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Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (A)
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1691-EService and Operations ManagementThis case uses the impact of the global pandemic on the concentrated meatpacking industry to explore management of supply chain disruptions. COVID-19 had created massive problems at Tyson Foods, with high infection rates among workers, plants closing, and farmers unable to deliver livestock to processing plants. This translated into shortages at grocery stores. Then the president of the United States issued an executive order that meat-processing...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon+Whole Foods: un nuevo actor en el sector
Audicana Arcas, J.; Arribas Hervás, L.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-189Service and Operations ManagementEn 16 de junio Amazon, con más de 300 millones de clientes activos y 380.000 empleados y ventas que superan los 135 billones de dólares norteamericanos (año 2016), anuncia su intención de adquirir Whole Foods por 13.7 billones de dólares. Whole Foods es un retailer con sede en Austín (Texas), ventas que exceden los $16 billones al año y más de 477 tiendas en EE.UU., Canadá y Reino Unid, y que ostenta el liderazgo en alimentos orgánicos y comida s...Starting at €8.20
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Unes Supermarkets e il Viaggiator Goloso: Building a Brand (Italian Version)
Audicana Arcas, J.; Loring Olmedo, S.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-190-I-ITService and Operations ManagementUNES is a young company of medium size supermarkets that has starred in a turnaround, evolving from losing money, to achieving it, listening to the market and making brave bets to respond to it ("Every day low prices, private brand, fresh, private brand Premium, pop-up shops, single brand supermarkets, alliance with Amazon, etc.), creating its own business model, "the supermarket against the tide". After several years of launching and managing pr...Starting at €8.20
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Fairphone (B): Is It Really Worth It?
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Medack, AlexandraCase DARDEN-OM-1713-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is a follow-up to "Fairphone (A): Can a Start-Up Change an Industry?" (UVA-OM-1712). Fairphone's goals to keep producing an ethically sourced smartphone were noble, but "doing well by doing good" could only be an idealistic slogan unless Fairphone could figure out a way to be profitable. The company needed money to invest in its supply chain, to buy component inventory, and to pay for its own operations. When Fairphone began brainstorm...Starting at €5.74
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Regulations and Standards: Electronics Supply Chain
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Medack, AlexandraTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1714-EService and Operations ManagementStandards and regulations exist to ensure supply chains are not exploitative of the people, environments, and materials with which they interact. This technical note concentrates on two aspects of the process for electronics supply chains: the responsible sourcing of raw materials and end-of-use recycling. It is recommended for use with a companion technical note, "Electronics Supply Chain Overview" (UVA-OM-1716); as well as with the following ca...Starting at €8.20
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MAKRO, socio de la hostelería independiente
Audicana Arcas, J.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-232Service and Operations ManagementEn plena pandemia y con una caída del 30% de la hostelería MAKRO afrontaba el reto de acelerar su objetivo de convertirse en el socio de los más de 300.000 hosteleros de España. Eran consciente de que les quedaba camino por recorrer, pero con un ambicioso plan de marketing de guerrilla y fuerza de ventas en la calle querían conseguirlo. Se preguntaban ¿Qué estamos haciendo bien y que tenemos que re-pensarnos? ¿Qué herramientas necesita nuestro eq...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Exito: A value proposition for all
Audicana Arcas, J.; Martínez Jiménez, M.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-228-E-EService and Operations ManagementGrupo Éxito was a leading retailer in South American retail. However, with the arrival of low-cost, e-commerce, and last-mile delivery in 2019, it began to see its market share eroded in Colombia. Trends in Colombian retail did not help, as consumer habits had changed and now focused more on digitization, last-mile delivery companies, seeking speed and convenience. Along with this, COVID-19 arrived in 2020 and accelerated this change in trends. É...Starting at €8.20
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Social Investment in Supply Chains: Mining the Possibilities
Mani, Vidya; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-OM-1780-EService and Operations ManagementTintio SA (Tintio), a Peru-based mining company, planned to open a gold mine in Ica, the southern region of Peru. But like other mining companies, Tintio often had rocky relationships with the communities in which it operated. Tintio had tried to improve its practices and relationships over the years, but in 2021, it still experienced pushback from assorted stakeholders. Company leadership needed to decide how best to compensate and benefit the l...Starting at €8.20
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Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1768-EService and Operations ManagementThis case, a follow-up to "Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)" (UVA-OM-1691), looks at how the global food supply chain was faring almost 18 months after John Tyson wrote that America's "food supply chain is breaking." It explores the rising prices, global shipping issues, food-industry hiring problems, and political turmoil that the coronavirus pandemic continued to leave in its wake in late 2021 and beyond.Starting at €5.74
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Counterfeits and E-Commerce: Why Even Build It?
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1753-EService and Operations ManagementThis public-sourced case set in early 2021 examines the role counterfeiting has come to play in e-commerce, specifically at Amazon, which represents over one-third of the US online market. The case's protagonist is Amy Vega, who, along with Jason Larson, has cofounded a humidity-detection-device company with a product called the Hygro. Vega and Larson hope to sell the Hygro on leading e-commerce sites such as Amazon. But should they? Vega's res...Starting at €8.20