Tag: supply chain

A Tale of One Chair

Of course, hindsight is always 20/20. But that still doesn't justify the foolish decision I made last year when buying my wife a birthday present. Mary had hinted that she would like a new Adirondack chair, since our old ones were well beyond their useful life. So I searched on Amazon, and found what seemed … Continue reading A Tale of One Chair →

How Would You Like to Be in Charge of This?

The above is an image that depicts the global supply chain for Boeing's 787 aircraft, often referred to as the Dreamliner. I often use the image as the opening slide for my lecture on operations management since I think it captures so much about what operations are like these days. I never knew so many … Continue reading How Would You Like to Be in Charge of This? →