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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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Sandvik Coromant Recycling Concept - Teaching Note
Raz, Gal; Schlosser, MichelTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1407TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1407Starting at €0.00
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Eastman Tritan - Teaching Note
Raz, Gal; Elias, Allison; Kraft, TimTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1494TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1494Starting at €0.00
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Anita Norris Model Management
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Prashob Menon; Paul LeeCase IVEY-9B10D013-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn March 2010, the owner of Anita Norris Model Management (ANMM) was trying to discern a strategic direction to best serve the growth of her company. Its quick growth in the past two years was due to the owners' efforts to pursue any revenue stream opportunity that presented itself. The owner was concerned that this pace was unsustainable in the long run and would in fact stretch the business too thinly. Currently, the business's revenue stemmed ...Starting at €8.20
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Lauren McDonald at Ernst & Young
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Jenna Weaver; Anne CybulskiCase IVEY-9B07D020-EService and Operations ManagementLauren McDonald, a recently promoted manager at the public accounting firm Ernst & Young in London, Ontario, has an appointment with one of her senior staff accountants. McDonald had met with the staff accountant two months earlier as part of the staff accountant's mid-year performance review. The meeting had also included an informal discussion as to whether the staff accountant was on track for a promotion to manager, which would be decided lat...Starting at €8.20
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Banking or Consulting: That is the Question
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Brad Baker; Rob LevyCase IVEY-9B08D002-EService and Operations ManagementEmily Holland-Power was eager to start looking for permanent employment. Holland-Power was entering the final year of the two-year honours bachelor of arts program in business administration at the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. From her summer work at Lalani, O'Hagan & John, an accounting firm in London, she had concluded that accounting was not for her. However, she had also decided that...Starting at €8.20
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henderson bas
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Nicole Shomair; Ari ShomairCase IVEY-9B08D008-EService and Operations ManagementThe director of client services at henderson bas, an interactive advertising company, was trying to decide how to set a price for the newly proposed campaign for Halpernia Industries, one of her clients. Though the strategic direction of the campaign had been agreed upon, Halpernia had rejected the two creative proposals already presented to it. The director was unsure how to set a price for the campaign. She needed to balance the need for the co...Starting at €8.20
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Furniture Bank
P. Fraser Johnson; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Jean A. SalamatCase IVEY-9B10D006-EService and Operations ManagementFurniture Bank was an organization that collected and distributed donated, gently used furniture to those in need. After several years of tight financial circumstances, the interim executive director was relieved that the past year had provided relief via generation of record amounts of excess cash. He was preparing a report to be presented to the board of directors concerning his thoughts on what direction he thought the Furniture Bank should ta...Starting at €8.20
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Cooke & Rodak LLP
John S. Haywood-Farmer; David LeithCase IVEY-9B10D014-EService and Operations ManagementThe managing partner of Cooke & Rodak LLP was devising a recommendation to be presented to the executive committee regarding a significant change to the firm's program for articling students. The current program had a structured rotation system, and after interviews with several current articling students it had been suggested that a move to a more entrepreneurial-based approach, thus allowing students flexibility in choosing their work, would be...Starting at €8.20