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Tag Archives: disruption
US Canada border delay easing and impact
An article in the Wall Street Journal (Dec 8, 2011) describes the US-Canada border delays as costing the Canadian economy $ 15.8 billion. A new plan is expected to simplify clearance, with goods entering by ship to a US or … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, disruption, Growth, manufacturing, river transport, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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FDA Supplier Shutdown and Cancer Drug shortages
An article in the Wall Street Journal (Dec 8, 2011) describes overdue preventive maintenance, quality issues (such as urine in a can in the storage area) not invetsigated enough and excessive defects in some products. The result – the Bedford, … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged disruption, Global, manufacturing, regulation, Service, Supply Chain
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The Northern Distribution Network to Afghanistan
An article in the CNN.com site (http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/29/world/asia/afghanistan-military-railroad/index.html?hpt=hp_c1) describes a route for supplies of toiler paper, bottled water and socks to Afghanistan from the North. One of these routes involves shipping to Riga in Latvia, moving on trains across Russia, crossing … Continue reading
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Tagged Cost, disruption, Global, rail, Risk, security, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Thai floods, hard drive price increases and Dell Impact
An article in the New York Times (Nov 16, 2011) describes hard drive prices rising from $10 to $25 due the Thai floods, and their impact on Toshiba and Western Digital plants in Thailand. Earlier reports suggested that around 25% … Continue reading
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Tagged disruption, Global, Inventory, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Crashing rare earth prices and impact
An article in the New York Times (Nov 15,2011) describes the 67% drop in prices for several rare earths including neodymium, cerium etc. The rapid price increase in recent years was caused by China, which produces 97% of the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Cost, disruption, Global, manufacturing, Rare Earths, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Barnes & Noble swapping book space for e-readers
A Wall Street Journal article (Oct 29, 2011) describes a plan by Barnes & Noble to double the square feet devoted to e-readers to 2000 sq ft in a 26,000 Sq ft store. The space will be freed up by … Continue reading
Posted in Ecommerce, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, Demand Surge, Design, disruption, Ecommerce, Retail
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Now Thai floods and Japanese auto supply chain impact
A Wall Street Journal article (Oct 29, 2011) describes the impact of flooding in Thailand, which has resulted in two Sony plants deluged, Toyota suppliers impacted, a Honda plant impacted for six months etc. Given the disruption caused by the … Continue reading
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Tagged automobiles, Capacity, Cost, disruption, Global, manufacturing, Outsourcing, Risk, Supply Chain
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Buying weather contracts to support retail promotions
A BloombergBusinessweek article (Sept 5, 2011) article on weather related risk management describes a retail promotion by a parka manufacturer, Weatherproof Garment, that promised promised Macy’s credit card customers reimbursement of the cost of parkas if weather was freezing on … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, derivatives, disruption, retail promotion, Risk, Supply Chain
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Nokia volume drops and supplier impact
A Wall Street Journal article (Sept 27, 2011) describes the declining fortunes of Nokia and its impact in suppliers. These suppliers are described as finding that Apple and Android based smartphones are using custom built components that are closed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Capacity, Cost, disruption, manufacturing, smartphones, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Survival
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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
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