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Tag Archives: mgmt5612021
Can logistics assist in dealing with volatility and uncertainty ?
An article in American Global Logistics titled “The Logistics Industry in 2021: Using strategy to deal with volatility and uncertainty” (December 11, 2020) describes adaptability, responsiveness and resilience as key features of logistics systems, enabling “adapting to winning”. The article … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged mgmt5612021, partnerships, resilience, responsiveness, strategy
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Amazon’s The Drop and associated supply chains
Amazon’s website “The Drop” describes its process as consisting of collections that are available for 30 hours, are designed by influencers and inspired by street trends. Their limited availability reflects supply constraints based on fabric availability. But the limited availability … Continue reading
Identifying demand for ugly produce not accepted by retailers
An article in the Atlantic titled “The Murky Ethics of the Ugly-produce business” (January 25, 2019) describes platforms such as Misfits Market and Imperfect Produce that delivers to customers who both are ready to accept the misshapen fruit, care about … Continue reading
US Food Supply Chain Disruptions due to the pandemic
An article in the McKinsey & Co website titled “US Food Supply Chains: Disruptions and implications from Covid-19” describes the shift in the mix between grocery and food service to serve the US population. With grocery moving from 56% to … Continue reading
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Tagged distribution, flexibility, grocery, mgmt5612021, Retailers, transmission, virus
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Walmart to charter ships to ensure capacity for the holiday season
An article in SupplyChainDive titled “Walmart charters ships to ensure freight capacity, inventory for peak season (August 18, 2021) describes the challenge of higher out of stock levels and delivery capacity constraints faced by the retailer. By chartering the vessels, … Continue reading
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Tagged Capacity, charter, Inventory, mgmt5612021, out of stock, ships, WalMart
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Recycling coffee cups – why is it difficult ?
An article in the site HuffPost titled “Why can’t coffee cups be recycled” describes the challenges associated with coffee cups that have a polyethylene lining that is difficult to recycle. In addition, lined coffee cups if mixed with other cups … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee cup, contamination, Coordination, lining, mgmt5612021, recycling
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Toyota has chips for automobiles while others do not, how ?
An article in Investing.com titled “How Toyota thrives when the chips are down” (March 8, 2021) describes the impact of the global chip shortage and associated auto manufacturer impact but has left Toyota unaffected. Toyota plans to increase vehicle output. … Continue reading
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Tagged bottleneck, business continuity, chip, mgmt5612021, stockpiling, Toyota
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Global Supply Bottlenecks and rethinking China sourcing
An article in APNEWS titled “Shipping snags prompt US firms to mull retreat from China” (August 5, 2021) claims that firms are worried about container capacity, shipping delays and rising prices. Many manufacturers (52%) are thus considering moving production back … Continue reading
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Tagged bottlenecks, China, global supply chain, mgmt5612021, shipping, US sourcing
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Benefits of customer flexibility during the pandemic
An article in ASCM Insights (https://tinyurl.com/yyneu93x) describes reasons why retail grocery customers might be stockpiling. The article suggests that retailers should deal with each reason separately, with appropriate steps to reassure customers. There is also discussion of smaller retailers … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity, consumer, Cost, delivery, logistics, product, retailers
Tagged grocery, mgmt5612020, mgmt5612021, pandemic, Retailers
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The logistics of organ transplants – supply but inefficient distribution
An essay in the Wall Street Journal by David Weill titled ‘Supply Isn’t the problem with Organ Transplants” (December 6, 2019), describes the increased supply of organs in the US but an inefficient distribution of the organs to patients who … Continue reading
Posted in Coordination, delivery, hospital, logistics, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues, transport
Tagged Coordination, demand, hospitals, logistics, mgmt5612021, organs, patients, supply
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