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Leading and Managing Change in Contracting and Acquisition
Cross, Tom; Davies, GregoryCase DARDEN-OM-1478-EService and Operations ManagementThe Chief of Contracting for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) responsible for all U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracting in 12 African nations has reviewed the results of several audits and inspections, including his own, on the state of DoD contracting in expeditionary environments. The reports are anything but encouraging. It is clear that the contracting operations at CJTF-HOA are on the verge of system and operati...Starting at €8.20
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Eagle Industries: Office Supplies Sourcing - Teaching Note
Cross, TomTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1181TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1181Starting at €0.00
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Ivor Spencer: Formación de mayordomos de talla mundial: La valoración de los intangibles
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-89Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIvor Spencer, maestro de ceremonias de fama mundial y propietario de la escuela de mayordomos y secretarios personales Ivor Spencer, había oficiado más de 1.000 ceremonias de la familia real británica y había formado personalmente a más de 450 mayordomos. Desde 1981, Spencer venía gestionando la escuela, una sociedad limitada privada con un volumen de negocio de 152.266 libras esterlinas. Pero ahora, a sus 81 años, Spencer creía que era un moment...Starting at €8.20
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General Óptica Internacional
Bohnsen, B.; Nueno, PedroCase P-997Service and Operations ManagementGeneral Optica Internacional considera la posibilidad de centralizar la producción de gafas (por ajuste de cristales) en lugar de realizar el trabajo de forma descentralizada en las ópticas. La centralización implica ahorro de costes, pero puede presentar problemas de servicio.Starting at €8.20
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General Óptica Internacional
Bohnsen, B.; Nueno, PedroCase P-997-EService and Operations ManagementGeneral Optica Internacional is considering the possibility of centralizing its production of glasses (lens fitting) instead of decentralizing the work to optician. Centralization saves costs but may give rise to service problems.Starting at €8.20
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A Rush to Failure? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Cross, TomArticle HBS-R1104N-EService and Operations ManagementWhen a set of giant robotic arms developed for the International Space Station breaks down during a crisis, project manager Samantha Van Sant finds herself in the hot seat. Did her team compromise quality by pushing the contractors too hard on speed? How can she prevent future mishaps-should the arrangement with the contractors be renegotiated to include different incentives or more safeguards? Gary L. Moe, a director of McKinsey's Business Techn...Starting at €8.20
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A Rush to Failure (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Cross, TomArticle HBS-R1104Z-EService and Operations ManagementWhen a set of giant robotic arms developed for the International Space Station breaks down during a crisis, project manager Samantha Van Sant finds herself in the hot seat. Did her team compromise quality by pushing the contractors too hard on speed? How can she prevent future mishaps-should the arrangement with the contractors be renegotiated to include different incentives or more safeguards? Gary L. Moe, a director of McKinsey's Business Techn...Starting at €8.20
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Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD): Five Failures and Counting (A)
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OM-1185-EService and Operations ManagementTHAAD was a kinetic-energy weapon designed to protect the United States against enemy missile attack. But after $3.2 billion had been spent, the program was deemed a failure, as all five of the initial tests had missed the targets. This case is about how a strategic sourcing project ran into trouble and what options could be pursued to rescue the project, given the multiple stakeholders involved. The (B) case presents what actually happened.Starting at €8.20
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Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OM-1375-EService and Operations ManagementSoldiers in Iraq are dying in increasing numbers from improvised explosive devices planted in roads by insurgents. Up-armored Humvees offer little to no protection. Specialty vehicles with v-shaped bottoms to deflect blasts had been developed in South Africa and Rhodesia in the 1970s.The MRAP Vehicle Joint Program Office's mission is to procure up to 20,000 of these commercial off-the-shelf vehicles and get them to Iraq within 30 months. Yet U.S....Starting at €8.20
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CVO Group: la expansión europea
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-102Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementNorrie Sinclair, consejero delegado de CVO Group, una empresa de contratación de personal con sede en Budapest (Hungría) que opera en toda Europa del Este, está barajando dos tipos de expansión: una ampliación geográfica a Londres (Reino Unido) y una expansión hacia el alquiler de personal a través de la adquisición. En su búsqueda por un objetivo a adquirir, ha dado con Center Group, una empresa polaca dedicada al alquiler de personal y a la sub...Starting at €8.20