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Unclogging the Line

It’s your Monday OM in the News roundup! Follow the links to recent posts from our faculty contributors, including suggested questions for class discussion.

This week’s focus: the effect of weather, technological change, and good intentions on wait times.

How the Red Cross Spells Relief
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, donations flooded into the Red Cross. These well-meaning efforts are clogging the supply chain, leading the Red Cross to urge donations of money rather than physical goods. Read more…

Houston, We Have […]

By OM in the News|2018-01-21T22:33:45+00:00October 23, 2017|Tags: job design, logistics, service design, strategic capacity management, supply chain management, transportation, waiting lines|

Metrics and Biometrics

This is your Monday OM in the News roundup! Follow the links to recent posts from our faculty contributors, including suggested questions for class discussion.

This week’s focus: how metrics and biometrics affect customer wait times and supply chain efficiency.

Mining for Data Gold with Supply Chain Metrics
Companies can dig deeper into operational data to create more precise metrics for continuous operations improvements. This McKinsey report suggests three principles to guide executives toward competitive insight through data. Read more…

Biometrics May Reduce […]

By OM in the News|2018-01-21T22:05:05+00:00October 16, 2017|Tags: analytics, biometrics, data mining, metrics, security, service package, supply chain management|

Focus on Waste Reduction

This is your Monday OM in the News roundup! Follow the links to recent posts from our faculty contributors. This week’s focus is on reducing waste and increasing efficiency. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and upgrade.

Steelcase Runs Circles Around Waste
An estimated 8.5 million tons of furniture waste goes to landfills annually. Furniture designer/manufacturer Steelcase helps companies re-purpose excess furniture, to enhance everyone’s triple bottom line. Read more…

Out with the Old, In with the Cloud
Despite its name, a supply chain is anything […]

By OM in the News|2018-01-21T21:15:39+00:00October 9, 2017|Tags: inventory management, JIT, responsive supply chains, waste management|

Amazon, Sewbots, and Beer

This is your OM in the News roundup! Thanks to our faculty contributors for sharing excellent articles with thoughtful discussion questions.

Location, location, location
Amazon is looking for a second headquarters location, and the pundits are atwitter. How will their corporate culture be affected? Will the two locations do their own thing, or will HQ2 follow the dictates of its parent? To what extent will Amazon’s famously centralized supply chain management change? Read more…

Robots stitch the deal
Another article about location, this […]

By OM in the News|2017-12-28T05:01:11+00:00October 3, 2017|Tags: automation, flexible-manufacturing, insourcing, location, productivity, robots, strategic capacity management|