Category Archives: Strategy

What changes the number of jobs offshored?

Posted on June 3, 2011 by | Leave a comment

As China’s Workers Get a Raise, Companies Fret: Anticipated impact on Offshoring « The Operations Room

This is a very interesting analysis of why jobs in manufacturing might move back here, or at least out of China.

Those of you who are into the nuts and bolts modeling will want to read the following Management Science article.

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/vanmieghem/htm/pubs/2010_Allon_Van%20Mieghem_Global%20Dual%20Sourcing_Mgt%20Science.pdf

 

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Posted in Production Operations, Strategy, Supply Chains

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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Operational Hedging

Posted on April 18, 2011 by | Leave a comment

This is a very important technique and everyone in manufacturing is starting to do it. Like any other operational technique, if it works, and you don’t do it, you won’t be competitive in your industry. So every young executive owes it to yourself to get familiar with the techniques and risks of hedging.

Hedging and Improving against the Loonie « The Operations Room

 

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Posted in Logistics, Production Operations, Strategy, Supply Chains