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Amazon: El distribuidor total
Vidal Romero, A.; Garrido Martinez, E.Case IIST-PI-186Service and Operations ManagementAmazon era una de las tres grandes empresas del mundo electrónico (junto con Google y Facebook) y la mayor empresa del mundo dedicada al comercio electrónico con más de (cien mil millones de dólares en ventas anuales). El caso describe el modelo de negocio de Amazon y el entorno del comercio electrónico. Resulta interesante analizar el propio modelo de Amazon y debatir sobre el futuro de este modelo basado en el crecimiento, el impacto que está t...Starting at €8.20
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Fernández-Vega Eye Institute
Serrano, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1137-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThe Fernández-Vega Eye Institute in Oviedo, Asturias, is possibly the most famous clinic in Spain in its specialty. It is not only notable for its high medical quality; the clinic has also optimized its provision of services using business criteria with the aim of improving the customer experience. Faced with a growing demand for its medical services, the institute's management has to decide between a series of specific options for increasing the...Starting at €8.20
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Roche: The Investment Decision Dilemma
Serrano, Alejandro; Kraiselburd, SantiagoCase P-1171-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2015, Roche launched an internal improvement program aimed at reducing the cost of its products, with an emphasis on manufacturing costs. Paul de Wit, the group head in charge of product supply-chain management, was assigned the task of figuring out the appropriate production batch size for each product, with the help of two representatives from the financial and supply-chain management departments. They tested three different approaches on a ...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona and the Challenge of 2020
Serrano, Alejandro; Girbal, AlbertCase P-1176-EService and Operations ManagementAfter various decades of uninterrupted growth, Mercadona was completing its expansion in Spain and Portugal. Faced with this situation, it was natural in which direction the company strategy should head. Should it continue its expansion process into other countries, such as Italy? If so, what impact would the recent change of model from "integrated suppliers" to "totalers" have on the process?Starting at €8.20
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Fiore di Zucca
Serrano, Alejandro; Calvo, EduardCase P-1183-EService and Operations ManagementFiore di Zucca was one of Italy's leading producers of bags of ready-to-eat precooked vegetables. Francesco Ferrati, the chief operating officer, reviewed the results of a new policy of producing goods without waiting to receive orders from customers. He was satisfied with the improvement in customer response time. However, the inventory had expanded so much that one of the warehouses of finished products had almost come to a standstill twice due...Starting at €8.20
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Selección de proveedores en PepsiCo Europa
Serrano, Alejandro; Nadjia Gassner; Humberto Pardi; Girbal, AlbertCase P-1190Service and Operations ManagementEn 2018, PepsiCo se plantea incorporar a un nuevo proveedor de CO2 a su proceso de fabricación, en las plantas de Europa del Este. Dicho proveedor ofrece un precio muy competitivo. Sin embargo, los otros aspectos clave, como la fiabilidad, el nivel del servicio, etc., deberán estudiarse a fondo antes de tomar una decisión. Además, contar con un proveedor nuevo implicaría eliminar a uno de los ya existentes. ¿Cuál debería irse? La propuesta de Mig...Starting at €8.20
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HCM Hospital: Invest to Grow? - Teaching Note
Serrano, AlejandroTeaching Note PT-83-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes a decision faced by Rafael Hernández, CEO of HCM Group, who has to decide whether to make a case to the board of directors supporting the expansion of the premises of HCM Hospital. If the expansion goes ahead, an actionable plan should be presented, including new activities to be carried out by the hospital. If the plan is not supported or some external factor prevents its deployment, a plan B is needed to rationalize the way s...Starting at €0.00
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Gruppo La Doria: Un Anno Dopo L’acquisizione di PA.FI.AL, Come continuare a fare crescere la Redditivitá?
Vidal Romero, A.; Llano Irusta, M. A.Case IIST-PI-178-I-ITService and Operations ManagementIl Gruppo La Doria, principale produttore italiano di prodotti a base di pomodoro, conserve in lattina, succhi di frutta e salse pronte all'uso, è stato un importante fornitore di grandi catene di supermercati, sia in Italia che all'estero, principalmente di prodotti riportanti il proprio marchio . La recente acquisizione da parte del Gruppo Pa.fi.al - leader nel mercato italiano delle salse pronto all'uso con marchi propri è stata ritenuta strat...Starting at €8.20
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Gate Gourmet
Vidal Romero, A.; Garrido Martinez, ECase IIST-PI-154-E-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2014, Gate Gourmet España (GGE) was the Spanish subsidiary of Gate Group, one of the biggest providers of independent, on-board passenger services in the world. The case describes the crisis situation in the passenger air transportation sector in 2010. In 2010, the General Manager of GGE, David de la Torre, decided that operations needed a deep transformation to render them more efficient and that they needed to change the “civil service” ment...Starting at €8.20
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Gate Gourmet. Teaching Note
Vidal Romero, A.; Garrido Martinez, E.Technical Note IIST-PITN-154-E-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2014, Gate Gourmet España (GGE) was the Spanish subsidiary of Gate Group, one of the biggest providers of independent, on-board passenger services in the world. The case describes the crisis situation in the passenger air transportation sector in 2010. In 2010, the General Manager of GGE, David de la Torre, decided that operations needed a deep transformation to render them more efficient and that they needed to change the “civil service” ment...Starting at €8.20