Did you know that 74% of all car navigation systems (March 26, 2011) are made in Japan? That’s what a report from 2011 says and highlights risk issues with rationalizing supply chains.
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If you are on a diet then you look at the fresh vegetable aisle in the grocery store and wonder whether the baby carrots are too sweet. You might also note differences in the rates of water spraying between grocery retailers. The same lettuce when sprayed,drained and in a well lit shelf looks great andContinue reading “Seed companies look down the fresh produce distribution channel to innovate”
Steven A. Kandarian the Chief Investment Officer of MetLife has been named CEO in part for his foresight in not investing in subprime mortgages. “We like what we have on our books” Kandarian says towards the end at a Bloomberg interview – June 10, 2009 – almost two years ago -see the video: As theContinue reading “MetLife Chief Investment Officer Steven Kandarian becomes CEO for prudent investments”
The world truly bows to the Japanese for their fortitude in crisis. Have you seen [ Note: This post from March 22, 2011 was updated for formatting issues on May 31, 2021] of:
The prospects of a merged AT&T and T-Mobile into one massive organization raise some real challenges. Customers feel worried (March 2011) that with such market dominance , it is likely that prices will not come down and service might actually worsen. The technical part of merging the transmission towers at the back end of theContinue reading “AT&T and T-Mobile need to fix customer service and help US economic growth”
The world auto supply chain has become so integrated (March 18, 2011) that you are likely to find the same parts suppliers supplying to all auto plants. There was a time when Ford would frown at suppliers supplying to GM let alone Toyota. Today the world is a far different place , with suppliers supplying to everyone in their industry. In fact , you can be sure that suppliers who recently started supplying to the rejuvenated GM had to provide good references from other customers like Ford and Toyota.
[Note: This post from March 18,2011 was updated for formatting issues on May 22, 2021]
Stratoserve LLC is offering innovation and opportunity consulting to support scholarships at the College of Business, University of New Haven through BiddingForGood. Stratoserve LLC is founded by Dr. Subroto Roy, Associate Professor of Marketing at the College of Business, University of New Haven and currently a Visiting Scholar at the School of Management, YaleContinue reading “Innovation and Opportunity Consulting offer for New Haven-Hartford Businesses”
Today (March 16, 2011) Karim Kassam (then of Carnegie Mellon University and in 2021 at Jacksonville Jaguars) talked about challenge vs threat and measuring stress in the lab through blood pressure , heart rate etc. at the Yale SOM -Behavioral Marketing -Eli Seminar Series. This got me thinking about the organizational culture you need to allow innovation. But first let’s differentiate between what we see as a challenge vs. threat.
[Note: This post from March 16, 2011 was updated and reformatted on May 31, 2021]
The world waits anxiously watching the nuclear leak (March 2011) play out in Japan. As earlier mentioned, when it comes to implementing any technology the Japanese do a great job. So if the Japanese are having problems with this- it must be fundamentally problematic goes the logic not only in the US but also countriesContinue reading “Future of nuclear energy and the heroes of Fukushima”
The CBS 60 minutes story by Dr. Sanjay Gupta had my attention when it mentioned the Heparin case and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg admitted that 80% of active ingredients in US Pharma production are imported from countries like China,India and others. For three years the Heparin contamination matter is unresolved as the US-FDA and theirContinue reading “US pharma imports 80% of active ingredients: Heparin contamination from supply chain”
