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Tag Archives: Consumers
Improving airline travel in Europe
An article in the Wall Street Journal (June 3,2013) describes the delays in Europe caused by the 37 countries with 63 air traffic control units that do not have a common authority. Improving performance requires coordinating landings and takeoffs with … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged airline, Consumers, Coordination, delays, Efficiency, Europe, Global, Supply Chain
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Palm oil using manufacturer constraints impact Indonesia’s forests
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (June 3,2013) describes sourcing restrictions for palm oil by Nestle, Unilever and Cargill which bans palm oil grown in virgin rain forest land. The impact is a move by the Indonesian government to ban virgin rain … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Environment, Global, Indonesia, palm oil, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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Apple’s 30% commission elimination and price increase
An article in the Wall Street Journal (June 10, 2013) describes the Justice department’s claim that Apple’s 30% revenue sharing contract (uniform for all products Apple sells) is a violation of antitrust and uncompetitive. The article claims that when this … Continue reading
The emerging “internet of things” and opportunities
An article in WIRED magazine (June 2013) describes the emerging internet enabled devices across homes, factories, cities etc. They predict three stages – Stage 1 links devices to the internet, Stage 2 enables conditional actions (If-Then actions) between pairs of … Continue reading
Decreasing the $290 billion cost of poor drug adherence
A report in the Wall street Journal (May 21, 2013) quotes a $290 billion cost estimated by the New England Health Institute due to poor drug regimen adherence by 33% to 50% of the patients, thus increasing hospital or other … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, Consumers, Cost, drug adherence, healthcare, sensors, Service
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Vertical integration in the US global pharmacy supply chain and impact
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 21, 2013) describes an alliance between Walgreens, Alliance Boots and AmerisourceBergen to consolidate their global purchasing of generic and branded pharmaceuticals and sell them through their US Walgreens retail stores and AllianceBoots … Continue reading
Software to track detailed flows from prescriptions to drug usage at the patient level
An article in the New York Times (May 16,2013) describes software that uses insurance records, claims etc to track individual drug prescriptions from doctors to patients to pharmacies, including refills, albeit without patient identifiers. But the data does include details … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged chain, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, Information, pharmaceutical, Retail, Risk, Supply Chain, tracking
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Cambodia’s shoe factory collapse, with Japanese owners, shipping to Asian markets
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 16,2013) describes the collapse of a building producing shoes in Cambodia for Asics, a Japanese brand, that ships primarly to Asian markets. The factory moved its production from China to Cambodia to … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Cambodia, Consumers, Global, manufacturing, Quality, regulation, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Ecommerce in Nigeria – motorcycles, tuk tuks and vans to deliver goods and collect funds
An article in the Financial Times (May 14, 2013) describes ecommerce companies in Nigeria like Konga.com and Jumia.com, that permit internet ordering of goods, delivery to the customer and collection of money on delivery. Given worries about fraud, Nigerians prefer … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Global, Nigeria, Retail, Risk, Service, Supply Chain, transport
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Should Quirky open retail stores ?
An article in Forbes (May 27,2013) features “Quirky” (http://www.quirky.com/) – an online new product development company that uses crowdsourcing to take product suggestions to develop and manufacture products for sale at retailers. Quirky starts with ideas from inventors, then chooses … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, Consumers, Cost, Design, Outsourcing, Retail, Risk, Supply Chain
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Global Supply Chain Musings 