Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Custom Closet Contractors: Making the Database Cut
Derrick Neufeld; Michael Schwartz; Michael GencarelliCase IVEY-9B18E004-EInformation TechnologiesIn the summer of 2017, after completing his third year of business school, a student was eager to apply his newly developed business and technology skill sets at his father’s company during his four-month summer position. His father’s business, Custom Closet Contractors, designed and manufactured custom home organization solutions for home builders and individual clients. In the past year, the successful company’s sales growth had slowed, while e...Starting at €8.20
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Lake Erie Paper
Peter C. Bell; Jing ChenCase IVEY-9B07E002-ECorporate GovernanceThe production manager at Lake Erie Paper (LEP) was considering installing a moisture meter to test the water content of the wood chips used to make corrugated paper. Use of a moisture meter would speed up the testing process and could reduce costs and/or improve paper quality, but the manager wanted to be sure that the meter provided a consistent and reliable measure of the water content of the arriving woodchips.Starting at €8.20
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Northwest Newsprint, Inc. (B)
Peter C. Bell; Jing ChenCase IVEY-9B09E003-ECorporate GovernanceNorthwest Newsprint, Inc. is a major producer of newsprint and pulpmills in the Pacific Northwest and Canada from which they supplied various North American markets. In Northwest Newsprint, Inc. (A), product #9A98E035, the assistant controller's supply chain optimization approach leads to the conclusion that Northwest Newsprint, Inc. has far too much manufacturing capacity. This supplemental case addresses the ability of price changes to mitigate...Starting at €5.74
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Foxcore Retail (B): Database Implementation
Derrick Neufeld; Liam Corrigan; Michael GencarelliCase IVEY-9B18E017-EInformation TechnologiesSupplement for product 9B18E016.Starting at €5.74
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Foxcore Retail (A): Designing a Database
Derrick Neufeld; Liam Corrigan; Michael GencarelliCase IVEY-9B18E016-EInformation TechnologiesOn April 2, 2017, the two founders of Foxcore Retail were preparing for a third summer managing their small retail business in Ontario, Canada. They had spent the weekend reviewing budgeting, staffing schedules, and inventory planning for their biggest exStarting at €8.20