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Supply Chain Risk Management
A 2008 study by the Boston-based Aberdeen Group (Supply Chain Risk Management: Building a Resilient Global Supply Chain) found that 99 percent of study participants experienced at least one supply chain disruption over the…
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Boeing & Airbus
According to some estimates, the 57-day strike by machinists at Boeing might have resulted in ten-week delay of the delivery schedules. This is equivalent to around 90 "lost" planes with an average list price…
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Detroit Three – Situation Update
General Motors Market Capitalization: $2.9 billionEmployees: 252,000The company lost $38 billion in 2007Market Share (light vehicles): 22.2% (in 2008); 28.7% (in 2000) How it got here: A long-term management failure. GM could not adapt…
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Internet-enabled Auction Mechanisms in Supply Chains
In a paper that I published in 2005, I assert that in its present state of affair an electronic marketplace would become nothing but a virtual place where the competing firms would be indulged…












