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In Short Supply

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This week’s focus: Labor shortages, critical material shortages, and space shortages.

Hospitals Work Around IV Bag Shortages
A shortage of IV bag has limited hospitals’ ability to deliver IV-administered drugs to patients. In return, hospitals are searching for alternatives to reduce their dependence on limited sources of supply. Read more…

Ikea Downsizes New Stores
Responding to changing consumer shopping behaviors, and […]

By OM in the News|2018-01-28T01:08:21+00:00January 29, 2018|Tags: labor shortage, service design, shortage, strategic capacity management|

Transformations and Predictions

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This week’s focus: The New Year is a time of change. We’ll look at transformations in healthcare and retail, and some supply chain predictions

The Incredible Shrinking Store
Threatened by online shopping, large retail stores are attempting to change their image and downsize their facilities. Sears, Macy’s, Target, Walmart, etc. are opting for smaller, focused stores with fewer product lines, fewer […]

By OM in the News|2018-01-23T03:29:02+00:00January 22, 2018|Tags: healthcare, quality, responsive supply chains, strategic capacity management, supply chain management, waste management|

Change is On the Menu

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This week’s focus: Change is a constant. Here are recent process and product changes by Apple, Kohl’s, Toys R Us and McDonald’s.

Shop Around the Clock ‘Til Christmas
Kohl’s and Toys R Us both chose to remain open 24 hours a day leading-up to Christmas, hoping to attract more last minute shoppers and compete against online e-tailers. Read more…

iPhone […]

By OM in the News|2018-01-22T22:48:05+00:00January 15, 2018|Tags: process improvement, product design, service design, short term capacity, work force scheduling|

Special Deliveries

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This week’s focus: Technology continues to enable changes in how we deliver products.

Wendy’s and Door Dash
Look overhead, is that your Baconator? Wendy’s has partnered with DoorDash for food delivery. Drones, self-driving cars and robots will beef up the delivery trend. Read more…

Anheuser-Busch Tanks Up with Tesla
Anheuser-Busch just placed an order for 40 semi-trucks. What’s newsworthy about that? […]

By OM in the News|2018-01-21T23:16:37+00:00January 8, 2018|Tags: delivery, logistics, sourcing, transportation|