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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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Starbucks Corp.: Clouds in Your Coffee
Zimmerman, Alan; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1328-EService and Operations ManagementThis case depicts the history of Starbucks Corporation, from its inception, in 1971, through 2007. The case highlights the conflict between large-scale efficiency and standardization versus providing customers with the "Starbucks Experience." As its consistent growth shows, Starbucks has managed this conflict skillfully, but as the company continues to expand, balancing these objectives becomes more difficult and complex.Starting at €8.20
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The Toyota Production System: “The Scent of the Cornered Ferret”
Zimmerman, Alan; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1333-EService and Operations ManagementThis case provides a history of Toyota and describes the famed Toyota Production System (TPS). It follows the company from its founding, in 1933, up to 2007. The case can be used to introduce TPS as well as to discuss the factors necessary to sustain a corporate strategy through long periods of international growth.Starting at €8.20
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Six Sigma: A Basic Overview
Landel, Robert D.; Zimmerman, AlanTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1339-EService and Operations ManagementIn the nearly 30 years since it was introduced, Six Sigma has evolved to mean different things in different circumstances and in different organizations, so that now it is difficult to identify a single, universally accepted definition. The purpose of this note is to provide a basic overview of Six Sigma by explaining its underlying principles and most commonly utilized methods while providing a brief review of its history. Finally, this note pro...Starting at €8.20
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We Can Hear You Now (B): Voice of the Customer Project at Crutchfield Corp.
Landel, Robert D.; Taylor, Laure; Zimmerman, AlanCase DARDEN-OM-1343-EService and Operations ManagementAppropriate for marketing and operations management courses. The director of customer service in an electronics catalog business has asked a Six Sigma Black Belt for assistance in evaluating several ideas to effectively obtain and analyze feedback from users of its customer service department. Students are asked to evaluate the design and findings from a previously run project focused on sales agent performance and then to recommend a Six Sigma p...Starting at €5.74
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Dell Computer: Back to the Future
Zimmerman, Alan; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1325-EService and Operations ManagementThis case tells the story of Dell Computer Corporation, from its beginning, in 1983, through 2007. It describes the famous "Dell Way" process, which uses just-in-time inventory management and lean-production principles, together with direct sales and real-time information management. It also describes Dell's challenges: globalization, new technologies, and evolving market trends.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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We Can Hear You Now (A): A Customer Survey Design for a Six Sigma Project at Crutchfield Corp.
Landel, Robert D.; Taylor, Laure; Zimmerman, AlanCase DARDEN-OM-1340-EService and Operations ManagementAppropriate for marketing and operations management courses. The director of CS at a customer-focused catalog electronics company has asked a Six Sigma Black Belt for assistance in evaluating several ideas to effectively obtain and analyze feedback from users of its CS department. A Design For Six Sigma project was run six years previously and discovering why the company used the Six Sigma project, as opposed to one of the many new customer-satis...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