IESE (España)
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Additive Manufacturing at Etnia Barcelona
Calvo, Eduard; Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FedeCase P-1155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementEtnia Barcelona, a niche manufacturer of high-quality fashion eyewear, is considering its next move in light of the advances being made in additive manufacturing, which could require the company to rethink everything from product design to capacity footprint and logistics. The case covers the company's design-to-sale process, raw material procurement, and manufacturing operations. Etnia Barcelona has seen steady growth in revenues since its found...Starting at €8.20
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Tejidos Especiales Edentel 4.0 (B)
Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1170-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the trials that the head of the Production Department at Tejidos Especiales Edentel is planning in order to meet delivery dates in the best way possible. This case is based on the case "Tejidos Especiales Edentel," P-988, by Professor Josep Riverola.Starting at €5.74
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Metro Bank: The British Banking Revolution Begins
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1112-EFinance, Service and Operations Management, StrategyVernon W. Hill has created quite a unique bank fully focused on delivering great customer service. Previously, in the United States, his approach has been highly successful. The question is: will he be able to replicate the success in the U.K. and lead to a banking revolution? But to answer this question, one first has to fully understand what the business model is all about.Starting at €8.20
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Allianz: The Iberian Project
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1107-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementIn December 2007, the Allianz Group created a special taskforce to study the possible integration of the subsidiaries in Spain and Portugal. The different alternatives to be analyzed ranged from a complete merger of the two companies to sharing only some key back-office operations. Although companies in both countries had similar products and structures, their operational philosophies were rather different, since Spain had decentralized many acti...Starting at €8.20
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Motores Rivero S.A. (MORSA)
Ribera, Jaume; Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-74-EService and Operations ManagementThis exercise presents the decisions to be made by a manager related to the management of inventories of an engine part. It is well suited as an introduction to inventory management as it presents different evolving situations and allows the professor to discuss batch inventory, safety inventory, as well as the impacts of uncertainty in the values and the availability of financing in the final decisions.Starting at €8.20
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Tejidos Especiales Edentel 4.0 (A)
Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1169-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the problems that Tejidos Especiales Edentel has been having with production programming ever since it started to operate via the Internet. The new system allows customers to change the priority of their orders in seconds, which increases costs for Edentel, reduces productivity and makes it more difficult to meet delivery dates. This case is based on the case "Tejidos Especiales Edentel," P-987, by Professor Josep Riverola.Starting at €8.20
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Carsharing in Barcelona: Avancar
Alegre, M.; Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1088-EService and Operations ManagementAvancar started offering car sharing services in Barcelona in 2004. As in most car sharing businesses, customers would typically make car reservations by the hour, and pick up and drop off the cars on their own (self-service). By 2008, the company had 2000 customers sharing more than 100 vehicles. As Avancar kept growing, it had the possibility of modifying the design of the service process and the management of its capacity. This was especially ...Starting at €8.20
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PACECO: The Purchasing Decision for the Fénix Project
Mediavilla, Miguel; Lago, AlejandroCase P-1158-EService and Operations ManagementPACECO ESPAÑA is a leading engineering company specializing in the design, manufacture and assembly of cranes for loading and unloading containers, mainly in port facilities. Its American parent company was the first to patent ship-to-shore container cranes as we now know them. PACECO ESPAÑA is now undertaking one of the biggest projects in its history: to supply four ship-to-shore quay cranes to one of its main customers. Since the customer alr...Starting at €8.20
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eBAY Spain and its User Community
Moscoso, Philip; Lago, AlejandroCase P-1079-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThe case focuses on how eBay gets its user community involved in all its business activities, from strategic decision making to operations. To do this it has developed a number of very sophisticated communication tools. Specifically, the case discusses certain adjustments in the listing fees and sales commissions, and how to improve the detection of fake products.Starting at €8.20