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The teachings of José López
Reina Paniagua, R.Technical Note IIST-DGIN-90-E-ECorporate GovernanceJosé López, former global vice president of operations of Nestlé, later director of several companies and member of the Board of Trustees of San Telmo, always had many things to tell, leaving no one indifferent. In his years at Nestlé he always work achieving results in very changing environments, leading transformative projects at a global level in different areas: continuous improvement, sustainability, quality, ... In this note, the most relev...Starting at €8.20
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Los retos del sector del aceite de oliva
Reina Paniagua, R.; García de Castro, A.; Vilar, J.Case IIST-DGI-333EntrepreneurshipDesde finales del siglo XX el cultivo del olivo se había expandido de forma exponencial, se trataba de un sector estratégico a nivel internacional, que aportaba gran valor a nivel social, cultural, económico y medioambiental. Europa seguía siendo el líder dentro de la distribución mundial del impacto económico del sector olivícola, aportando casi el 71 por ciento del volumen de negocio mundial y más del 41 por ciento del empleo, estando España a ...Starting at €8.20
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The Transit Point Experiment (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.; Kelly, MauraCase HBS-615S09Service and Operations ManagementMerloni Elettrodomestici is a leading Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances. In 1986, an exposition for Merloni customers is scheduled at its Milano regional warehouse. During the two-month period preceding the event, when the warehouse must be free of inventory, the company conducts a "transit point" experiment. Each day, a truckload of products from the company's central warehouse is sent to Milano, where it is immediately transferred to ...Starting at €8.20
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ChemBright, Inc. (Spanish Version)
Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-604S11Service and Operations ManagementChemBright es una pequeña empresa de nueva creación dedicada a la fabricación de productos químicos de uso doméstico de marca privada. La compañía vende sus productos a cadenas de supermercados en el área de Nueva Inglaterra. Su estrategia se basa en una ventaja de costos basado en la logística significativos. Las decisiones de los casos primarios son: 1) cómo la empresa debe responder a una guerra de precios iniciada por un fuerte competidor, y ...Starting at €8.20
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Caesars Entertainment
Hammond, Janice H.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-615031-EFinanceThis case describes the introduction of a regression analysis model for forecasting guest arrivals to Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company will use the forecast to staff the front desk in the hotel. The staff is unionized and the company has little flexibility to change staffing levels on a short-term basis. The case is set in the context of industry overcapacity and lower customer demand. The case describes several models that ...Starting at €8.20
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Unilever: Combatting Global Food Waste
Drake, David; Hammond, Janice H.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-615040-EService and Operations ManagementThe global consumer goods company Unilever was on pace to hit a number of aggressive targets by 2020 as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Project, including a goal to halve the waste associated with the disposal of its products. Unilever's Chief Supply Chain Officer Pier Luigi Sigismondi and his team were working towards this goal and had chosen to first focus on three key areas-sugar, tomatoes, and tea-and had analyzed where in the 'farm t...Starting at €8.20
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Kristen's Cookie Co. (A) (Abridged)
Bohn, Roger E.; Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-608037-EService and Operations ManagementThe student is starting his or her own business, baking make-to-order cookies. Basic times of each operation are laid out and the student is asked to determine the consequences for the operating system. Serves as an exercise and review of concepts such as capacity, bottlenecks, and throughput times. Students should be able to make several useful suggestions for improving the system.Starting at €8.20
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Barilla SpA (A) (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-603S20Service and Operations ManagementBarilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing a continuous replenishment program, under which the responsibility for determining shipment quantities to the distributors would shift from the distributors to Barilla. Describes su...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainabilitiy at Nespresso. A boost for business
Reina Paniagua, R.; García de Castro, A.; Garrido Martinez, E.Case IIST-DGI-351-E-ECorporate GovernanceNespresso has managed to make sustainability its own. Sustainability has managed to be incorporated into the business model, as one more part. This premise is what has allowed the issue of sustainability to be one more pillar in Nespresso's strategy. Ecolaboración is its way of approaching comprehensive management to achieve a sustainable future for all, and the concept that helps each of its operations to be under that prism. The goal: to manufa...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability at Ingka Group (IKEA): Breaking paradigms down
Reina Paniagua, R.; García de Castro, A.; Garrido Martinez, E.Case IIST-DGI-348-E-ECorporate GovernanceIKEA was undertaking the most significant overhaul in its history under the principles of becoming more affordable, accessible, and sustainable. One of Ingka Group’s main challenges in creating value was how to be omnichannel, i.e., how to create a business model that, on the one hand, optimized the company’s existing assets and, on the other, made it possible to develop new channels. However, the greatest challenge was climate change. IKEA had c...Starting at €8.20