The logistics of India’s food

Here is an interesting supply chain challenge. India has a billion mouths to feed and a large agriculture sector but the process of getting food from field to consumer is hopelessly inefficient.

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Canadian drug prices and supply chain contracts

American’s are fascinated by Canadian drug prices. The Great White North is seen by many as the home of reasonably priced pharmaceuticals.  Much of that is due to having provincial health care plans with purchasing and regulatory clout that dictate prices. Now Ontario is aiming for lower prices of generic drugs by trying to restrict [...]

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Luxury in the recession

Here’s a possible downside to limiting bankers’ bonuses: More pain for Swiss watchmakers.  That’s the storyline in a recent Wall Street Journal piece (Swiss Watchmakers Await Uptick, Dec 23).  Apparently nothing is better for Rolex than flush bankers.  Luxury watches — like most luxury goods — have had a tough go of it the last [...]

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Are you ready for a football supply chain?

It’s the week of Thanksgiving and I have been trying to come up with a suitably themed post.  I thought of doing poultry production planning (The Turkey-Industrial Complex, Slate Nov 23) but have settled for talking a little football.  I am the only American in the Kellogg Ops group.  So I am the only one [...]

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Rationing luxury watches

There is a fun article this week about Jean-Claude Biver in The Economist this week (Face value: Salesman of the irrational, Nov 12).  OK, I didn’t know who Monsieur Biver was until I read the article.  It turns out that he has made a career for himself since the early 1980s running various Swiss watch [...]

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