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Tag Archives: Design
The US Navy’s concern about sole suppliers for defense
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (Sept 5, 2011) describes the worry in the Navy that their sole sourced contract for the Aegis Combat System with Lockheed Martin may not have delivered the best deal. Past contracts to Lockheed have been under … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, competition, Cost, Design, Dual Sourcing, manufacturing, Navy, Outsourcing, Service, Suppliers
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Small tractors at John Deere and potential global growth
A Bllombergbusinessweek article (Sept 26, 2011) describes plans by John Deere to build small tractors that are more suitable to the 3 acre farms that are typical in India. Given the anticipated large growth in agricultural land that will demand … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Cost, Design, Global, Growth, India, manufacturing, Supply Chain, tractors
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Mishandled Missioni line at Target.com and Impact
An article in the New York Times (Sept 14, 2011) describes the Target specific Missoni line offered at Target for a fraction of the price that it regular line is sold at Bergdorf Goodman ($ 40 vs $ 12,000). The … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Demand Surge, Design, Margins, Retail, Service
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Enforcing other country’s laws in the US
Another report on Gibson guitars in the Economist (Sept 3, 2011) describes the rosewood related production shutdown at Gibson guitars that we discussed earlier. But it claims that US manufacturers have to abide by every plant and wildlife regulation set … Continue reading
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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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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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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Making the case for “cost effectiveness” of new drugs
A story in the Wall Street Journal (August 1, 2011) describes the challenges in launching new drugs, given the “cost effectiveness” concern by health authorities. This means that new drugs have to be effective in treatment, but also deliver sufficient … Continue reading
Product package size and associated potential liability
A Wall Street Jorunal article (28 July 2011) describes a lawsuit in Las Vegas against generic manufacturers of propofol used in colonoscopy. The manufacturers sold 50 milliliter bottles that could be used for at least two procedures. However, labels on … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations
Tagged Design, Generic, liability, manufacturing, poka-yoke, Quality, Service
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