Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Goodbaby Group: The Upfront Warehouse Decision
Huan Zheng; Yuanzheng Ma; Du Chen; Stephan VachonCase IVEY-9B20D018-EService and Operations Management, StrategyJinrun Li, chief operating officer for Goodbaby Group (Goodbaby), had to make a decision about opening a new store in a high-end mall in Shanghai, China. Goodbaby was going to manage the store for one of its clients, who had its own specifications for theStarting at €8.20
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Carestream Health Inc.: When Disruption Hits a Lean Supply Chain
Stephan Vachon; Zhiduan Xu; De GaoCase IVEY-9B19D023-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn October 2014, Carestream Health Inc. (Xiamen) (CHX) was faced with a supply chain disruption caused by a labour dispute involving most of the ports on the west coast of the United States. The work-to-rule strike was having a considerable impact on theStarting at €8.20
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Supply Chain Strategy at TCL Multimedia
Yinan Qi; Stephan VachonCase IVEY-9B15D015-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe chief executive officer of TCL Multimedia, a global TV manufacturer based in China, looked at the company’s first-half financial results with some concern. The results did not meet his expectations, and the company had lost market shares, both in China and internationally. Although he was confident that the new, recently adopted corporate strategy would enable a better future positioning of the company, he knew that without the appropriate su...Starting at €8.20
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Shandong Linglong Tyre Co.: Greening the Supply Chain - Teaching Note
Yunting Feng; Qinghua Zhu; Ning Su; Stephan VachonTeaching Note IVEY-W29880-EStrategyTeaching note for product W29879.Starting at €0.00
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Hisense: Breaking Recurring Channel Conflict
Miao Cui; Xin Li; Heng Wu; Wanling LiCase IVEY-W26698-EMarketing, StrategyHisense Group Co. Ltd. (Hisense) was a leading manufacturing enterprise in the Chinese household appliance industry. In 2010, Hisense began to lay out its online channels. At that time, the same products had different prices in different channels, which caused fierce channel conflicts. To solve this problem, Hisense segmented online and off-line products and took a series of actions to help off-line channels improve efficiency and reduce prices. ...Starting at €8.20
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Shandong Linglong Tyre Co.: Greening the Supply Chain
Yunting Feng; Qinghua Zhu; Ning Su; Stephan VachonCase IVEY-W29879-EStrategyTire manufacturer Linglong initiated its green supply chain management (GSCM) program in 2018. By extending the ongoing green practices from within the organization to external supply chain partners, Linglong developed a green concept based on the entire product life cycle, which involved materials suppliers, equipment suppliers, distributors, and other stakeholders. After a one-year trial, the company saw an opportunity to mitigate the environme...Starting at €8.20
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The Palace Museum: The Future of its Digital Transformation
Miao Cui; Wanling Li; Xin LiCase IVEY-W25395-EInformation Technologies, StrategyBeijing’s Palace Museum was facing the threat of becoming irrelevant and obsolete. A former imperial palace, it housed thousands of priceless cultural relics of historical importance and was once a destination in high demand. However, over time, the museum found its popularity with modern youth was waning. To address this problem, the Palace Museum chose to follow in the footsteps of other global museums and in 1998, launched a digital transforma...Starting at €8.20