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Tag Archives: Suppliers
Liner conferences and antitrust in Europe
Liner conferences involved ship owners who discussed sharing capacity, stabilized port fees, etc. They were legal in Europe until 2008. Ship owners claim that their role was benign, and only helped to stabilize prices by increasing efficiency. A recent investigation … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capacity, Collaboration, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Water
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Royal weddings, product design and manufacturing
An article in the New York Times (May 5,2011) describes how Pippa Middleton’s (Kate’s sister) gown (worn during the British wedding celebration of William and Kate) inspired the company Faviana as well as David’s Bridal to create versions for the … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, fashion, manufacturing, Quick Response, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Trends
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Rethinking JIT under supply disruptions and erratic growth
A Wall Street Journal article (April 29, 2011) describes companies like Terex and Al-jon Manufacturing and their increased inventories of raw material and finished goods given supply disruptions and increased sales growth. Whil Just-In-Time inventories enable supply to be maintained synchronized … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Capability, Capacity, Cost, Global, Growth, manufacturing, Outsourcing, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Automobile OEM custom chips and Japanese supply bottlenecks
An International Herald Tribune article (April 27, 2011) describes the impact of the earthquake caused destruction to chip manufacturer Renesas Electronics with a 40 % market share of automobile microcontrollers. The company was formed by the merger of three chip … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaboration, Cost, Design, disruption, Global, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Apparel retailers masking price increases
A New York Times article (23 April 2011) describes attempts by retailers to carefully choose price increases by type of apparel in an effort to manage the impact of cost increases. Some of the strategies listed include changing from 50 … Continue reading
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Tagged Apparel, Consumers, Cost, Margins, Retailers, Suppliers
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Nissan’s Recovery from the Japan Earthquake
A Wall Street Journal article (April 8,2011) describes how Nissan rallied after the Japan earthquake to restore its supply chain. Immediately after the quake, the disaster team took stock of the supply chain and, in one hour, got a read … Continue reading
Panic Buying or redesign to avoid potential Japan earthquake related supply disruptions
A New York Times article (March 28, 2011) describes actions being taken by manufacturers to prevent supply disruptions of their product. Hollywood film equipment suppliers are scouring the world to build up stocks of tape, and also suggesting digital options. … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged disruption, Global, Japan earthquake, Service, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Paint additive shortage from Japanese supplier impacts car colors
A Wall Street Journal article (March 26, 2011) describes a shortage of an additive, Xirallic, made of coated glass flakes, and by a Merck plant in Japan. This additive is shipped to paint makers in Germany and then to car … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumers, Cost, Global, manufacturing, Suppliers, Sustainable
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Japanese Tiers 2 and 3 supplier impact of the tsunami
A Wall Street Journal story (March 26, 2011) describes production shortages at Renesas Electronics, a divison of NEC, and a supplier of chips to intermediates like Hitachi , Bosch and Siemens, who in turn create auto components to control engines, … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Cost, Dual Sourcing, Global, Inventory, Japan, Suppliers, Supply Chain, Tsunami
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Auto Supply Chain Parts Shortages and OEM Impacts
A Wall Street Journal article (March 22, 2011) describes parts shortages across the auto supply chain for chips, sensors, forged parts etc. In some cases, past auto demand order drops have resulted in supplier capacity being diverted (for chips) from … Continue reading
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Tagged Cost, Demand Surge, manufacturing, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Global Supply Chain Musings 