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W.C. Wood Company (A)
David WoodCase IVEY-9B10D010-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe vice-president of manufacturing for W.C. Wood Company was reviewing a proposal to change the company's packaging for their line of refrigerators and freezers. The proposal recommended a move from cardboard packaging to a combination of polystyrene foam and clear plastic film. Switching to this method of packaging would save on material and labour costs, and result in a significant reduction in damage claims due to the increased package stabil...Starting at €8.20
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Elizabeth Arden: Executing Global Supply Chain Re-engineering (Spanish version)
David Wood; Norman GaoCase IVEY-9B13DS017Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn mid-2008, the senior vice-president of Global Supply Chain at Elizabeth Arden in New York City was troubled with the challenges that lay before him. He had been hired to make sweeping changes to the company’s management of its supply chain, and he had already made a significant impact in forecasting, inventory control and service performance. His next move would require a radical consolidation of suppliers, make dramatic changes to inventory m...Starting at €8.20
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Rite Aid Corporation: An Uncertain Future
David Wood; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19M119-EStrategyRite Aid Corporation (Rite Aid) shareholders had turned down a US$3 million bonus proposed for the chief executive officer (CEO) and elected a new board chair. Under the CEO’s leadership, Rite Aid had paid off some debt and returned to modest profitabilitStarting at €8.20
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Millbrook Estate Homes Ltd: The Whistle Hill Estates Opportunity - Teaching Note
David Wood; Ken MarkTeaching Note IVEY-8B11D005-EService and Operations Management, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B11D005.Starting at €0.00
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Buckeye Chiller Systems and the MicroFin Joint Venture
David WoodCase IVEY-W27172-EService and Operations Management, StrategyBuckeye Chiller Systems and International Steel Corporation formed MicroFin Incorporated in 2017, in South Carolina, United States, as a joint venture to produce tubing for industrial chillers. After four years of losses, the chief executive officer of Buckeye had lost patience with the joint venture. He gave his chief operating officer until the end of March 2021 (less than three weeks) to turn around MicroFin or dissolve the partnership. With n...Starting at €8.20
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Rite Aid Corporation: An Uncertain Future - Teaching Note
David Wood; Ken MarkTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M119-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M119.Starting at €0.00
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Tesla Inc.: Accelerating Sustainable Profits
Robert Klassen; David Wood; Dan ShinCase IVEY-9B20D017-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe release of Tesla Inc. (Tesla)’s financial results in early 2019 made it clear that significant challenges lay ahead for the firm. While Tesla remained the market leader for electric vehicles in the global automobile industry, sales had dropped dramatically, and Tesla was once again losing money. Its recent launch of the Model 3 held great promise and added a key vehicle to its growing product portfolio, but customer complaints about late deli...Starting at €8.20
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Drowling Mountain
David Wood; David Huang; Lorian LeongCase IVEY-9B11M100-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIt was August 2011 and Martin Cartier, senior board member of Drowling Mountain, was beginning to feel the pressure of Drowling Mountain Ski Resort’s 2010 general meeting that was coming up in two months. Drowling Mountain had historically been the ski resort of choice for the local residents of Syracuse, New York. However, the company had recorded losses for the past two years. At last year’s annual general meeting, Cartier explicitly stated tha...Starting at €8.20
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KayTek: Manufacturing Housing and Livelihoods in Haiti
David Wood; Taylor SekhonCase IVEY-9B13M040-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter a massive earthquake destroyed many buildings in Haiti in 2011, reconstruction has become a source of opportunity and competition for non-governmental organizations, international business and local companies. The Haitian chairman and CEO of a very successful, multi-million dollar information technology company wants to provide affordable quality housing, especially for the disadvantaged poor, using steel frame technology from his start-up,...Starting at €8.20
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Elizabeth Arden: Executing Global Supply Chain Re-engineering
David Wood; Norman GaoCase IVEY-9B13D017-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn mid-2008, the senior vice-president of Global Supply Chain at Elizabeth Arden in New York City was troubled with the challenges that lay before him. He had been hired to make sweeping changes to the company’s management of its supply chain, and he had already made a significant impact in forecasting, inventory control and service performance. His next move would require a radical consolidation of suppliers, make dramatic changes to inventory m...Starting at €8.20