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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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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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La gestión estratégica de los procesos
Moñino, M.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel Ángel; Roure, JuanTechnical Note PN-395Service and Operations ManagementSe comentan los cambios que representan pasar de la gestión tradicional de procesos a la nueva Gestión por Procesos o Gestión Estratégica de Procesos.Starting at €8.20
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Introducción a la gestión de procesos
Moñino, M.; Roure, JuanTechnical Note PN-327Service and Operations ManagementEl objetivo de esta nota técnica es dar guías para abordar la gestión de procesos en una empresa, reflexionando sobre las siguientes preguntas: ¿Por qué es importante gestionar por procesos? ¿Cuáles son las actividades que ocurren? ¿Cómo inventariarlas? ¿Cuáles son las más importantes? ¿Cómo gestionarlas eficaz y eficientemente? ¿Cómo documentarlas y medirlas? ¿Cómo mejorarlas?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
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Chevy Volt: Pricing and Capacity Decisions in Response to Government Incentives for the Electric Vehicle Industry
Raz, Gal; Ovchinnikov, Anton S.; Elias, AllisonCase DARDEN-OM-1519-EService and Operations ManagementAt the end of 2013, executives from General Motors (GM) must make decisions about what production capacity and price to allocate to the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle considering the costs of supply chain shift necessary to make changes in the assembly process. Concerns about battery life, price, and driving range have influenced most consumers' decisions to continue to purchase conventional fuel vehicles despite the U.S. federal government's im...Starting at €8.20
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Metodología PDCA para la mejora contínua de los procesos
Moñino, M.; Roure, JuanTechnical Note PN-328Service and Operations ManagementEl objetivo de esta nota técnica es explicar la metodología PDCA («Plan, Do, Check, Act») usada en Hewlett-Packard para la mejora continua de los procesos. Su propósito es que exista una sistemática en la resolución de problemas o en la mejora de procesos, a fin de asegurar que se direccionan las causas de raíz, proporcionando, en definitiva, el camino más corto y más seguro para la resolución del problema o mejora pretendida.Starting at €8.20