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Author Archives: aviyer2010
The emerging “internet of things” and opportunities
An article in WIRED magazine (June 2013) describes the emerging internet enabled devices across homes, factories, cities etc. They predict three stages – Stage 1 links devices to the internet, Stage 2 enables conditional actions (If-Then actions) between pairs of … Continue reading
Decreasing the $290 billion cost of poor drug adherence
A report in the Wall street Journal (May 21, 2013) quotes a $290 billion cost estimated by the New England Health Institute due to poor drug regimen adherence by 33% to 50% of the patients, thus increasing hospital or other … Continue reading
Posted in Supply Chain Issues, Operations Management, Service Operations
Tagged Collaboration, Service, Cost, sensors, Consumers, healthcare, drug adherence
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Vertical integration in the US global pharmacy supply chain and impact
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 21, 2013) describes an alliance between Walgreens, Alliance Boots and AmerisourceBergen to consolidate their global purchasing of generic and branded pharmaceuticals and sell them through their US Walgreens retail stores and AllianceBoots … Continue reading
Sustainable metrics at REI and associated insights
An article by Kevin Hagen (http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/articles/what-i-learned-about-sustainability-rei-part-2-metrics-over-intuition?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=businessweekly&utm_campaign=may20) describes REI’s tracking of greenhouse gas emissions in 2011. The company realized that while 10 % of these emissions were caused by transportation of its products, 15 % were the result of employee commutes … Continue reading
Cadmium in Chinese rice – what should a consumer do ?
An article in the New York Times (May 20, 2013) describes the problem of ‘cadmium rice” – a report that claims that 44 % of the rice tested had twice the level of cadmium (0.4 milligrams per kilogram) as considered … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged cadmium, China, Global, regulation, responsibility, rice, Risk, Supply Chain, Sustainable
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Can outsourced manufacturing compliance to agreements be crowdsourced ?
An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (May 20, 2013) describes companies such as LaborVoices and LaborLink that permit employees at manufacturing plants abroad to call in anonymously to report about working conditions. The companies then follow up to verify complaints and thus … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged audit, Capability, Capacity, Cost, crowdsourcing, ethical, Global, Risk, Supply Chain
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The economics of the $6.75 shirt in Bangladesh
In an article in the Wall Street Journal (May 16, 2013), a manufacturer, Rubana Haq, describes the producer margins in a $6.75 shirt he manufactures. He claims that it costs $4.75 to buy the cotton cloth and $1 for the … Continue reading
Software to track detailed flows from prescriptions to drug usage at the patient level
An article in the New York Times (May 16,2013) describes software that uses insurance records, claims etc to track individual drug prescriptions from doctors to patients to pharmacies, including refills, albeit without patient identifiers. But the data does include details … Continue reading
Posted in Supply Chain Issues, Operations Management, Service Operations
Tagged Supply Chain, Cost, Coordination, Retail, Consumers, Information, Risk, pharmaceutical, tracking, chain
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Cambodia’s shoe factory collapse, with Japanese owners, shipping to Asian markets
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 16,2013) describes the collapse of a building producing shoes in Cambodia for Asics, a Japanese brand, that ships primarly to Asian markets. The factory moved its production from China to Cambodia to … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Cambodia, Consumers, Global, manufacturing, Quality, regulation, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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Sharing costs for inspection and dispute resolution in Bangladesh
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 13, 2013) describes an agreement between European and Canadian retailers to create a board to oversee factory inspections, resolve disputes and ensure compliance with wage standards in Bangladesh. The costs to a … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Bangladesh, Collaboration, Cost, disruption, Global, Risk, Suppliers, Supply Chain
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