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Goodbaby Group: The Upfront Warehouse Decision
Huan Zheng; Yuanzheng Ma; Du Chen; Stephan VachonCase IVEY-9B20D018-EService and Operations Management, StrategyJinrun Li, chief operating officer for Goodbaby Group (Goodbaby), had to make a decision about opening a new store in a high-end mall in Shanghai, China. Goodbaby was going to manage the store for one of its clients, who had its own specifications for theStarting at €8.20
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Vacunación en Bogotá ante la descentralización y reforma del sistema de salud en Colombia (A)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1028Service and Operations ManagementLa descentralización dentro de la reforma del sector salud ha tenido un gran impacto en los resultados de la salud pública. El caso muestra las dificultades encontradas a nivel regional y las decisiones que se han tomado para lograr los objetivos trazados. El caso presenta una descripción general de algunas intervenciones públicas en el contexto de la reforma de salud en Colombia, y se concentra en el análisis descriptivo de la evolución, decisio...Starting at €8.20
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Vaccination in Bogotá before the decentralisation and reform of the Health System in Colombia (A)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1028-EService and Operations ManagementDecentralization as part of the reform of the health system has had a significant impact on the effectiveness of the public health system. The case shows the difficulties encountered in regional management and the decisions that have been made to achieve the goals that have been set. The case provides a general description of certain government initiatives in the context of the reform of the health system in Colombia, subsequently focusing on the...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital management and labor dispute: The case of the San Juan de Dios Hospital
Gallardo H. M.; González I. D.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1027-EService and Operations ManagementThe Hospital Rionegro in Antioquia, Colombia, had been in a very difficult situation due to financial and labor difficulties. After five years of integrative management and negotiations with the different fronts, including labor aspects, the situation had been reversed. The productivity could be increased and labor conditions stabilized to the benefit of the hospital and its workforce. For the Ministry to exert primarily a stewardship function, i...Starting at €8.20
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Vacunación en Bogotá ante la descentralización y reforma del sistema de salud en Colombia (B)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.Case P-1029Service and Operations ManagementLa descentralización dentro de la reforma del sector salud ha tenido un gran impacto en los resultados de la salud pública. El caso muestra las dificultades encontradas a nivel regional y las decisiones que se han tomado para lograr los objetivos trazados. El caso presenta una descripción general de algunas intervenciones públicas en el contexto de la reforma de salud en Colombia y se concentra en el análisis descriptivo de la evolución, decision...Starting at €5.74
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Learning the Machine: Anovo Ibérica Introduces AI in Operations (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-207-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2018, Anovo, a service provider for technology products, began studying the possibility of introducing AI to improve the efficiency of its operations. In 2020, it was already piloting its first implementation - a new automated diagnostics process that employed machine learning (ML) to optimize the company's smartphone repair business. So far, the results of the pilot had been encouraging: aftersales service was a low-margin business, which mad...Starting at €8.20
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Learning the Machine: Anovo Ibérica Introduces AI in Operations
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-207-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2018, Anovo, a service provider for technology products, began studying the possibility of introducing AI to improve the efficiency of its operations. In 2020, it was already piloting its first implementation - a new automated diagnostics process that employed machine learning (ML) to optimize the company's smartphone repair business. So far, the results of the pilot had been encouraging: aftersales service was a low-margin business, which mad...Starting at €8.20
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SmartPik: Pikolin's Smart Mattress
Zamora, Javier; Tàpies, J.; Costa, Xavier; Vilet, Ana María; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-214-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn June 2017, Pikolin launched the SmartPik, its first smart mattress. The SmartPik was capable of measuring and analyzing sleep phases to improve sleep quality. The first tests had gone well, but Pikolin didn't know how consumers who for decades had bought conventional mattresses through a very traditional channel would react to a new product which, for the first time in the company's history, incorporated digital elements (hardware and software...Starting at €8.20
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La gestión y el conflicto laboral: el caso del Hospital de San Juan de Dios
Gallardo H. M.; González I. D.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1027Service and Operations ManagementEl Hospital San Juan de Dios en Ríonegro, Antioquia, Colombia, ha afrontado una situación muy difícil debido a dificultades financieras y laborales. Después de cinco años de gerencia integral y negociaciones en diferentes frentes, incluyendo aspectos laborales, la situación ha cambiado. La productividad pudo incrementarse y las condiciones laborales se pudieron estabilizar para el beneficio del hospital y su fuerza de trabajo. Para que el Ministe...Starting at €8.20
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Public hospital self-government and competitiveness in the Santa Fe de Bogotá health services market
Gallardo H. M.; Morales L. G.; Pancorvo J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1002-EService and Operations ManagementSince the beginning of the decade, Colombia has been implementing an in-depth reform of the health system, advocating independent administrative and financial management of public hospitals within a framework of competition between health service providers. The country's capital city, Santa Fe de Bogotá, has 32 public hospitals which, in 1997, were set up as state social enterprises, implementing independent management systems. The case analyzes ...Starting at €8.20