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Elizabeth Arden: Executing Global Supply Chain Re-engineering - Teaching Note
David Wood; Norman GaoTeaching Note IVEY-8B13D017-EService and Operations Management, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B13D017.Starting at €0.00
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Sam’s Pizzeria: Managing Peak Demand
David Wood; Ali Abdel-RazekCase IVEY-9B20D002-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn October 2018, the owner of Sam’s Pizzeria (Sam’s) in Orillia, Ontario, needed to determine how he should staff his business to keep up with an increase in demand on Halloween. Halloween had often been a source of frustration, as Sam's struggled to keep up with demand on that day. Providing customers with good-quality pizza and fast delivery was critical to Sam’s success. Not wanting to repeat the mistakes of the past, the owner knew that he wo...Starting at €8.20
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Bombardier Aviation: The Front Substructure Decision - Teaching Note
David WoodTeaching Note IVEY-8B20D011-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20D011.Starting at €0.00
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Parcel Guard: Keeping Up with Demand - Teaching Note
David Wood; Ali Abdel-RazekTeaching Note IVEY-8B20D005-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20D005.Starting at €0.00
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Business Intelligence Software at SYSCO (Spanish version)
McAfee, Andrew; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-606S16Service and Operations ManagementThe large food service company SYSCO has decided to purchase business intelligence (BI) software, a technology intended to provide superior monitoring and analysis capabilities. Twila Day, assistant vice president of technology and applications, is in charge of the BI project and must determine exactly how much software to buy. She must also plan the BI implementation throughout the company. After conferring with Business Objects, the BI applicat...Starting at €8.20
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Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker (A) (Spanish version)
Snow, Daniel C.; Wheelwright, Steven C.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-607S43Service and Operations ManagementScharffen Berger, a premium brand chocolate, is growing rapidly and must decide where and when to add capacity in the production line and with what technology. The company must consider the demands of marketing, the impact on quality and reputation, and the economics of alternative approaches to increasing output in both the short term and long term. Provides an opportunity for students to examine the existing process technology and flow, to unde...Starting at €8.20
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Millbrook Estate Homes Ltd.: The Whistle Hill Estates Opportunity
David Wood; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11D005-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn October 2008, the president of Millbrook Estate Homes Ltd. is trying to determine if his firm should take on a new development called Whistle Hill Estates. Millbrook began as a builder of modest homes on a large scale, but the Whistle Hill opportunity would involve developing high-end custom homes.The president’s decision will have a significant effect on Millbrook’s future strategy. Millbrook can stay within its comfort zone and continue buil...Starting at €8.20
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Upper Canada Insurance (Spanish version)
David WoodCase IVEY-9B10DS012Service and Operations ManagementDeborah McDonald of Upper Canada Insurance (Upper Canada) was reviewing several pieces of data she and her team had spent the last month collecting. McDonald and her team had been asked to address the inefficiencies in the life insurance application process, largely due to the high numbers of applicants withdrawing from the system (known as wastage) in the midst of the process. Upper Canada had determined that the most common reason for clients a...Starting at €8.20
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Whirlpool Corporation: Reversing Logistics
David Wood; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11D001-EService and Operations ManagementNew legislation in Ontario, Canada, might require all appliance manufacturers and brand owners to take responsibility for end-of-life collection and recycling of products. The senior manager of government relations for Whirlpool Corporation was updating his colleagues on Ontario’s proposed extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation. Whirlpool was the Canadian market share leader in household appliances such as washing machines, dryers, an...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Extremes Ltd.
David Wood; V. Joseph CompeauCase IVEY-9B11D002-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn March 2005, the president of Digital Extremes in London, Ontario, had just received the latest industry data. The new Xbox 360 was a success and the president knew that Digital Extremes would have to add significant resources and fundamentally change its operations in order to focus on the growing console market rather than on PC gaming. However, given only three months before game development would begin for the next new console, the Playstat...Starting at €8.20