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Tag Archives: manufacturing
Uniqlo’s global expansion
An article in the Economist (March 24, 2012) describes the Japanese retailer’s expansion into the US and China. The company focuses on producing large volume, low cost items that are sold across the season. Given that weather patterns in China … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, Capacity, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Margins, Retail, Risk, Supply Chain
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Inditex’s supply chain as it goes global
An article in the Economist (March 24, 2012) describes the fact that future growth for the parent company of Zara will come from Asia and the US, rather than the current 70 % of sales in Europe. Zara, known for … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, China, Consumers, Design, Fast Fashion, Global, Growth, manufacturing, Supply Chain, Trends
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The Impact of New Emission rules for power plants
An article in the New York Times (March 28, 2012) describes new EPA rules that limit the CO2 emissions of power plants to 1,000 lbs per KWh. The new rules are easy to meet for new natural gas fired plants. … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Cost, Efficiency, manufacturing, power plants, regulation, Risk, Supply Chain
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Increased recycling by manufacturers to help themselves and municipalities
An article in the New York Times (March 23, 2012) describes plans by Coca Cola to recycle 100 % of its cans by 2015 and by Starbucks to enable paper cup recycling at 100 % of its outlets by 2015. … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged competition, Cost, Design, manufacturing, recycling, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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The impact of natural gas extraction on steel mills
An article in the Wall Street Journal (March 26, 2012) describes the doubling of steel tubes, pipes etc in the last two years – thanks to the demand from natural gas extraction facilities across the US. But the abundant supply … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Cost, Efficiency, energy, Environment, Global, Growth, manufacturing, natural gas, regulation, Sustainable
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Nike’s knit shoe design and global supply chain impact
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (March 19,2012) describe the flyknit shoe design by Nike – whose upper is knit from thread as one piece, thus saving 35 parts and 66 % less waste. The reduced labor intensive assembly also makes US … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumers, Cost, Design, Global, manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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How many US jobs did Apple create ?
An article in the New York Times (March 7,2012) describes a report by Apple claiming go have created 517,000 US jobs. While the number includes jobs created at glass panel and chip manufacturing plants at Corning and Samsung, it also … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged manufacturing, river transport, Suppliers, Supply Chain, US jobs
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Minimum wage hikes across China and impact
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek ( March 12,2012) describes minimum wage hikes of 9% in Beijing, 14% in Shenzhen and 35% in Henan. Given the Chinese system where minimum wage is a local decision, and local demand supply conditions demanding such … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Global, Legal, manufacturing, Margins, regulation, Suppliers, Supply Chain, wage hikes
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The Jones Act of 1920 and today’s gas prices
An article in the New York Times (March 11,2012) describes the impact of the 1920 Jones Act, that mandates use of US carriers, with US built ships and employing US cargo, for domestic cargo transport by sea. Thus, US oil … Continue reading
Multiple suppliers for the new iPad’s components
An article in the Wall Street Journal (March 16,2012) describes a teardown of the new iPad – and shows multiple suppliers for memory chips and the high resolution display. Chips are provided by Qualcomm, Broadcom and Elpida, for example. Will … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, Design, disruption, manufacturing, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Global Supply Chain Musings 