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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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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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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Arcadia Medical Center: Emergency Department Crowding (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Chao; Raul O.; Goldberg; RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1468TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1468Starting at €0.00
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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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Husk Power Systems: Scaling Up a Start-Up
Chao; Raul O.; Sinha; Manoj; Goldberg; RebeccaCase DARDEN-OM-1415-EService and Operations ManagementHusk Power Systems (HPS) provides technologies that generate and distribute electrical power to rural villages in India. Since 2007; HPS has installed 60 mini power plants that power 25;000 households in more than 250 villages; impacting the lives of approximately 150;000 people in rural India. This case details the operational and strategic challenges associated with scaling up HPS; and provides details related to technology development; supplie...Starting at €8.20
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Husk Power Systems: Scaling Up a Start-Up - Teaching Note
Chao; Raul O.; Goldberg; RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1415TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1415Starting at €0.00