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Tag Archives: Consumers
Can consumers force retailers to develop ethical supply chains for products?
In a discussion in the Sunday Review of the New York Times (May 12, 2013), Professor Jerry Davis suggested that consumers can demand from retailers that they develop ethical supply chains, following the deaths of employees manufacturing clothing in Bangladesh. … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Environment, ethical, Global, Imports, manufacturing, Outsourcing, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Sustainable, workers
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Fair Trade clothing ?
An article in the New York Times (May 8, 2013) describes a movement to inform consumers about the supply chain used to produce apparel – termed Fair Trade clothing. This is to convince consumers that the clothing was produced by … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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Fair Trade smartphones ?
An article in the Financial Times (May 9, 2013) describes a Dutch company, Fairphone, that intends to create a smartphone using a “Fair Trade” supply chain. This means the phone is recyclable, can be repaired, the supply chain will minimize … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Design, Environment, Global, recycling, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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Does the hospital penalty for “excessive” re-admits improve service quality ?
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 5, 2013) discusses the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s penalties for hospitals with excessive re-admits within 30 days, set at 1% in 2013 and going up to 3% in 2015. But … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, disruption, hospitals, Margins, regulation, Risk, Service
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The competitive response to Apple’s decision to change its device connectivity
An article in the New York Times (May 6,2013) describes the accessory supplier’s response to Apple’s decision to change the connection for its devices. The new connection decision by Apple makes all existing accessories obsolete, with no advance notification provided … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, Design, disruption, Margins, Supply Chain
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Should patent length vary by industry to spur innovation ?
An article in the Wall Street Journal (April 24,2013) describes a proposal to vary patent protection length by industry, rather than the US standard of 17 years. It reports the chairman of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, as suggesting 3 years as … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, iinovation, Legal, Margins, patent length, Supply Chain
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Samsung vs Apple supply chains for successful cell phones
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (April 1,2013) describes Apple’s supply chain strategy which outsources all hardware but controls software access and apps to Samsung’s strategy that produces all hardware but uses the Android open source software. Does producing components for competitors … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged cellphones, Consumers, control, Cost, Design, Margins, software, Supply Chain
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Why did J.C.Penney’s stable pricing not work ?
An article in the New York Times (April 14,2013) describes the consumer experience at retailers such as J.C.Penney and the need to enjoy the sale and anchor the value of product sold. J.C.Penney’s attempt to reduce sale items, reduce average … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Cost, Inventory, Loyal Customers, Margins, Retail, Risk, Supply Chain
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McDonalds “dual point” service approach and impact
An article in the Wall Street Journal (April 11,2013) describes a new “dual point” service system that replaces the single point cashier assisted delivery. Under the new system, customers pay, receive an order number and walk over to the other … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Efficiency, Retail, Service
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Mexican tomato floor prices increased to please US growers
An article in the New York Times (February 4,2013) describes an agreement between the US and Mexico to raise prices for imported Mexican tomatoes by up to twice its earlier levels. The new agreement was demanded by Florida growers to … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Global, Imports, Mexico, regulation, Supply Chain, tomatoes
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Global Supply Chain Musings 