Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Sam’s Pizzeria: Managing Peak Demand
David Wood; Ali Abdel-RazekCase IVEY-9B20D002-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn October 2018, the owner of Sam’s Pizzeria (Sam’s) in Orillia, Ontario, needed to determine how he should staff his business to keep up with an increase in demand on Halloween. Halloween had often been a source of frustration, as Sam's struggled to keep up with demand on that day. Providing customers with good-quality pizza and fast delivery was critical to Sam’s success. Not wanting to repeat the mistakes of the past, the owner knew that he wo...Starting at €8.20
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World Vision Canada: Meeting Madness
Derrick Neufeld; Fiorella Rujano; Curtis Sands; Kalpana SrinarayanadasCase IVEY-9B20E015-EInformation TechnologiesIn late 2019, the chief people officer at World Vision Canada was feeling overwhelmed. Eighteen months earlier, she had exited her intense and successful career in the private sector to join World Vision Canada, a leading international development charityStarting at €8.20
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Parcel Guard: Keeping Up with Demand
David Wood; Ali Abdel-RazekCase IVEY-9B20D005-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn May 2019, the vice-president of operations at Danby Products Ltd. (Danby) was concerned that the production facility for the company’s latest product, Parcel Guard, would not be able to keep up with demand. Parcel Guard was one of the most anticipatedStarting at €8.20