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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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How Operational Innovation Can Transform Your Company (Spanish version)
Hammer, MichaelArticle HBS-R0404EService and Operations ManagementBreakthrough innovations--not just steady improvements--in operations can destroy competitors and shake up entire industries. Just look at Dell, Toyota, and Wal-Mart. But fewer than 10% of large companies have made serious attempts to achieve operational innovation. Why? One reason, contends the author, is that business culture undervalues operations--they're not as sexy as deals or acquisitions. In addition, many executives who rose through the ...Starting at €8.20
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Process Audit (Spanish version)
Hammer, MichaelArticle HBS-R0704HService and Operations ManagementFew executives question the idea that by redesigning business processes--work that runs from end to end across an enterprise--they can achieve extraordinary improvements in cost, quality, speed, profitability, and other key areas. Yet in spite of their intentions and investments, many executives flounder, unsure about what exactly needs to be changed, by how much, and when. As a result, many organizations make little progress--if any at all--in t...Starting at €8.20