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Amazon’s Holiday Shopping List: 250,000 Workers!
Amazon just announced that they will hire 250,000 people for the holiday season. This will be a combination of full-time (I guess very few), seasonal…
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How did COVID (Really) Shape Supply Chains?
As the number of COVID cases around the world is increasing, it's time to revisit the question of what the pandemic’s true impact on supply chains was…
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Hoka’s Marathon: The Slow Dance of Strategic Growth and Sneaker Economics
A few days ago, this year’s UTMB, the most grueling of all ultra-marathons, came to its end. Crossing the finish line is almost impossible as it’s like…
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Serving Up Truth with a Side of Whopper: Should Burger King be More Transparent?
During this past week, the media landscape has been abuzz with stories about a lawsuit targeting Burger King. The crux of the dispute? The allegation…
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Gad Allon
August 2023
Knowing Me, Knowing You: IKEA Takes a Chance on SF
IKEA is rolling up its “flat-pack” sleeves and dares to tread where others have hung up a ‘closed’ sign for good —in the heart of San Francisco’s…
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Sky’s the Limit: Unraveling the Economics of All-You-Can-Fly Passes
Recently, more and more airlines are offering annual passes where you pay a fee upfront and you can book seats, given available capacity. The most…
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The Soap Opera of Reshoring
Reshoring. The corporate version of moving back home after a wild adventure overseas. But is it as simple as packing your bags and saying, "See you…
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Bending it Like Beckham: Amazon’s Attempt at Groceries and the Curve of Scalability
A flurry of news about Amazon just came in. From better-than-expected results on their retail to rethinking their grocery business, Amazon continues to…
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Gad Allon
July 2023
Chaos Monkey: Unraveling the Vulnerabilities of Today's Global Supply Chain
Chaos Monkey is a software tool (developed by Netflix engineers) that tests the resilience and recoverability of their system. “Chaos Monkey is…
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Airport Queue Management: Is More Information Better?
Two weeks ago I wrote about how Philadelphia managed to re-build I-95 in record time. I then wrote about queues and social norms. So it’s only natural…
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Wimbledon’s Queuing Culture: More than Tennis
By the time this is published, my readers will most likely already know who emerged victorious at Wimbledon this year in all three categories: men’s…
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Building Bridges: The Human Side of Operations
Philadelphia rarely makes the headlines for something good, and this year is not much different. In sports, the city received several hits, counting…
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