Category Archives: Supply Chains

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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Supply Chain Crises

Posted on May 17, 2011 by | Leave a comment

GM had to take action even though only 2% of parts were affected, when the Japanese earthquake hit. How should we resspond in a supply chain emergency?

Responding to a supply chain crisis « 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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