Competitive Advantage via Quantitative Methods

A clearing house for examples, technologies, and theories involving the use of quantitative methods to create competitive advantage.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Zara, Fast-fashion, Optimization and the OM Triangle

Zara is the dominant brand in the Inditex apparel portfolio, which Inditex has operated in ‘ fast-fashion ’ style for a few decades. Alth...

Friday, June 14, 2013

Porsche Lean Manufacturing and Statistical Process Control

Background Porsche in the 1990’s “was fighting for its own survival.” ( Plumer ) After orders decreased 70% from 1986 to 1993 “the co...

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Narwhal, Dreamcatcher, Houdini, Optimizer, Call Tool and Blaster - The ‘MoneyBall Election’ of 2012

The 2012 Presidential election has been labeled the ‘ Moneyball Election ’for the transformative role that big data and analytics played i...

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Australian Olympic Success: Winning with Quants not Jocks

The July issue of Wired magazine gave a powerful example of Competitive Advantage via Quantitative Methods in the Olympics. It pointe...

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

American Airlines' and Delta’s Revenue Management Systems

Background Although I’ve referenced Harrah’s yield management system in a prior blog , the first yield management system was developed...

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