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Tag Archives: Cost
Manufacturing Productivity and Small Business Survival
A New York Times article (Sept 7, 2011) describes the labor productivity increase for a small manufacturer with labor costs holding at $ 337 per hour from 2005 to 2010 but the number of employees dropping from 20 to 40 … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, Capacity, competition, Cost, Efficiency, Global, manufacturing
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Plans to fix the US Postal System to avoid closure
A New York Times article (Sept 5, 2011) describes the financial crisis at the US Postal Service, which saw volumes decline by 22 % in the alst five years and is estimated to loose another 30 % of volume in the … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Collaboration, Cost, Design, disruption, Outsourcing, Retail, US Post Office
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The “Job Creation vs Environmental Regulation” debate in the US
A New York Times article (Sept 5, 2011) describes the current debate in Washington between the Federal government’s planned pollution reduction regulation and purported industry impact. Some E.P.A. studies show that regulations such as the Clean Air Act have been … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged competition, Cost, Environment, Global, Growth, pollution, regulation, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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Plan to tighten Clean Air Rules abandoned
A New York Times article (Sept 2, 2011) desctibes a plan to abandon improving air quality rules to reduce smog causing chemicals, thus moving to a relaxed standard set in 2008. Worries about the impact of this new legislation on … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Capability, Cost, Global, Quality, Supply Chain, Survival, Sustainable, Trends
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Advancing US Manufacturing Future
An Op-Ed piece in the New York Times (August 29, 2011) by Susan Hockfield, President of MIT, suggests the need for federal investments in advanced manufacturing, similar to past US govt investments to create innovation in electronics, computing, the Internet … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Cost, Global, Growth, Infrastructure, manufacturing, Supply Chain
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Steve Jobs, Apple’s product demand and Asian supplier network impact
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
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, Design, Global, manufacturing, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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China rare earth exports policy and new plant location
A New York Times article (August 24, 2011) describes the impact of China’s policy to limit exports of rare earth metals on new plant location decisions by Showa Denko of Japan and Intematix of the United States. Showa produces alloys … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged China, Cost, Design, Global, manufacturing, Rare Earths, Supply Chain
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Nurse Navigators and patient service supply chains
A Wall Street Journal article (August 16, 2011) describes the role of a nurse navigator to assist patients from start of the diagnosis through completion of treatment. The nurse navigator starts with the patient right from initial diagnosis (in one … Continue reading
Posted in Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Coordination, Cost, healthcare, Service, Supply Chain
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Struggling with recovery from the Tsunami – Honda vs the rest
A Wall Street Journal article (August 17, 2011) describes differences in the recovery from the tsunami across Nisaan, Toyota and Honda. While Nissan has 54 days of inventory in stock, Toyota has 34 days and Honda 18 days of supply. … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Collaboration, Cost, Design, disruption, Global, Modular, Supply Chain
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Greenpeace’s Dirty Laundry report and Puma’s Commitment
A Greenpeace report ‘Dirty Laundry” (http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/reports/Dirty-Laundry/) describes results from water samples from the Yangtze and the Pearl river deltas. Their analysis suggests significant levels of chemical contamination that are potentially hazardous and can impact fish populations too. The report urges … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged China, Cost, exports, Global, river transport, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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Global Supply Chain Musings 