Category Archives: Production Operations

Operations and Strategy

Posted on May 31, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Mergers are hard– and operations is where the savings are.

It doesn’t matter how you slice it: the operational details of the Delta- Northwest merger « The Operations Room

 

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New technology in restaurants

Posted on May 25, 2011 by | Leave a comment

You young folks are so much smarter than I. Clever applications of technology to mundane situations.

Maybe I’d hide the tablets from 3 to 5 in the afternoon when the seniors show up for their 10% off special.

A table tablet « The Operations Room

 

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The Wrinkled World

Posted on May 11, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Is the world getting less flat? The wrinkles of continental economic drift are popping up.

As Chinese labor costs rise, work moves back to the US. Notice I did not say ‘jobs’. One of our advantages is the ability to manufacture with less labor content and more capital, monetary physical, and intellectual. So jobs may not increase proportionately.

Made in the USA, Again: Manufacturing Is Expected to Return to America as China’s Rising Labor Costs Erase Most Savings from Offshoring « The Operations Room

 

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