#demand surge

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हीटवेव, मांग में बढ़ोतरी ने यूपी के बिजली बुनियादी ढांचे को खतरे में डाल दिया है

पूरे उत्तर प्रदेश में चल रही गर्मी ने राज्य के बिजली बुनियादी ढांचे को गंभीर तनाव में डाल दिया है, जिससे कई जिलों में लंबे समय तक बिजली कटौती, ट्रांसफार्मर की विफलता, लो-वोल्टेज की समस्या और सार्वजनिक विरोध प्रदर्शन शुरू हो गया है। कई क्षेत्रों में तापमान 45 डिग्री सेल्सियस को पार करने और एयर कंडीशनर, कूलर और पंखों के निरंतर उपयोग के कारण बिजली की मांग रिकॉर्ड स्तर पर पहुंच गई है, अधिकारियों ने…

हीटवेव, मांग में बढ़ोतरी ने यूपी के बिजली बुनियादी ढांचे को खतरे में डाल दिया है

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Government Monitors GST E-Way Bills Analytics in Real Time Amid Demand Surge

In response to an unexpected surge in demand for certain goods and services, the Election Commission of India announced on March 16 that the government is closely monitoring Goods and Services Tax (GST) e-way bills analytics in real time. “GST e-way bills analytics will be tracked real time to track unusual spikes seen in the demand for some goods and services,” stated Chief Election…

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Managing the supply chain when facing "Matcha Madness"

Managing the supply chain when facing “Matcha Madness”

A video posted in the Atlantic (though made by AT&T to showcase its digital capabilities and available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=129&v=u_lUD3WHz1s) describes the rush to use matcha as a food ingredient fro beverages, cupcakes and more. With harvests at select periods, volatile demand, mixes of ingredients to make specific products, the digital aspects of the supply chain…

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Is the quality vs availability tradeoff for Hatchimals a good idea ?

Is the quality vs availability tradeoff for Hatchimals a good idea ?

As previously discussed in this blog, Hatchimals have been crowned the hit toy for the 2016 Holiday season. But a recent article in Fortune (December 28, 2016) titled “Meet the Hatchimals that Ruined Christmas (For some kids, anyway) describes toys that were dead on arrival and did not hatch as expected. The issue seems to be batteries with a short life but associated customer service waits at…

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"Uber for Trash"

“Uber for Trash”

An article in the Sustainable Brands newsletter (http://tinyurl.com/uberfortrash) describes Rubicon Global as an “Uber for Trash” company, a company that offers on demand trash removal within a few hours to a day. The company removes trash, sorts and recycles to reduce material going to the landfill. The net of pickup and recycling revenue determines customer costs. Will this company generate…

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Surging prices for railcars as demand runs up against supply shortages

Surging prices for railcars as demand runs up against supply shortages

An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 30,2014) titled “Driller’s Pain is Railcar Owner’s Gain”, describes 33% price increases for tank cars, 50% increases for cars hauling sand and 40% increases for grain hoppers. These price increases reflect the interaction between cars that were scrapped in 2008 and reduced capacity, delayed orders and deliveries for new railcars and large crop yield of…

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Will Amazon's delivery trucks permit competitive same day delivery?

Will Amazon’s delivery trucks permit competitive same day delivery?

An article in the Wall Street Jorunal (April 24,2014) titled “Amazon, in a Threat to UPS, tries its own deliveries”, describes a plan by Amazon in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York, to operates its own Amazon logo delivery trucks for customer home delivery. It claims that control over the last mile by Amazon will prevent the delivery issues faced by UPS, and provide competitive same day…

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