not ship enough grain
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
Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Canada, Capacity, competition, Consumers, Cost, Margins, rail, regulation, river transport, Service, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Apple’s efforts on conflict free tantalum procurement
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
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Apple, Capacity, certified, competition, conflict minerals, Cost, global supply chain, Risk, supplier
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Will delaying online cab service pickups by 15 minutes increase competition in France
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
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, competition, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, France, regulation, Service, taxi
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Is web ordering shifting the market share to national chains ?
An article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Big Pizza Chains use web ordering to slice out a bigger market share” (February 6,2014), describes an increase in the market share for large pizza chains to 52% from 47% in 2009, … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations
Tagged competition, Consumers, Ecommerce, Service, Supply Chain, Variety
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Delivery, fashion tips, payment collection and returns by Lamoda’s couriers
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek titled “Where the Deliveryman Gives Fashion Advice” (February 10, 2014), describes the ecommerce website Lamoda in Russia. The internet fashion retailer offers home delivery of fashion that customers can try on and decide within 15 minute … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Efficiency, fashion, logistics, Russia, Service, Supply Chain
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Tracking consumers and adjusting inventory locations to improve retail performance
An article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Hot at the Mall:Heat Maps to Track Shoppers” (December 9,2013) describes heat sensor technology and cell phone tracking software used by retailers to identify shoppers routes through the store, bottlenecks, and products … Continue reading
Posted in competitiveness, consumer, Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations, technology
Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Efficiency, emb, imm, Retail, Risk, tracking
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Should independent bookstores sell Amazon’s Kindles ?
An article in the New York Times titled “An Offer from Amazon to its Most Bitter Rivals” (November 7,2013) describes an offer by Amazon to independent bookstores to sell Kindles in return for one of two options – a 6% … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged bookstores, Collaboration, competition, Consumers, Cost, disruption, ebooks, Ecommerce, Kindle, Supply Chain
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