Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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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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Background Note on the Philippines and Financial Inclusion
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.;Technical Note DARDEN-GEM-0149-EEconomicsThis note provides context regarding financial inclusion in the Philippines. It discusses the nature of poverty in the country; provides details on the financial system, especially the financial organizations that serve the poor; and presents some initiatives to broaden access to finance.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
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BPI Globe BanKO and Inclusive Banking in the Philippines
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0137-EEconomicsIn early 2014, John Rubio became CEO of BPI Globe BanKO, the three-year-old mobile-based savings bank that was far from accomplishing its mission to bring banking to the majority of Filipinos who did not have access to basic financial services, and to do so profitably. Rubio formulated a three-pillar strategy to increase customer acquisition and financial product offerings. His goals were to reach 1 million customers by year-end 2014 and supplant...Starting at €8.20
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Lifting the Poor: A Microfinance NGO Approach in the Philippines
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.;Case DARDEN-GEM-0148-EEconomicsUPLiFT, a microfinance NGO in the Philippines that provided microfinance and social services for the urban poor, was deciding whether to try to attain fast growth (tripling its clients in just a few years) or concentrate on serving the community in the philanthropic way it always had. The case presents UPLiFT's mission and operations, as well as the opportunities and challenges it faced in 2014.Starting at €8.20