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SicherPro Security at Truckzeit
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-346-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementSicherPro offers global and specialized security services that, combined with the most advanced technologies, seek maximum efficiency for companies' business management. A typical problem the company faces is how to assign security officers in such a way that the customer's needs are met and, at the same time, the assignment is as efficient as possible. The case deals with the problem of assigning scarce resources (guards, in this case) in the mo...Starting at €8.20
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WoKou Robotics
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-372-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementWoKou Robotics is a global artificial intelligence company that manufactures two of its most popular robots in the same plant. Manufacturing is divided into several processes: robotic design, 3D printing and wiring. The case provides a natural scenario to introduce linear optimization techniques. The last part of the case is designed to encourage discussion of optimization in the presence of uncertainty (simulation methods) using the simulation o...Starting at €8.20
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Language Exchange Club (LEC)
Baucells Alibés, Manel; de Santiago, Rafael; Malagrida, SergioCase AD-320-EService and Operations ManagementThe case deals with assigning people to jobs. It focuses particularly on how to streamline team creation as effectively as possible. Although the case deals specifically with forming groups in one of IESE's clubs, the methodology may be easily applied to any other type of team.Starting at €8.20
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UEFA Euro 2008
de Santiago, Rafael; Martínez Pedraza, ManuelCase AD-322-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case deals with the valuation of the risk involved in a particular business situation, and how to hedge that risk by means of insurance. It allows to show the strength of Monte Carlo simulation when dealing with complex risks. It also allows to explain a frequent bias in the decision making process.Starting at €8.20
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Bundesautobahnen Group
de Santiago, Rafael; García Centenera, Iñigo; Izquierdo, DavidCase AD-367-EDecision AnalysisBundesautobahnen Group, a German construction company, has won a public tender to build (the first stretch of) a freewayan expressway between Berlin and Bremen, with a budget of 170 million of euros. The company neededs to optimize the costs, matching the estimates offered in the tender and improving the project's margin. One of the most important stages was the optimization of the earthwork along the route.Starting at €8.20
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Espresso House
de Santiago, Rafael; Carreras, Julián; Palaniswami, Ramesh; Vilà, JenniferCase AD-390-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, FinanceThe financial attractiveness of branded coffee shops attracted investments from the private equity industry in 2005. The case analyzes how Palamon Capital Partners, a private equity firm, used quantitative analysis to assess the risk of a 5-year growth investment in Espresso House, a branded coffee shop chain in Sweden.Starting at €8.20
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Haifolk 2012 Music Festival
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-332-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes the development of a company in Haifa, Israel, whose activity consists of organizing music concerts. Born as a small enterprise, it grew rapidly in just a few years. It now faces the challenge of streamlining the process of creating the concert lineup, taking into account the bands' popularity, venue capacity and so on.Starting at €8.20
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ASCII Electronics
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-328-EAccounting and Control, FinanceThe case describes a small electronics company whose manager needs to analyze the financial information available at the end of the year in order to improve operations and determine his employees' bonuses. With so many records in the spreadsheet, he needs to summarize the information in such a way that his analysis is meaningful. The case is meant to use some advanced Excel functions (like VLOOKUP, MATCH and OFFSET), and to introduce Pivot Tables...Starting at €8.20
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Toldhen Annual Convention
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-323-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case describes a problem of optimal assigment of executives to teams during four consecutive days, in such a way that the teams must be different each day amd meet specific requirements of the upper management. The case, based on a real situation, provides an excelent framework to think about integer optimizacion.Starting at €8.20
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Tamklaan Medical Center
de Santiago, Rafael; Geren, BradleyCase AD-321-EService and Operations ManagementThis case deals with allocation of shifts corresponding to Emergency Department doctors in a hopital. The challenge lies in the fact that the assignment has to take into account legal constriants, as well as hospital policy constraints. The case shows how to automate such a process, reducing the manager's work load from 30 hours to less than 2.Starting at €8.20