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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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Clínicas Buenavista: Information for the Medical Director
Stein, Guido; Cebrecos, EnriqueCase E-127-EService and Operations ManagementThe following Wednesday Dr. Mackay, medical director and major shareholder in the Clínicas Buenavista was to have a meeting with Alejandro Lanzagorta, Business Manager at Eye Care, to negotiate lens prices for 2009. He had already told him on the phone that the group's buying potential was 4,000 multifocal lenses and 8,000 monofocal lenses so he should make a suitable offer, as they want to finalize the decision as soon as possible. However they ...Starting at €8.20
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Lentes multifocales de Eye Care: Información del Business Manager
Cebrecos, Enrique; Stein, GuidoCase E-128Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementEl lunes 12 de enero de 2009, El director médico de Buenavista acababa de llamar a Alejandro solicitando una oferta para 4.000 lentes multifocales DifraCare y 8.000 monofocales MonoCare. Después de meses de un cuidadoso trabajo de preparación, Alejandro Lanzagorta , Business Manager de Eye Care, empresa líder en el desarrollo y comercialización de productos ofálmicos, finalmente iba a lograr sentar a negociar al Dr Rud Mackay, director médico y ...Starting at €8.20
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Criterios de decisión de un inversor: Warren Buffett
Stein, Guido; García de Santos, TeresaTechnical Note DPON-358Decision Analysis, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementEsta nota técnica subraya el papel de los criterios en la toma de decisiones. Según el Diccionario de la Lengua de la Real Academia Española, la primera acepción de criterio es la de "norma para conocer la verdad"; en una segunda acepción, se indica "juicio o discernimiento" y, entre sus sinónimos, se encuentran "cordura" y "sensatez". El objetivo es dar a conocer los criterios de decisión que, durante décadas y décadas, ha ido puliendo Warren Bu...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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Managing Inventories: The Newsvendor Model
Raz, GalTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1456-EService and Operations ManagementThis note uses the traditional newsvendor model to present strategies for inventory management when demand is uncertain. Methods for determining the critical ratio of overage and underage costs and the optimal stock level are discussed.Starting at €8.20
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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