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Rice Husk Power Supply Chain in India

Posted on January 17, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in The New York Times (“A Light in India”, January 10,2011) describes a sustainable supply chain for electric power in the state of Bihar, India.  A short summary of the article – “In the past, over 1.8 billion … Continue reading →

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Rare Earths Elimination in Electric Motors by Toyota

Posted on January 14, 2011 by aviyer2010

A Wall Street Journal article (January 14,2011) describes imminent breakthroughs announced by Toyota in eliminating use of rare earth metals in electric motors for hybrids.  This is a response to earlier reports claiming decreased exports of rare earths by China … Continue reading →

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Rare Earths Sourcing in Japan

Posted on January 13, 2011 by aviyer2010

Businessweek (Jan 10, 2011, page 9) has an article discussing the supply of rare earth metals (neodymium, dysprosium etc).  China supplies 97 % of the world’s demand for rare earth metals – but cut exports by 72 % in 2010 … Continue reading →

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Cotton Prices surge 91 % and Rayon Use increases

Posted on January 10, 2011 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (6 Jan 2011) describes the quandary faced by apparel manufacturers who face cotton price increases of 91 % over the course of the year.  An alternative is another fabric also obtained naturally, from … Continue reading →

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Outsourced Legal Services

Posted on October 1, 2010 by aviyer2010

A recent New York Times article described the outsourcing of legal work to lawyers in India. The concept of splitting white collar work into a standard and a customized component is interesting. A careful splitting of such work requires coordination … Continue reading →

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