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Goodbaby Group: The Upfront Warehouse Decision
Huan Zheng; Yuanzheng Ma; Du Chen; Stephan VachonCase IVEY-9B20D018-EService and Operations Management, StrategyJinrun Li, chief operating officer for Goodbaby Group (Goodbaby), had to make a decision about opening a new store in a high-end mall in Shanghai, China. Goodbaby was going to manage the store for one of its clients, who had its own specifications for theStarting at €8.20
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Carestream Health Inc.: When Disruption Hits a Lean Supply Chain
Stephan Vachon; Zhiduan Xu; De GaoCase IVEY-9B19D023-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn October 2014, Carestream Health Inc. (Xiamen) (CHX) was faced with a supply chain disruption caused by a labour dispute involving most of the ports on the west coast of the United States. The work-to-rule strike was having a considerable impact on theStarting at €8.20
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Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A) (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; Simpson, JanetCase HBS-605S11Service and Operations ManagementDescribe una estrategia de fabricación integral diseñado para reducir sustancialmente el tiempo de ciclo de órdenes (es decir, el tiempo entre la colocación de un pedido por un cliente y su entrega al cliente). Para poner en marcha la estrategia digital ha adoptado la fabricación de planificación de recursos (MRP II). El caso permite a los estudiantes para evaluar los pros y los contras de la estrategia que requiere una rápida información fluye y...Starting at €8.20
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From Concept to Production (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Field, Lee C.; Simpson, JanetCase HBS-606S20Service and Operations ManagementDescribes the evolution of the Boeing 767 from the conception of the project to the start of manufacturing. Shows how the company manages an enormously complex and risky project and introduces students to a variety of estimating and management tools. The decision issue involves the shift from three-person to two-person cockpits and whether rework should be done in-line (without removing planes from the flow of production) or off-line (after initi...Starting at €8.20
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General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (A) (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; Detreville, SuzanneCase HBS-607S08Service and Operations ManagementGE está considerando la introducción de un sistema de producción "just-in-time" para reducir el inventario en su área de fabricación termopar. Los estudiantes de casos se presenta con una descripción del actual sistema de gestión de inventario, el proceso de producción, y las perspectivas de diferentes personas en la planta. La cuestión es cómo GE debe proceder con la introducción de este sistema.Starting at €8.20
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PPG: Developing a Self-Directed Work Force (A) (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; Klein, NormanCase HBS-609S15Service and Operations ManagementPPG ha construido una planta de vidrio del estado de la técnica en Berea, Kentucky. La planta está persiguiendo el objetivo de una "fuerza de trabajo autodirigido." El caso describe el progreso hasta la fecha y los problemas no resueltos de gestión. Estos incluyen preguntas sobre rotación de turnos, las oportunidades de promoción, evaluación y supervisión de los empleados, el papel de los empleados en el establecimiento de la política, y si es o ...Starting at €8.20
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Sears Canada (A)
Stephan Vachon; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13D014-EService and Operations ManagementSears Canada’s associate vice-president of sustainability faces dilemmas in executing a strategy to reduce the retailer’s carbon footprint. He needs to integrate the concept of sustainability into the company’s larger corporate objectives, drive the concept in individual business units and identify the metrics for tracking the progress of reducing Sears Canada’s carbon footprint.The (B) case, 9B13D015, is positioned two years later, when the asso...Starting at €8.20
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Sonnen Trucking Company
Stephan Vachon; Tessa WeidnerCase IVEY-9B15D005-EService and Operations ManagementIn January 2013, the new chief executive officer of the Sonnen Trucking Company, a family-owned business, is considering how to reduce fleet insurance costs. As profit margins are very tight and continuing to shrink, she has to think about variables she can control in order to affect the bottom line positively. Insurance costs are the logical item to address since they are based on the company’s safety and accident records and the extent that it ...Starting at €8.20
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Supply Chain Strategy at TCL Multimedia
Yinan Qi; Stephan VachonCase IVEY-9B15D015-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe chief executive officer of TCL Multimedia, a global TV manufacturer based in China, looked at the company’s first-half financial results with some concern. The results did not meet his expectations, and the company had lost market shares, both in China and internationally. Although he was confident that the new, recently adopted corporate strategy would enable a better future positioning of the company, he knew that without the appropriate su...Starting at €8.20
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Benevento Foods: When the Rubber Hits the Dough
David Wood; Stephan Vachon; Micheline SinghCase IVEY-9B15D014-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyFor the past 30 years, the president of Benevento Foods, a food processor located in northern New York State, has overseen unprecedented growth. In June 2014, the family-owned company has 90 full-time employees and provides baking mixes and bases to both small stand-alone bakeries and national grocery chains across the United States. It has plans to expand distribution to Mexico and Japan and to develop new product lines, especially for gluten-fr...Starting at €8.20