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Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A) (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; Simpson, JanetCase HBS-605S11Service and Operations ManagementDescribe una estrategia de fabricación integral diseñado para reducir sustancialmente el tiempo de ciclo de órdenes (es decir, el tiempo entre la colocación de un pedido por un cliente y su entrega al cliente). Para poner en marcha la estrategia digital ha adoptado la fabricación de planificación de recursos (MRP II). El caso permite a los estudiantes para evaluar los pros y los contras de la estrategia que requiere una rápida información fluye y...Starting at €8.20
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From Concept to Production (A) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Field, Lee C.; Simpson, JanetCase HBS-606S20Service and Operations ManagementDescribes the evolution of the Boeing 767 from the conception of the project to the start of manufacturing. Shows how the company manages an enormously complex and risky project and introduces students to a variety of estimating and management tools. The decision issue involves the shift from three-person to two-person cockpits and whether rework should be done in-line (without removing planes from the flow of production) or off-line (after initi...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Your Operating Model: Make IT a Strategic Asset by Developing a Clear Vision of the Role of IT
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3592BC-EService and Operations ManagementMany firms have not addressed the key question of how they want to profit and grow, and how IT can help create their platform. IT savvy firms, on the other hand, clarify what they are trying to do with IT by defining an operating model. In this chapter, Weil and Ross look at IT systems as tools for integration and standardization of business processes rather than an end solution. Using examples of companies like P&G, PepsiAmericas, and ING Direct...Starting at €8.20
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Revamping Your IT Funding Model: Extract More Value from Your IT Investments
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3593BC-EService and Operations ManagementWith the average firm spending over two thirds of its IT budget just on maintaining operating systems, it's vital that companies begin rethinking how they track and manage their IT funds. In this chapter, Weil and Ross provide extensive guidelines on how companies can compose an effective IT funding model. They stress the importance of establishing IT priorities and monitoring the risks and rewards of current and past investments. This chapter wa...Starting at €8.20
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Building a Digitized Platform: A Journey to Increased Value from IT
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3594BC-EService and Operations ManagementAs your company begins to expand, whether domestically or internationally, it is important that standardized systems are organized for all branches to maintain efficiency. To do this, your company has to build a digitized platform which focuses on three main areas: a shared IT infrastructure, consolidated data centers, and enhanced IT governance. In this chapter, Weil and Ross outline four stages of organizational learning that must take place in...Starting at €8.20
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Allocating Decision Rights & Accountability: Elements of Effective IT Governance
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3595BC-EService and Operations ManagementEvery firm, at some level, needs a digitized platform, or integrated set of electronic business processes, to operate effectively. The only way to deliver a digitized platform--and superior business value from IT--is to design IT decision rights and accountabilities so that daily decisions about IT support the firm's strategic goals. In this chapter, the authors explain the importance of transparency in IT governance and describe how a firm's gov...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B1) (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; Simpson, JanetCase HBS-605S12Service and Operations ManagementDebe seguir Digital Equipment Corp .: El punto final Modelo (A). El gerente de la planta ha sido promovida y los estudiantes deben decidir qué tipo de persona - de fondo, la formación, estilo personal, etc .-- que les gustaría reemplazarlo.Starting at €8.20
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Transforming IT from Strategic Liability to Strategic Asset
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3581BC-EService and Operations ManagementIn this day and age, it is impossible to successfully run a business without an effective system for tracking performance. But IT savvy firms take things a step further, building digitized platforms that leverage IT to consistently elevate firm performance. As Weil and Ross point out, simply having an IT system and someone to run it does not set your company up for success. In this chapter, they discuss major problems plaguing IT services and out...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B2) (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; Simpson, JanetCase HBS-605S13Service and Operations ManagementDebe seguir Digital Equipment Corp .: El Modelo de punto final (B1). Un nuevo gerente de la planta ha sido contratado; el caso describe su experiencia, la filosofía de gestión, objetivos en la planta, y el manejo de un problema de producción.Starting at €8.20
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Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (C1) (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; Simpson, JanetCase HBS-605S14Service and Operations ManagementPara seguir Digital Equipment Corp .: El Modelo de punto final (B2). La división acaba de recibir una solicitud de aumento dramáticamente la producción. Si cumple con la solicitud, se tendrá que acelerar la producción, anular el sistema MRP II y el calendario previsto. En caso de que acepte la orden? Los estudiantes de las fuerzas de casos a considerar las tensiones entre un mercado incierto y el medio ambiente y los planes de fabricación discipl...Starting at €8.20