The new economics of energy storage

Posted on June 5, 2017 by | Leave a comment

This article by David Frankel and Amy Wagner (June 2017) shows why it is reasonable to expect battery storage to disrupt the power and utility sector.

Source: Battery storage: The next disruptive technology in the power sector | McKinsey & Company

This older article by Paolo D’Aprile (August 2016) has good economic insight into the extreme segmentation of electricity markets ane their suitability for batterry or other storage of energy.

Energy storage can make money right now. Finding the opportunities requires digging into real-world data.

Source: The new economics of energy storage | McKinsey & Company

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Capturing the Business Benefits of Student-Industry Collaboration

Posted on June 2, 2017 by | Leave a comment

Here’s how to run student-centered research on supply chains.  Of course they are discussing masters and PhD students.

I find the technique is powerful at all levels of higher education. Projects force students to think deeply about an actual problem, and they also allow them to be creative in how to attack them.  The professor becomes more of a coach– no preaching, but lots of encouragement, and a bit of guidance to keep the goal in mind and the project on track.

I recommend exploring how a project would fit into your class routine, especially one involving an outside client as they do at MIT.

Source: Capturing the Business Benefits of Student-Industry Collaboration

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Understanding the 2017 Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings

Posted on June 1, 2017 by | Leave a comment

Again Dan Gilmore skewers the Gartner top 25 supply chain ratings.  For me the most disturbing thing is that being a Gartner client is probably the surest way to get on it.

And you have to get past the idea that only large companies, and relatively light on assets ones, have the best supply chains.  Managing the assets is what logistics is about.  Whether it is good to have them or not should not be a factor– it is just a different set of skills one develops.

Supply Chain Digest LogoDissecting this Year’s List, as Now Amazon Joins the ”Hall of Fame”

Source: Understanding the 2017 Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings

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