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Shifting power in auto supply chains
When you thing of the auto industry, you likely focus on big players like Ford, General Motors, Toyota and Mercedes. Names like Magna International and Denso may not mean a whole lot to you. But you...
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Managing quality risk in the auto industry
Here is an interesting factoid for you: 24% of all the vehicles manufactured right now are built on just ten platforms. What’s more, by the end of the decade that number is expected to grow to 30%. The...
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What?! No Dessert?
I have a sweet tooth. I am rarely too full to pass on dessert. However, an article in Washingtonian magazine suggests that restaurants (at least those in metro DC) may inadvertently be saving people...
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Operations strategy and keeping shipping in-house
When a firm makes something, should it also take responsibility for delivering the product? For many firms, the answer is a firm”no”. They happily hand over the logistic of schlepping products to some...
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Digital manufacturing and legacy equipment
What should modern manufacturing look like? There’s a lot of ways of thinking about that but I think that few would argue that information should be exchanged digitally. In a world in which products...
View ArticleShifting risk in supply chains
It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything on supply chain contracts but a story in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye (Retailers Canceling Apparel Orders Amid Coronavirus Torments Clothes...
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