Category Archives: Supply Chains

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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Is just-in-time dead?

Posted on May 4, 2011 by | Leave a comment

A meaningful article about relations between just in time, suppliers, and customers. it’s complicated, and it’s supply chain management at its most confounding.

Adding inventories to supply chains « The Operations Room

 

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