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Butterfly Edufields: Different Shades of Capacity
Kalyana C. Chejarla; Sourabh Bhattacharya; Siddhartha ModukuriCase IVEY-9B19D003-EService and Operations ManagementIn April 2017, Butterfly Edufields Pvt. Ltd., in Hyderabad, India, was experiencing a rapid growth in demand and needed to find ways to expand its capacity to meet this demand without significantly increasing costs. The company created innovative teaching and learning products for students in grades 1 through 10. Working with these products hands-on helped students understand various mathematics and science concepts such as magnetism, light, and ...Starting at €8.20
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Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability (Spanish version)
Lee, Deishin; Bony, LionelCase HBS-612S13Service and Operations Managementdesign decisions, manufacturing, and supply chain management. The proximate decision point in the case is whether the company should replace the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material in the arm pads of the Mirra chair. PVC was a highly toxic material to manufacture and dispose of and thus violated the C2C protocol. However, it was the standard material for arm pads and many other parts in the office furniture industry as it was durable, scratch resi...Starting at €8.20
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New England Apple Slices
Lee, Deishin; Weber, JamesCase HBS-612045-EService and Operations ManagementProtagonist leads an apple industry association that hopes to develop a market for New England apple slices to improve demand for apple products. Apples grown for slicing have characteristics that differ from most apples grown in New England. Case allows students to examine whether it makes sense for a farmer to begin to grow apples for slicing. The case also describes the distribution of apples and apple products so that students can examine how...Starting at €8.20
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Polyface: The Farm of Many Faces, Teaching Note
Lee, DeishinTeaching Note HBS-612054-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 611001.Starting at €0.00
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Konys, Inc., Teaching Note
Lee, Deishin; Tunca, Tunay ITeaching Note HBS-613094-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 613065.Starting at €0.00
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Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability, Teaching Note
Lee, DeishinTeaching Note HBS-609013-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [607003].Starting at €0.00
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Gas Natural: Improving the Profitability of Servigas (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Guitart, Iván; Rocha e Oliveira, PauloCase M-1234-PPMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementMarta Muriel has recently been promoted to director of residential natural gas service with the mandate of boosting profits for the company's home maintenance services, Servigen. She and her team have designed four measures, among others, that involve a trade-off between cost reduction and improvements in service quality. Now she has to decide which ones to actually implement based on their impact on the company's bottom line.Starting at €8.20
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Butterfly Edufields: Different Shades of Capacity - Teaching Note
Kalyana C. Chejarla; Sourabh Bhattacharya; Siddhartha ModukuriTeaching Note IVEY-8B19D003-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19D003.Starting at €0.00
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Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability
Lee, Deishin; Bony, LionelCase HBS-607003-EService and Operations ManagementHerman Miller, an office furniture supplier, decided to implement the cradle-to-cradle (C2C) design protocol during the design of its mid-level office chair, Mirra. The C2C protocol was a set of environmentally friendly product development guidelines created by architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart. The essence of this protocol was to eliminate waste and potentially harmful materials by designing the product so that, at the en...Starting at €8.20
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Cook Composites and Polymers Co., Teaching Note
Lee, Deishin; Toffel, Michael W.Teaching Note HBS-608079-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [608055].Starting at €0.00