Tag Archives: Consumers

College apparel and provider sourcing strategies

Posted on September 24, 2011 by aviyer2010

A New York Times article (Sept 23, 2011) describes frustration expressed by student groups at Ohio State and University of Southern California because contracts for manufacturing their school apparel was granted to a unit of the Dallas Cowboys that has … Continue reading →

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Postponing Customization of the Prius to the NJ port

Posted on September 24, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (Sept 23, 2011) describes customization of the Toyota Prius, manufactured in Japan, at the Newark port. Cars are tailored to customer requirements such bluetooth, accessories, quality touchup, satellite radios, alloy wheels etc. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, mgmt5612018, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged assembly postponement, automobiles, Consumers, Cost, Global, mgmt5612018, Supply Chain | 47 Comments

Financing sustainability driven retrofits and thus manufacturing growth

Posted on September 20, 2011 by aviyer2010

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 | Leave a comment

Airbus and Boeing long term airplane demand forecasts

Posted on September 20, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (September 19, 2011) states that Airbus predicts that a demand for 27,800 airplanes by 2030 with a potential revenue impact of $ 3.5 trillion and an implied air traffic growth rate of 4.8 … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged airplane, China, competition, Consumers, demand, Global, Growth, India, manufacturing, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

Measuring Hospital compliance with routines

Posted on September 17, 2011 by aviyer2010

A New York Times article (Sept 14, 2011) summarizes a report (http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/249296-joint-commission-report-on-quality-and-safety.html) that measures compliance to established protocols to treat diseases like heart attack and pneumonia. The interesting outcome is that several reputed large hospitals did not make the list … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations | Tagged compliance, Consumers, hospitals, protocols, Quality | Leave a comment

Cold water laundry, consumer preferences and environmental impact

Posted on September 17, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (Sept 16, 2011) describes continued resistance by consumers to doing their laundry in cold water – just 7 % of US white laundry loads. About 75 % of the energy used,and greenhouse gases … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged coldwater, Consumers, detergent, Environment, greenhouse gases, laundry, preferences, Sustainable | Leave a comment

Ecommerce, couriers and cash on delivery in India

Posted on September 15, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (Sept 14, 2011) describes FlipKart – an ecommerce company in India that employs couriers for home delivery of orders with cash paid on delivery. Given the preference for cash transactions and payment ion … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Retail, Supply Chain | 2 Comments

Are Samsung’s Galaxy Tablet Sales real ?

Posted on September 5, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in CNN Money (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/04/samsung-on-the-run/?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fortunebrainstormtech+%28Fortune+Brainstorm+Tech%29) describes a statement by a manager at Lenovo that suggests that Samsung’s purported 1 million Galaxy Tablet units shipped to retailers generated just 20,000 units of sales. Did Samsung stuff the channel to gain reputation … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged competition, Consumers, Demand Surge, disruption, Galaxy Tablets, Growth, Samsung, Service, Suppliers, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

A new report on Apple’s China Supply Chain and associated pollution

Posted on September 3, 2011 by aviyer2010

A recent report (http://www.ipe.org.cn/Upload/Report-IT-V-Apple-II.pdf, published August 31, 2011) questions whether decisions made by Apple’s suppliers continue to have a negative environmental impact. The report identifies suppliers who release hazardous chemicals into the river or environment, the speed of ramp up … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged China, Consumers, Coordination, Demand Surge, Dual Sourcing, Global, Growth, Quality, river transport, Supply Chain | 1 Comment

Steve Jobs, Apple’s product demand and Asian supplier network impact

Posted on August 27, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (August 26, 2011) describes the potential impact of Steve Jobs resignation as CEO of Apple on the company’s possible new products and demand. Given that many of Apple’s suppliers are in Asia and … Continue reading →

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