Category Archives: Strategy

Slow Down!

Posted on July 26, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Why don’t we simply go back to sailing?

Modern cargo ships slow to the speed of the sailing clippers | Environment | The Observer.

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Posted in Logistics, Shipping, Strategy, Supply Chains, Sustainability, Transp Econ

The politicization of a newsvendor problem

Posted on July 6, 2010 by | 1 comment

A nice article from the Operations Room. What would a cooperative game say about this multiple supplier problem? The staged deliveries are interesting– perhaps they measure the risk.

The politicization of a newsvendor problem « The Operations Room.

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Posted in Production Operations, Strategy

Walmart’s drive for more trucking

Posted on June 8, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Plenty of opportunity left in the supply chain.  Economies of scale.

Is there a limit to this direction of improvement?

Walmart’s drive for more trucking « The Operations Room.

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Posted in Logistics, Production Operations, Quantitative Methods, Strategy, Supply Chains