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Canyon Mining Corporation: Heavy Mobile Equipment Procurement
Laseter, Timothy M.; Katz, Arnon; Choi, SihyunCase DARDEN-OM-1392-EService and Operations ManagementCanyon Mining intends to negotiate a long-term contract for haul trucks to use for surface mining, and a team from Censeo Consulting Group is tasked with developing a methodology to track cost changes over the past contract as input into the negotiation. The current project’s primary objective is to estimate the year-over-year trend in factory manufacturing margins for two different capacity trucks from two different equipment suppliers. These es...Starting at €8.20
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Seating Matters
Llano Irusta, M. A.; Healy, R.Case IIST-PI-203-E-EService and Operations ManagementAt the end of 2015, and in the last 8 years, the business had been growing significantly but at the same time there was growing stress on the manufacturing operation. They have had shortages in key components and increases in the lead time for chair production. They needed to increase the staff significantly without time for training them. The stock levels of raw components and part-finished goods within the factory began to increase dramatically...Starting at €8.20
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Seating Matters 2020, Being lean and geniun in crisis Times
Llano Irusta, M. A.; Healy, R.Case IIST-PI-226-E-EService and Operations ManagementIn the spring of 2020, Seating Matters, had worked to design a rapid-deployment bed for temporary field hospitals. They were making beds for use in temporary hospitals after coming up with a new design. There were excellent beds from bed companies. A simple medical bed in a flat pack, which can free up the more expensive beds for the patients who need them the most. As healthcare workers battle against the Covid-19 virus, it was important that co...Starting at €8.20
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Seating Matters
Llano Irusta, M. A.; Healy, R.Case IIST-PI-203Service and Operations ManagementAunque a finales de 2015 y en los 8 años anteriores, el negocio había crecido considerablemente, también la tensión en la operación había aumentado. La empresa había experimentado escasez de piezas clave y los tiempos de producción de los asientos se habían prolongado. Era necesario aumentar la plantilla de forma significativa, pero no disponían del tiempo necesario para dar formación a las nuevas contrataciones. El stock de piezas y productos se...Starting at €8.20
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2017-2018: La Transformación Lean de Seating Matters
Llano Irusta, M. A.; Healy, R.Case IIST-PI-204Service and Operations ManagementAunque a finales de 2015 y en los 8 años anteriores, el negocio había crecido considerablemente, también la tensión en la operación había aumentado. La empresa había experimentado escasez de piezas clave y los tiempos de producción de los asientos se habían prolongado. Era necesario aumentar la plantilla de forma significativa, pero no disponían del tiempo necesario para dar formación a las nuevas contrataciones. El stock de piezas y productos se...Starting at €8.20
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2017-2018: The Seating Matters Lean Transformation
Llano Irusta, M. A.; Healy, R.Case IIST-PI-204-E-EService and Operations ManagementAt the end of 2015, and in the last 8 years, the business had been growing significantly but at the same time there was growing stress on the manufacturing operation. They have had shortages in key components and increases in the lead time for chair production. They needed to increase the staff significantly without time for training them. The stock levels of raw components and part-finished goods within the factory began to increase dramatically...Starting at €8.20
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Product–Market Alignment
Markou, Panos; Chao, Raul O.; Goldberg, Rebecca; Katz, Arnon; Kelly, A. MorganTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1706-EService and Operations ManagementThe ability to achieve product–market alignment (PMA) differentiates businesses that will thrive from those that will fail. Yet many find it difficult to create—and sustain—products that continuously generate value, even as their markets change. Traditionally, managers seeking to develop new products or reexamine current offerings have relied on frameworks that compare customer views on the desirability of various product features to the financia...Starting at €8.20
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ENCIRC
Llano Irusta, M. A.; Sotos Araneta, M.; Healy, R.Case IIST-PI-174-E-EService and Operations ManagementQuinn Glass was one of the most valuable divisions within the emporium of entrepreneur Sean Quinn, from County Fermanagh. In April 2011, the control over Mr. Quinn's business was transferred to a consortium of investors that included the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC). In 2015, the Spanish glass manufacturer Vidrala bought the company and renamed it using the new brand Encirc. The case lets participants analyze the strategic fit between...Starting at €8.20