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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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The Loewe Group (B): A New Industrial Model and Commitment to Lean Management
Moscoso, Philip; Duque, MarinaCase P-1117-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementLoewe is one of the brands of the LVMH group, particularly well-known for its leather goods. Loewe has its own factories and also uses external suppliers for the manufacture of its products. In this case, company management must decide whether to move toward the industrial model of the LVMH group's other brands and fully outsource production, or instead convert its main factory into a center of excellence capable of generating a competitive advan...Starting at €5.74
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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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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible
Marks M; Hoyt DCase SGSB-GS84-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €8.20
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PCH International (B): Supply Chain Solutions Take Off - Teaching note
Lee H; Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS61TN-EService and Operations ManagementThis is an update to GS-61, describing developments at the company through 2011, including a major acquisition, distribution in China, and an initiative to cultivate start-ups that might grow into future clients.Starting at €0.00
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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible - Teaching note
Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS84TN-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €0.00
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The Loewe Group (A): A New Industrial Model and Commitment to Lean Management
Moscoso, Philip; Duque, MarinaCase P-1116-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementLoewe is one of the brands of the LVMH group, particularly well-known for its leather goods. Loewe has its own factories and also uses external suppliers for the manufacture of its products. In this case, company management must decide whether to move toward the industrial model of the LVMH group's other brands and fully outsource production, or instead convert its main factory into a center of excellence capable of generating a competitive advan...Starting at €8.20
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Unión Fenosa Gas: "start up" de recursos humanos desde cero - Nota del instructor
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-22Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementA finales de los 90, y como respuesta a los nuevos retos y oportunidades que surgen en el sector de la energía, Unión Fenosa toma la decisión estratégica de entrar en el mercado del gas, con una estrategia centrada en la búsqueda del gas diversificado en origen e interviniendo activamente en todas las etapas del suministro. La puesta en operación de la planta de Damietta (Egipto) supuso un enorme reto técnico (es la planta construida en el menor ...Starting at €0.00
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Grupo Loewe (A): nuevo modelo industrial y apuesta por el lean management
Moscoso, Philip; Duque, MarinaCase P-1116Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementLoewe es una de las enseñas del grupo LVMH, conocida sobre todo por sus productos de piel. Para la elaborar su género, Loewe cuenta con fábricas propias y proveedores externos. En el presente caso, la dirección de la empresa tiene que decidir si evoluciona hacia el modelo industrial de otras enseñas del grupo LVMH y externaliza al completo su producción o, por el contrario, convierte su principal fábrica en un centro de excelencia capaz de genera...Starting at €8.20