Tag Archives: Coordination

On to the next legal round regarding Apple’s role in ebook pricing

Posted on July 18, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (July 10,2013) describes the judge’s ruling that Apple coordinated with competing publishers to increase ebook prices. Apple is said to have offered publishers an agency pricing scheme by which it would be paid … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecommerce, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged agency pricing, Amazon, Apple, collusion, competition, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, Ecommerce, Efficiency, prices, publishers, Suppliers | Leave a comment

Will Tesla’s new 90 second battery swap increase electric car demand ?

Posted on June 21, 2013 by aviyer2010

A report in PCmag.com (June 21, 2013 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2420802,00.asp) describes a demonstration of a 90 second battery swap by Tesla, thus offering consumers the choice of waiting and getting free battery charging or paying close to the price of tank of … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged battery swap, Capacity, charging, competition, Coordination, electric car, Growth, regulation, Retail, Sustainable, Trends | Leave a comment

Competition between railroads and pipeline operators to transport oil

Posted on June 15, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (June 17,2013) describes competition between a oil pipeline owner, Kinder Morgan, and railroads to transport oil from West Texas to Los Angeles. While pipeline operates demands long term contracts to cover their capital costs, railroads can … Continue reading →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Capacity, competition, Coordination, Cost, oil, pipeline, rail, regulation, Risk, Sustainable, transport | Leave a comment

Improving airline travel in Europe

Posted on June 11, 2013 by aviyer2010

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 | 5 Comments

Apple’s 30% commission elimination and price increase

Posted on June 11, 2013 by aviyer2010

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 →

Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged agency pricing, antitrust, competition, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, ebook, Ecommerce, Supply Chain, wholesale pricing | 4 Comments

US forests to fuel European power plants – a green supply chain ?

Posted on May 29, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 28, 2013) describes exports of US forest generated pellets to replace coal in European power plants as Europe cuts down on fossil fuel use and tries to decrease emissions of carbon dioxide. … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged coal, Coordination, Cost, Environment, Europe, exports, Global, power plants, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Sustainable, USA, wood pellets | 3 Comments

Vertical integration in the US global pharmacy supply chain and impact

Posted on May 22, 2013 by aviyer2010

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 →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Capacity, competition, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, Efficiency, Global, Margins, pharmaceuticals, Retail, Supply Chain, vertical integration | 5 Comments

The economics of the $6.75 shirt in Bangladesh

Posted on May 18, 2013 by aviyer2010

In an article in the Wall Street Journal (May 16, 2013), a manufacturer, Rubana Haq, describes the producer margins in a $6.75 shirt he manufactures. He claims that it costs $4.75 to buy the cotton cloth and $1 for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Bangladesh, Capacity, competition, Coordination, Cost, government, manufacturing, Margins, Outsourcing, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain | 1 Comment

Software to track detailed flows from prescriptions to drug usage at the patient level

Posted on May 17, 2013 by aviyer2010

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 | Leave a comment

Does the hospital penalty for “excessive” re-admits improve service quality ?

Posted on May 6, 2013 by aviyer2010

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 | Leave a comment