Ivey Business School (Canada)
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GPS-to-GO Takes on Garmin
Donald A. PillittereCase IVEY-9B09A027-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyGPS-to-GO is a successful company that has a wealth of brilliant researchers and scientists who have created advanced global positioning systems (GPSs) for complex air-traffic control and logistics systems. Now, the vision of one of the up and coming managers is to use GPS-to-GO's knowledge to dominate the consumer market with premium-priced and feature-rich GPS units. Even though GPS-to-GO is far ahead in terms of GPS technology, the consumer ma...Starting at €8.20
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HR 500 Plus Scanner — Rapid Commercialization or Bust at Kodak
Donald A. PillittereCase IVEY-9B11M117-EMarketing, StrategyThe HR 500 Plus Scanner case examines how, in 2000, the Eastman Kodak Company confronts a drastic change in technology (from traditional to digital photography) that is eroding revenue and margins by double digits in its core film, paper, and chemical business. Matt Giorgio, the worldwide product manager for film scanners, is being pushed by upper management to extend the life of film to provide cash for the painful and less profitable transition...Starting at €8.20
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Acme Medical Imaging
Donald A. PillittereCase IVEY-9B08D004-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyAfter negotiations with a key supplier for lower prices and quicker turnaround go nowhere, two employees of Acme Medical Imaging realize there's no more low-hanging fruit to pick to keep their project on time and on budget -- no more concessions from external parties, no more superficial, short-term fixes. They have to convince their chief executive officer and the project team to take a hard look at internal processes. From the perspective of Op...Starting 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