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Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel Incident (A)
Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Lago, Alejandro; Valadas, JorgeCase M-1251-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementThis case describes the ordeal experienced by passengers who were trapped under in English channel on December 2009 and poses questions related to how managers should react to the situation. The main issues that come out in the case relate to how the firm should react to this service failure.Starting at €8.20
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Sus ingenieros hablan entre s cuando deben hacerlo
Sosa, Manuel E.; Eppinger, Steven D.; Rowles, Craig M.Article HBS-R0711JService and Operations ManagementLa comunicación no puede estar en la mente de los gerentes en empresas que diseñan productos complejos y de alta ingeniería, pero debería ser. Cuando se producen errores, a menudo es porque los equipos de los componentes del producto no pueden hablar. Las consecuencias pueden ser enormes: Ford y Bridgestone Firestone perdieron mil millones por no coordinar el diseño de la Explorer con el diseño de sus neumáticos. Los principales retrasos y sobrec...Starting at €8.20
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Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A) (Spanish Version)
Clark, Kim B.; Margolis, Joshua D.Case HBS-604S19Service and Operations ManagementExamina el desafío que enfrentan los gerentes de una planta de fabricación de aluminio grande en su campaña para mejorar la seguridad en el trabajo. El CEO de la compañía ha hecho de la seguridad una prioridad. La planta ha hecho grandes progresos en la reducción de la tasa de lesiones, pero ahora se enfrenta a la necesidad de acelerar su mejora. Para ello se requiere el director de seguridad a tener en cuenta el progreso hasta la fecha y analiza...Starting at €8.20
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Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel Incident (A) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Lago, Alejandro; Valadas, JorgeCase M-1251-PBMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementThis case describes the ordeal experienced by passengers who were trapped under in English channel on December 2009 and poses questions related to how managers should react to the situation. The main issues that come out in the case relate to how the firm should react to this service failure.Starting at €8.20
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Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel Incident (B): Eurostar's Immediate Reaction
Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Lago, Alejandro; Valadas, JorgeCase M-1256-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementThis case describes the ordeal experienced by passengers trapped under the English Channel in December 2009 due to a train failure and poses questions related to how managers should have reacted to the situation. The main issues discussed in the case relate to how the firm should have reacted to this service failure. The (B) case describes the actions taken by Eurostar management immediately following the incident.Starting at €5.74
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Are Your Engineers Talking to One Another When They Should
Sosa, Manuel E.; Eppinger, Steven D.; Rowles, Craig M.Article HBS-R0711J-EService and Operations ManagementCommunication may not be on managers' minds at companies that design complex, highly engineered products, but it should be. When mistakes take place, it's often because product-component teams fail to talk. The consequences can be huge: Ford and Bridgestone Firestone lost billions by not coordinating the design of the Explorer with the design of its tires. The major delays and cost overruns involved in the development of Airbus's A380 "super jumb...Starting at €8.20
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Macsa: Making the Transition from Products to Projects
García Pont, Carlos; Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Valadas, JorgeCase M-1255-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementMACSA competed in the coding and product identification industry, as it proportioned firms with the ability to trace all of its products form raw material to the end consumer. Their traditional strategy had been to sell "products" such as ink-jet printers, lasers, and labeling machines. In recent years, the company started to sell "projects" which included machines, software, and consulting. The case describes the challenges faced by the CEO and ...Starting at €8.20
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Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel Incident (C): The Aftermath
Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Lago, Alejandro; Valadas, JorgeCase M-1257-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementThis case describes the ordeal experienced by passengers trapped under the English Channel in December 2009 due to a train failure and poses questions related to how managers should have reacted to the situation. The main issues discussed in the case relate to how the firm should have reacted to this service failure. The (C) case describes the aftermath of the incident, including the conclusions of the external investigations that were conducted.Starting at €5.74
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Innovation at the Speed of Information (Spanish version)
Eppinger, Steven D.Article HBS-R0101LService and Operations ManagementConventional project-management tools--PERT charts and Gantt charts, for example--were created to help manage sequences of discrete tasks that make up large construction projects. Yet these tools don't capture clearly the back-and-forth of information that takes place in innovative processes, such as product development. Conventional tools are designed to answer the question, "What other tasks must be completed before I begin this one?" But produ...Starting at €8.20
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Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel Incident (A) (Chinese Version)
Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Lago, Alejandro; Valadas, JorgeCase M-1251-ZHMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementThis case describes the ordeal experienced by passengers who were trapped under in English channel on December 2009 and poses questions related to how managers should react to the situation. The main issues that come out in the case relate to how the firm should react to this service failure.Starting at €8.20