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Tag Archives: Global
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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Expand Capacity or shrink – a decision for Bremen Castings
A Wall Street Journal article (August 10, 2011) describes the choice made by Bremen Castings, a foundry in Indiana with $ 47.5 million in sales, that was choosing whether or not to undertake the largest capital project in their history … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, competition, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Trends
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Global Trade, earthworms and potatoes
A Saturday essay by Charles Mann (Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2011) provides a fascinating story of the impact of stowaways as a party of global trade. He describes how earthworms made their way as part of the English dirt … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Cost, disruption, exports, Global, regulation, Supply Chain
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China’s new products – high end pearls using high tech methods
A New York Times article (August 1, 2011) describes fine pearls being developed in China to compete with Tahitian pearls, but at 10-15 % of the price. Using proprietary technology and custom equipment to sort pearls enables the Chinese firms … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Cost, Efficiency, Global, manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Trends
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WalMart’s “Sustainability Index” challenges
A Fortune article (July 25, 2011) titled “The Trouble with Green Product Ratings” describes the challenges faced by WalMart as it tried to deliver on its stated goal, two years ago, to provide an index between 1 and 10 for … Continue reading
Posted in Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Consumers, Global, Index, regulation, Supply Chain
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“Piccolo bello” fims in Italy and regulation
A New York Times article (29 July 2011) describes the challenges faced by small Italian firms (“piccolo bello”) which form the backbone of the industry in Padua, Italy. Firms face the need to work with 10 to 20 different government … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Global, Growth, Italy, manufacturing, Outsourcing, regulation, Supply Chain
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Boeing design choice for the new 737 and Airbus announcement
A Wall Street Journal article (28 July 2011) describes Boeing’s CEO McNerney defending Boeing’s plan to offer an upgraded design for the 737 versus an anticipated new design. Many in the industry had anticipated a newly designed 737, and this … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Airplanes, competition, Design, Global, Supply Chain
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US Auto supply chain recovery from tsunami related glitches and growth impact
A Wall Street Journal article (July 27, 2011) links the impact of the tsunami, and part shortages, on US auto production (a drop of 5.9 %) and thus dampened growth of the US economy in the second quarter 2011 (1.9 … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Design, disruption, Global, manufacturing, Supply Chain
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Dropping rare earth prices in China and supply chain impact
The Wall Street Journal (July 6, 2011) reports that rare earth metal prices in China dropped by as much as 7.2 %, a remarkable change from a short few months when China’s cut in exports created worries of global shortages … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Capacity, China, Cost, Global, Supply Chain, Sustainable, Trends
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Global Supply Chain Musings 