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Cashless Technology at the New Resorts World Las Vegas

Resorts World Las Vegas, a multi-billion dollar project over five years in the making, opened on June 24, 2021, on the north Strip.

Many, including RWLS’s president, Scott Sibella, hope the project will breath new life into the city’s tourism industry, still reeling from the effects of the pandemic, in addition to energizing an area of the Strip that has not been the target of major development in a long time.

The property was designed from the start for cashless technology, including […]

By Lisa M. Spencer|2021-07-05T21:51:42+00:00July 9, 2021|Tags: location, project management, technology|

Big Ship Creates Big Backlog

When the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal, its gigantic size became a gigantic problem.

To support an ever-expanding global trade, ship size has been increasing for decades. Today, the largest ships can carry between 18,000 and 24,000 containers. A larger cargo makes perfect economic sense because the cost of shipping one container decreases as cargo capacity increases. However, when things go wrong, big ships mean big disruptions in an already strained global supply chain. It is estimated that […]

By Corinne M. Karuppan, Ph.D.|2021-03-31T23:13:48+00:00April 6, 2021|Tags: bottleneck, economies of scale, logistics, project management, respsonsive supply chain design, shortage, sourcing, strategic capacity management, supply chain management, transportation|

Operation Warp Speed

Not since World War II and the Manhattan Project, has a project been so important to the world as Operations Warp Speed. Its goal was to take a process that normally takes years to complete, and bring the COVID-19 vaccine to the world.

As a result of its importance, a public-private effort using many resources sped the development of the vaccine. Under less urgent circumstances, vaccine development may take up to 10 years, billions of dollars, and have a high failure […]

By Ross L. Fink, Ph.D.|2021-03-16T04:03:21+00:00March 15, 2021|Tags: coronavirus, covid-19, crashing, logistics, project management, projects, vaccine|

Virgin Hyperloop: First New Mass Transport in 100 Years?

Jay Walder, CEO of Virgin Hyperloop, is in the news again, this time pitching the idea of a 43-minute commute from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

A new concept video accompanies images of what customers of the future can expect. Walder envisions this technology being used primarily for “short haul” routes for both passengers and cargo, and touts it as the first new form of mass transportation in 100 years.

Video Spotlight:

Virgin Hyperloop Passenger Experience (Jan 27, […]

By Lisa M. Spencer|2021-03-02T03:30:32+00:00March 2, 2021|Tags: inventory management, logistics, product design, product life cycle, project management, service design, supply chain management|