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Tag Archives: Environment
Should The Japanese and European governments assist automakers with demand growth ?
An article in the Wall Street Journal (September 15, 2012) describes a request by the CEO of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, to the Japanese government to intervene to make the yen exchange rate more favorable to local production and encourage alternate … Continue reading
Smuggled HCFC-22 foils ban on the refrigerant in the US
An article in the New York Times (September 9,2012) describes the smuggling into the US of HCFC-22, a refrigerant that the US has banned due to its link to global warming. As production of the product gets phased out, its … Continue reading
Too few countries producing staple crops and associated risk
An article in the New York Times (September 7,2012) describes food price increases of 10% from June to July 2012, corn and wheat price increases of 25% and soybean price increases of 17%. The reason – drought in the US … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged agriculture, Capacity, Consumers, Cost, disruption, Environment, Global, Risk, Service, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Shift to territorial tax regime, or reduce environmental regulations to grow US manufacturing ?
An article in the Wall Street Journal (August 29, 2012) describes recommendations by manufacturers to the US government to enable growth in US manufacturing. Some recommend reducing environmental laws and thus decrease costs for US production – but this will … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Cost, Environment, Global, manufacturing, regulation, Supply Chain, tax
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Trading zero emission credits to comply with state regulations
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (June 7, 2012) describes California’s regulation requiring 2 % of cars sold by automakers selling 60,000 cars annually to be zero emission by 2014 and 15 % by 2025. But automakers can also buy credits from … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged automobiles, Cost, credit trading, Design, Environment, manufacturing, regulation
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Pipeline flow direction in Canada to accomodate tar sands output growth
A article in the Economist (May 26, 2012) describes the increased oil production from the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, estimated to gow to 72 % of Canada’s output by 2020 (from 58 % now). But getting that oil, which … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Capacity, China, Cost, Environment, Growth, Infrastructure, pipeline, regulation, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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The deceptive global supply chain for Mercury
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (May 28, 2012) describes the demand for mercury in Colombia, to extract small gold deposits, the lethal impact of vapors and errant disposal, and the global supply chain for its supply. Mercury exports were banned by … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Environment, exports, Global, gold, mercury, regulation, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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Rising palladium prices and drivers
An article in the Wall Street Journal (April 25, 2012) describes rising prices of palladium, a metal used in gasoline car exhausts. It is the sister metal of platinum, used in diesel car exhausts. Rising sales in the US and … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Capacity, China, Cost, Environment, Forecasts, Global, Growth, palladium, prices, Russia, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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“Good African Coffee” – its supply chain and sustainability
An article in the New York Times (April 8,2012) describes the efforts by Good African Coffee – a company that roasts coffee grown in Uganda, and brands the coffee rather than sell commodity coffee beans. Going up the value chain … Continue reading
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Tagged Coordination, Cost, Environment, Global, Retail, Supply Chain, Survival, Trends
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Pepsico’s “water positive” schemes and Jugaad Innovation
In a book titled “Jugaad Innovation”, Radjou, Prabhu and Ahuja write about Pepsico’s water positive supply chain in India i.e., the company saves more water than it uses. The secret – enabling “direct seeding” rice planting, thus saving 70% of … Continue reading
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