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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.: Designing a Supply Chain Network
Yemen, Gerry; Raz, Gal; Davidson, Martin N.Case DARDEN-OM-1406-EService and Operations ManagementSupply chain network design choices and the challenges in implementing and understanding how alternatives influence firm performance are key management skills that can be applied to the case of a global company, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (K&S), and its expansion strategy. Suitable for the MBA, EMBA, GMBA, and executive education programs, the case explores the decision to expand the company’s tool bonding capacity in order to manage its ...Starting at €8.20
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Eastman Tritan Product Development and Launch
Raz, Gal; Kraft, Tim; Elias, Allison; Hutchison-Krupat, JeremyCase DARDEN-OM-1540-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2007, Eastman Chemical (Eastman), a global specialty chemicals company based in Kingsport, Tennessee, was set to launch Tritan, Eastman’s latest specialty plastic. The development team was excited about Tritan because it demonstrated heat resistance and durability properties that might allow Eastman to compete in the lucrative polycarbonate plastics market. But the decision had not been made regarding which applications Eastman should target f...Starting at €8.20
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., in China: Transferring Knowledge (B)
Yemen, Gerry; Raz, Gal; Davidson, Martin N.Case DARDEN-OM-1411-EService and Operations ManagementWhile much of the work on outsourcing to China focuses on the low cost and its tradeoffs, this case examines in depth the interaction between human capital and a firm’s cost and capabilities. Suitable for the MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs, the case presents a manufacturer of semiconductor assembly equipment looking to achieve growth in its wire bonding tools segment-in particular, capillaries and dicing saw blades-through geo...Starting at €5.74
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Eastman Tritan
Raz, Gal; Kraft, Tim; Elias, AllisonCase DARDEN-OM-1494-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is used in Darden's Supply-Chain Operations elective. The field-based case gives supply-chain educators the ability to teach the newsvendor model with pricing under a capacity constraint using real-life decisions. By 2005, Eastman Chemical Company, based in Tennessee, had created a new specialty plastic, Tritan, which demonstrated heat resistance and durability properties that might allow Eastman to compete in the lucrative polycarbonat...Starting at €8.20
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., in China: Transferring Knowledge (A) and (B) (Abridged)
Raz, Gal; Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OM-1500-EService and Operations ManagementThis version condenses the two parts of “K&S Industries Inc. in China: Transferring Knowledge (A) and (B)” into a single-use case. Suitable for the MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs, the case presents a manufacturer of semiconductor assembly equipment looking to achieve growth in its wire bonding tools segment—in particular, capillaries and dicing saw blades—through geographic expansion. At the time, it manufactured capillaries i...Starting at €5.74
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Chevy Volt: Pricing and Capacity Decisions in Response to Government Incentives for the Electric Vehicle Industry
Raz, Gal; Ovchinnikov, Anton S.; Elias, AllisonCase DARDEN-OM-1519-EService and Operations ManagementAt the end of 2013, executives from General Motors (GM) must make decisions about what production capacity and price to allocate to the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle considering the costs of supply chain shift necessary to make changes in the assembly process. Concerns about battery life, price, and driving range have influenced most consumers' decisions to continue to purchase conventional fuel vehicles despite the U.S. federal government's im...Starting at €8.20
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Picante Mexican Grill: A New Delhi Experience
Raz, Gal; Weiss, Elliott N.; Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Bodily, Samuel E.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OM-1520-EService and Operations ManagementModeled loosely after the American restaurant chain Chipotle, Picante Mexican Grill seeks to offer fresh and healthy vegetarian fast-food options. The owners of this start-up chain in Gurgaon, India, struggle to manage their quickly growing operation. As they consider expanding into new locations, diverse issues—including determining store hours, location, managing centralized production, and meeting staffing needs—challenge the entrepreneurial t...Starting at €8.20
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (B) (Spanish Version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Dittrich, Ruth; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-612S10Service and Operations ManagementEl caso (B) da una actualización sobre el desarrollo de la gestión del conocimiento en Danone dos años después del caso (A): El Networking actitud se extendió por toda la empresa y se plantea la pregunta de si Danone debe mover a las redes virtuales, además de cara a -cara redes.Starting at €5.74
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (C) (Spanish Version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Dittrich, Ruth; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-612S11Service and Operations ManagementEl caso (C) proporciona información actualizada sobre la decisión B-caso y describe la introducción de Dan 2.0, una red social virtual interna con el propósito de intercambio de conocimientos en una empresa que sólo se utiliza para la creación de redes cara a cara.Starting at €5.74
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (C)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Dittrich, Ruth; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-611080-EService and Operations ManagementThe (C) case provides an update on the B-case decision and describes the introduction of Dan 2.0, an internal social virtual network for the purpose of knowledge sharing in a company that was only used to face-to-face networking.Starting at €5.74