Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Pride Industries
Edward D. ArnheiterCase IVEY-9B12D024-EService and Operations Management, StrategyPRIDE Industries made a $2.6 million capital appropriation request to replace older electronics surface mount technology with newer and more capable machinery. PRIDE, a non-profit enterprise that hired workers with disabilities, wished to earn business and reputation based on the universal measures used by customers worldwide — price, quality and delivery — while maintaining its social mission. The proposal looked good on paper, and the company p...Starting at €8.20
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CompuSoluciones: Corporate Governance
Luis Manuel Bonner de la Mora; W. Glenn Rowe; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B17M022-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyCompuSoluciones, based in Guadalajara, Mexico, was a value-added distributor of information technology hardware, software, and services that grew from its origins as a reseller for Hewlett-Packard to become the second-largest distributor in Mexico. The company was best described as a collection of team-based businesses. It had 18 independent business units—each of which managed its own supply chain and produced its own profit-and-loss statements—...Starting at €8.20
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CompuSoluciones: Competing Against Disintermediation
Luis Manuel Bonner de la Mora; W. Glenn Rowe; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B17M023-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyCompuSoluciones was a value-added distributor of information technology hardware, software, and services based in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2016, the firm’s chief executive officer was aware that the company faced the threat of disintermediation as some of its vendors looked to sell directly to end-users. The industry in which CompuSoluciones competed was known for its rapid technological changes, which affected the design, supply, and price of pro...Starting at €8.20
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Kaiser Permanente: Creating a No-Wait Emergency Department (Spanish Version)
Edward D. ArnheiterCase IVEY-9B16MS173StrategyCASO PREMIADO - Premio "Mejora Continua: El Camino a la Excelencia", Concurso de Redacción de Casos de la Fundación Europea para el Desarrollo Directivo (EFMD) 2017. En 2007, la unidad de emergencias del Centro Médico Kaiser Permanente del Sur de Sacramento sufría tiempos de espera de pacientes extremadamente largos, y se hizo evidente que se necesitaba una nueva y mejor forma de llevar el negocio. El jefe de la unidad de emergencias se inspiró e...Starting at €8.20
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Kaiser Permanente: Creating a No-Wait Emergency Department
Edward D. ArnheiterCase IVEY-9B16M173-EStrategyIn 2007, the emergency department at Kaiser Permanente’s South Sacramento Medical Center was experiencing extremely long patient wait times, and it became clear that a new and better way of doing business was needed. The chief of the emergency department was inspired to change things and became the leader of the lean program—a system of management methods and tools widely used for over 25 years in the manufacturing sector. Changes were made over ...Starting at €8.20