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Eastman Tritan Product Development and Launch
Raz, Gal; Kraft, Tim; Elias, Allison; Hutchison-Krupat, JeremyCase DARDEN-OM-1540-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2007, Eastman Chemical (Eastman), a global specialty chemicals company based in Kingsport, Tennessee, was set to launch Tritan, Eastman’s latest specialty plastic. The development team was excited about Tritan because it demonstrated heat resistance and durability properties that might allow Eastman to compete in the lucrative polycarbonate plastics market. But the decision had not been made regarding which applications Eastman should target f...Starting at €8.20
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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-Up
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-94-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementFaced with new challenges in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa decides to enter the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business and becomes involved at every stage, from procurement to sale. The challenge is to source gas from optimal locations, create the right type of organization, build a liquefaction plant, and put together a team capable of managing the project successfully. And all this in record time (the Damietta plant went from engineering to pro...Starting at €8.20
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Unión Fenosa Gas: "start up" de recursos humanos desde cero
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-94Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAnte los nuevos retos planteados en el sector energético, Unión Fenosa decide apostar estratégicamente por el negocio del gas licuado (GNL), entrando en él de forma integral, desde el aprovisionamiento hasta la comercialización. El reto supone buscar el gas en emplazamientos óptimos, crear una organización adecuada, levantar una planta de licuefacción y disponer del equipo humano necesario para llevar a cabo con éxito el proceso. Y todo ello en u...Starting at €8.20
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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-up - Teaching Note
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-22-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAt the end of the 1990s, in response to new challenges and opportunities in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa made a strategic decision to enter the gas market. Its strategy was to diversify its sources of gas and become actively involved in all stages of supply. The start-up of the Damietta plant (Egypt) was a huge challenge not only in technical terms (it was completed in record time: just three years), but also in terms of human resources. Unión...Starting at €0.00
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Connecting the Dots at Microsoft: Global Planning for a Local World (A) and (B) (TN)
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Craddock, JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1560TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1560Starting at €0.00
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Transportation and Consolidation at Elevalt Ltd.
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Goldberg, Rebecca; Keswani, TarunCase DARDEN-OM-1490-EService and Operations ManagementChris Summers knew he had an important set of recommendations to make regarding his company’s strategic operations. Summers had been with Elevalt Ltd. (EVT)—a leading oil field services (OFS) company based in Austin, Texas—for nearly five years. As VP of supply chain management, he often made decisions that had a material impact on the way the company conducted operations. But this was the first time EVT had ever considered consolidating its dist...Starting at €8.20
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Belle, Inc.
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Kraft, Tim; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1518-EService and Operations ManagementCharlie Reese, an operations manager for a fragrance manufacturer, is given a directive to reduce costs in order to free up working capital for other initiatives. Reese discovers that his initial plan to approach the problem from an inventory perspective would be unsustainable. In evaluating his options, he must determine which other areas of the production process to focus on.Starting at €8.20
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Connecting the Dots at Microsoft: Global Planning for a Local World (A)
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-OM-1560-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is set on the verge of Microsoft initiating a TV white-space pilot in the Philippines in the summer of 2013; the uncertainty surrounding the new technology’s performance in the region provides a view of the risks organizations face early on in the innovation process, particularly when decisions are decentralized and overseen at a local level. MS and its public partners in the Philippines were excited about the possibility of setting up ...Starting at €8.20
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Connecting the Dots at Microsoft: Global Planning for a Local World (B)
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-OM-1561-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is set on the verge of Microsoft initiating a TV white space pilot in the Philippines in the summer of 2013; the uncertainty surrounding the new technology’s performance in the region provides a view of the risks organizations face early on in the innovation process, particularly when decisions are decentralized and overseen at a local level. MS and its public partners in the Philippines were excited about the possibility of setting up ...Starting at €5.74
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Defining Problems and Opportunities in New Product Development (Part 1)
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Chao, Raul O.; Stevenson, DonaldTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1579-EService and Operations ManagementDeveloping new products and services is an iterative process that involves (1) identifying a problem or opportunity that needs to be addressed, (2) generating concepts or solutions that address the problem, and (3) conducting experiments and tests to learn about the success or failure of those concepts. This note describes the first of these activities.Starting at €8.20