Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Rougir Cosmetics International: Production Optimization
Owen P. Hall; Kenneth KoExercise IVEY-9B17D013-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementRougir Cosmetics International (RCI), founded in 2010 and with headquarters in California, experienced double-digit growth for several years. At a board meeting in June 2016, RCI’s chief executive officer (CEO) announced a large new order that represented a major opportunity to further expand into the ever-growing home shopping cosmetic business sector. However, the firm did not have the capacity to meet this transaction along with its normal bus...Starting at €8.20
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Infinity Life Insurance Company: Creating an Organization (A)
Meenakshi Aggarwal-Gupta; Amitabha SenguptaCase IVEY-9B16C036-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyInfinity Life Insurance Company was a joint venture between two Indian public sector banks and a U.K.-based insurance firm. The company began its operations in November 2009, as the youngest entrant in the life insurance market in India. Within three years of launching operations, it ranked among the top 10 private firms for new business premiums. When the joint venture project started, the senior leadership group identified numerous challenges a...Starting at €8.20
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Trans Global Corporation
Charles McPeak; Owen P. Hall; Stella Hung-Yuan ChuCase IVEY-9B07B006-EAccounting and Control, StrategyTrans Global Corporation is a multinational company facing a complex set of inter-related problems including: international financial reporting standards, impact of a country's EU status, functional currency decisions, currency translation methods, exchange rates and impact of using derivatives to hedge currency changes.Starting at €8.20
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WoodSynergy Inc: Integrating IT into the Supply Chain
Owen P. Hall; Andrea Scott; Mark ChunCase IVEY-9B10E013-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementWoodSynergy Inc. had become a midsize player in the fine woods supplier industry. The firm purchased stock woods from a number of producers and processed them to meet specific customer specifications. WoodSynergy had recently launched a number of IT-based supply chain management initiatives and was interested in assessing the current progress. The senior management at WoodSynergy had long felt that efficiency improvements to the firm's supply cha...Starting at €8.20
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Avalanche Corporation: Integrating Bayesian Analysis into the Production Decision-making Process
Owen P. Hall; Kenneth KoCase IVEY-9B11D006-EService and Operations ManagementThe director of operations at Avalanche Corporation was faced with some major decisions. The firm was experiencing considerable difficulties in matching supply with demand. As a result, the company was overproducing and had to sell the excess at a loss. At a recent board meeting, the vice president of marketing reported on a new snowboard product, the Avalanche Racer. She presented her rationale for introducing a new ski product at this time by h...Starting at €8.20
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Infinity Life Insurance Company: Creating an Organization (B)
Meenakshi Aggarwal-Gupta; Amitabha SenguptaCase IVEY-9B16C037-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategySupplement for product 9B16C036.Starting at €5.74
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Cloud Syzygy Technologies: Cloud-Based Computing - Teaching Note
Owen P. Hall; Charla Brown; Mark ChunTeaching Note IVEY-8B16E028-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for product 9B16E028.Starting at €0.00
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Rougir Cosmetics International: Production Optimization - Teaching Note
Owen P. Hall; Kenneth KoTeaching Note IVEY-8B17D013-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B17D013.Starting at €0.00
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Hubtown (A) and (B): Designing and Implementing a Bottom-Up Approach to Performance Management - Teaching Note
Kajari Mukherjee; Meenakshi Aggarwal-GuptaTeaching Note IVEY-8B16C053-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product numbers 9B16C053 and 9B16C054.Starting at €0.00
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Cloud Syzygy Technologies: Cloud-Based Computing
Mark Chun; Owen P. Hall; Charla BrownCase IVEY-9B16E028-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe president of Cloud Syzygy Technologies (CST) had recently returned from the Pacific Telecommunications Council conference, where he discussed ways in which cloud computing had transformed industries. He knew that in the future, the real opportunities lay in the cloud and not in traditional internal IT solutions. As the executive in charge of CST, he wished to develop a plan to grow the business, which would include a clear message to his cust...Starting at €8.20