Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Priority Management: Strategies for Survival during COVID-19
Lori A. Coakley; Tamara O'NeilCase IVEY-W25365-ELeadership and People ManagementIn June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the vice-president of sales and marketing at Priority Management, a hotel and resort management company, was overseeing the operations of two hotels. New England Hotel was a large corporate hotel that had succesStarting at €8.20
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General Motors: Full-Size Truck Seat Supply Chain
Hubert Pun; Tingting Yan; Hamid Elahi; Lori Sisk; Kate Plegue; Brandon LeAnnais; James Preslar; Alan Domzalski; Jay Glanton; George Smith II; Hajar AlwahabiCase IVEY-W28586-EStrategyIn July 2018, Amir Bell was heading the Operational Excellence (OpEx) team for the Light Duty Pickup Truck Seat Cost Reduction program at General Motors (GM). GM had decided to launch the new full-size truck program in 2019 at assembly plants in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Silao, Mexico. To increase profits, GM sought to decrease costs in the manufacturing process. At the time, GM enjoyed a long-term tier-1 supplier relationship with Skübi Automotiv...Starting at €8.20