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Carbon-footprint labels: Considering products’ environmental impact
Accounting for a product's carbon footprint is a costly endeavor since it requires tracing the ingredients all the way back in the supply chain. According to 3M that makes over 55,000 products, this can…
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Supply Chain Competence & Apple’s Competitive Position
The supply chain competence enabled Apple to earn gross margins of 40% in the third quarter of 2011, when most other hardware companies were only able to achieve 10-20% gross margins.
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Using Segmentation to Manage Supply Chain Complexity
An article published in CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly provides some interesting perspectives for managing supply chain complexity. The authors present three step approach: (i) uncover underlying drivers of operational complexity; (ii) design differentiated supply…
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Intra-Port Container Terminals
In a working paper, my co-author and I are investigating the issue of intra-port capacity planning by considering the differences between two container terminals within a major U.S. port. We focus our attention on empty…
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Food Supply Chains – Key Considerations
Akkerman et al. (2010) present an excellent review of research in the area of food distribution management. Some of the key points mentioned in the review are presented here - There are three key…
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Key Regulatory & Industry Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Cold Chain
Bishara (2006) summarizes the key regulatory and industry guidelines for pharmaceutical cold chain as follows: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) working document QAS/04.068 on Good Distribution Practices (GDP) is applicable to all persons and…
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A platform to share and reflect on my journey across the worlds of management, innovation, and social impact. Here, you'll find a collection of my management thoughts, highlights from my books, research contributions, and presentations, all rooted in years of academic and practical experience. Whether you're a student, practitioner, policymaker, or fellow thinker, this space is designed to provoke thought, encourage dialogue, and contribute meaningfully to both academic and applied conversations in business and beyond.
This is how it all started…
I started this blog to share and reflect on my journey across the worlds of management, innovation, and social impact. Here, you’ll find a collection of my management thoughts, highlights from my books, research contributions, and presentations, all rooted in years of academic and practical experience. Whether you’re a student, practitioner, policymaker, or fellow thinker, this space is designed to provoke thought, encourage dialogue, and contribute meaningfully to both academic and applied conversations in business and beyond.
Anand Nair
Educator | Researcher | Management Scientist | Data Scientist | Consultant | Entrepreneur | Value Mentor