Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Integration of Wachovia and Golden West (B)
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Jackson, Matt; Maher, Dave; Schwarzschild, AdamCase DARDEN-BP-0535-ECorporate GovernanceThe integration team had planned and implemented the changes. The two goals to maintain momentum and keep the core value of Golden West operations in place were accomplished. From the time the deal was announced, Wachovia and Golden West had been cross-selling each other’s products. Much time was invested early on in getting all parties up to speed. But everything fell apart only months after the integration when in July of 2007 Wachovia took a h...Starting at €5.74
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Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (C)
Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, SorinCase DARDEN-OM-1383-EService and Operations ManagementThis file contains slides that show the elements chosen by the senior management and consultants to reengage and relaunch the lean journey at Wausau Equipment Company, following its original failed implementation and necessitated by implementation and acceptance problems at the management level. A teaching note (OM-1354TN) is available.Starting at €5.74
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Lac Leman Festival de la Musique (A)
Bodily; Samuel E.; Jenkins; RobertCase DARDEN-QA-0707-EDecision AnalysisThe organizers of a music festival may use video from the Friday concert to create a DVD to sell to those who come to the Saturday concert. Attendance on Saturday is uncertain; as is the percentage of those who attend on Saturday who will buy the DVD. Is this a good project? If so; what number of DVDs should be burned early Saturday morning and offered for sale at that evening's performance? By that time; Friday attendance is known; as well as wh...Starting at €8.20
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Lac Leman Festival de la Musique (B)
Bodily; Samuel E.; Jenkins; RobertCase DARDEN-QA-0708-EDecision AnalysisThe organizers of a music festival may use video from the Friday concert to create a DVD to sell to those who come to the Saturday concert. Attendance on Saturday is uncertain; as is the percentage of those who attend on Saturday who will buy the DVD. Is this a good project? If so; what number of DVDs should be burned early Saturday morning and offered for sale at that evening's performance? By that time; Friday attendance is known; as well as wh...Starting at €5.74
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Integration of Wachovia and Golden West (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Jackson, Matt; Maher, Dave; Schwarzschild, AdamTeaching Note DARDEN-BP-0532TN-ECorporate GovernanceTeaching note for product BP-0532Starting at €0.00
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Lac Leman Festival de la Musique (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bodily; Samuel E.Teaching Note DARDEN-QA-0707TN-EDecision AnalysisTeaching note for product QA-0707Starting at €0.00
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Integration of Wachovia and Golden West (A)
Bourgeois, L. J. III; Hammaker, Paul M.; Jackson, Matt; Maher, Dave; Schwarzschild, AdamCase DARDEN-BP-0532-ECorporate GovernanceIn July 2007, Wachovia Corporation’s CEO is pleased with a report that shows the firm’s record-setting second quarter results. In the past three months, Wachovia has doubled its earnings and posted record revenues, mostly attributable to the large consumer real-estate loans related to the Golden West Financial acquisition that has contributed to the bank’s growth. The transition of Golden West into Wachovia’s platform had been quick and smooth, d...Starting at €8.20
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Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (A)
Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, SorinCase DARDEN-OM-1354-EService and Operations ManagementA manufacturing company with a reputation for excellent service and quality and a command-and-control style of management with little communication across the organization decides to undertake a lean transformation, working closely with Lean Dynamics, a management consulting group with extensive lean-implementation experience. The challenges the company faces are examined in detail as are the lean implementation process, tools, and practices. But...Starting at €8.20
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Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (B)
Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, SorinCase DARDEN-OM-1382-EService and Operations ManagementThe lean initiative detailed in the (A) case, OM-1354, had reached a precarious stage. The machine and systems division of Wausau Equipment Company (WECO) had failed to sell several harvesting systems to customers to usually reliable buyers, and the competition was making important inroads in what was traditionally WECO country. The first wave of improvements made by the teams had not yet had any impact in the field. Enthusiasm to re-engage in th...Starting at €5.74