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Tag Archives: Cost
The New Kindle vs the iPad battle
A New York Times article (Sept 26, 2011) describes the impending release of a new tablet by Amazon.com and the ensuing battle with Apple. Amazon provides content – ebooks, music, entertainment – but adding email and games covers the bulk … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Global Contexts, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, competition, Consumers, Cost, Ecommerce, Service, software, Supply Chain
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Marvin Windows and the no layoff decision
An article in the New York Times (Sept 24, 2011) describes the”no layoff” strategy used by privately held Marvin Windows of Warroad, MN. To reduce costs, employees saw cuts in perks like tuition reimbursement, overtime, salary cuts of 5 % … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Capability, Capacity, competition, Cost, manufacturing, no-layoffs
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Panama Canal Expansion and US Trade and Domestic port Impact
A New York Times article (August 16, 2011) describes the construction in the Panama Canal, scheduled to be completed by 2014, that will permit ships that are 25 % longer and 50 % wider to pass through while relieving the … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Cost, Global, Panama Canal, ships, Supply Chain
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College apparel and provider sourcing strategies
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
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Postponing Customization of the Prius to the NJ port
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
Financing sustainability driven retrofits and thus manufacturing growth
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
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The efficiency benefit of eliminating van keys at UPS
A Wall Street Journal article (Sept 26, 2011) describes the efficiency benefit to eliminating keys for vans – they are instead using a keyless system to start vehicles with a digital remote fob on the drivers belt. UPS claims to … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Cost, Efficiency, Service, trucks, UPS
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Will China’s inflation impact the USA ?
A report by Hale and Hobijn (http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2011/el2011-25.html) suggests that imports from China account for 2.7 % of US consumer expenditure. Of that 2.7%, over 55 % consists of services in the US, thus imports of China constitute 1.2 % of … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged China, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Outsourcing, Supply Chain
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Ecommerce, couriers and cash on delivery in India
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
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Two Tier pay in the US auto industry
A New York Times article (Sept 13, 2011) describes the practice of hiring new workers at $ 14 per hour while paying older workers twice that amount. These new employees permit manufacturing at price points comparable with global competition and … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged automobiles, competition, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Supply Chain, Trends
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Global Supply Chain Musings 